| APRN approves bylaws, elects officers |
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| Written by Administrator |
| Saturday, 30 September 2000 18:44 |
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APRN members approved the bylaws of the network in a business meeting on August 24 in Jakarta, Indonesia. The business meeting aimed to discuss organizational matters of the network. The meeting which was attended by 20 out of 23 member organizations, deliberated and approved the seven-page bylaws without revision. In its articles of incorporation, the bylaws affirms among other things, that APRN shall develop common strategies in research-information work through sharing of experiences and raise general level of capacities in research. Also, it will develop capacity and common research platform to support social movements in their respective countries in the emerging global issues. As stated in the bylaws, APRN members at the meeting elected the five members of the Board of Convenors (BOC). Those who were elected were Antonio Tujan of IBON Foundation (Philippines), Kavaljit Singh of Public Interest Research Group (India), Mika Iba of Network for Safe and Secure Food and Environment (Japan), T. Rajamoorthy of Third World Network (Malaysia) and Kelly Dent of TIE-Asia (Sri Lanka). The BOC who will have a two-year term shall be responsible for the day to day operations of the network with the assistance of the Secretariat. In the same meeting, APRN members also approved the application for membership of four research organizations in the Asia-Pacific. These were Ecumenical Institute for Labor Education and Research (Philippines) Gatt-Watchdog (New Zealand), Fiji Council of Churches-Reserch Group (Fiji) and Thai NGO-COD (Thailand). APRN members agreed that the next conference would be held in Sydney, Australia in 2001 with globalization and transnational corporations (TNCs) as its theme. Aid/Watch, an APRN member organization based in Sydney, will host the conference. Like it? Share it!
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