ASEAN-CRN, chaired by the Department of Agriculture of Thailand, has convened its third Annual Meeting, hosted by the Cambodia Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. The objective was to review its accomplishments and contributions to the Strategic Plan of the ASEAN Food Agriculture and Forestry Cooperation Vision (FAF) 2025, and more importantly to agree on a way forward to continue to advance climate change related responses in the context of recent developments (NDCs, Paris Agreement, mitigation, SBSTA, landscape approach, other land-use sectors, global alliance, PPPs). 

This meeting aimed at further developing the Work Plan 2017-2020 of ASEAN-CRN, based on support from international development agencies and national stakeholders, and drawing from the initial ASEAN CRN Bali Action Plan 2015-2017. 

The event was hosted by the Cambodia Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF), and organized by GIZ through the Forestry and Climate Change (FOR-CC) project of the ASEAN-German Programme on Response to Climate Change (GAP-CC), and in close cooperation with the ASEAN Secretariat (ASEC). 

The event brought together focal points of the ASEAN Technical Working Group on Agriculture and Research Development (ATWGARD), representatives from ASEAN Ministries of Agriculture and development partners who are working with or would like to collaborate with the ASEAN-CRN. 

GACSA was invited to participate, to foster cooperation between GACSA (and its members) and ASEAN-CRN (and its members). GACSA and ASEAN-CRN are currently working on developing joint activities for the ASEAN region, to be considered in the upcoming Work Plan 2017-2020 of ASEAN-CRN.

For more information, contact ASEAN-CRN: [email protected] / [email protected]