| What does "Gotong Royong" mean? |
"Gotong Royong" is a concept familiar to many parts of Indonesia and Malaysia. Translated into English, it evokes the concepts of "reciprocity" and "mutual aid".
We use the term "Gotong Royong" to refer to the idea of doing things together and helping each other in the spirit of goodwill. |
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About ANGOC
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 Founded in 1979, the Asian NGO Coalition for Agrarian Reform and Rural Development (ANGOC) is a regional association of 20 national and regional networks of non-government organizations (NGO) in Asia actively engaged in food security, agrarian reform, sustainable agriculture, participatory governance and rural development.
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| Dear Maricel, |
A Happy and Peaceful 2010 to all from ANGOC!
We begin the year 2010 with a new home for the ANGOC Regional Secretariat in the Philippines and a CSO forum in Dhaka, Bangladesh on issues besetting the rural poor's access to land and food security. It is co-organized with ALRD, ANGOC's member in Bangladesh.
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New Year, New Office for ANGOC
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ANGOC has welcomed 2010 with a few changes, so kindly update your address books with our new contact details...
Our new office is located at:
73-K Dr. Lazcano Street, Barangay Laging Handa,
Quezon City, Philippines
Our home on the web will soon be available at:
www.angoc.org
And, while we are still waiting for our telephone lines to be installed, you may reach us through our new email address:
angoc@angoc.org
Our P.O. Box remains unchanged at:
P.O. Box 3107, QCCPO, Quezon City, 1110 Philippines
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| ALRD hosts "Access to Land, Agrarian Reform and Climate Change Adaptation for Food Security" Forum |
 The Association for Land Reform and Development (ALRD) will convene an Asian civil society consultation to discuss ways to yet achieve access to land and food security despite the challenges at hand especially from climate change and commercialization of land. The forum will be on January 23, 2010 at the Ambala Inn, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Co-organizing this discussion are ANGOC, the Land Watch  Asia partners and the International Land Coalition-Asia.
Recommendations drawn from the CSO forum will be presented in a Policy Dialogue at the 2nd Ministerial Meeting of the Center for Integrated Rural Development in Asia and the Pacific (CIRDAP) also happening in Dhaka from January 24 to 28.
CIRDAP is a regional and autonomous intergovernmental organization with 14 member countries, namely, Afghanistan, Bangladesh (Host State), India, Indonesia, Iran, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam.
The CSO conference organizers recognize the potential opportunity of putting forward to the Ministers of CIRDAP member-states their views and proposals on how governments could effectively address the pressing issues of food security and climate change without compromising the poor's right to land.
ALRD is an ANGOC and ILC member and the convenor of Land Watch in Bangladesh. Participating partners of Land Watch Asia in the meeting will also discuss their plans for the year on January 24 in pursuing better access to land and strengthening solidarity and appreciation of key land access issues of various rural sectors. #
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Dear friends and partners,
We would like to receive your comments, suggestions or contributions to this e-newsletter. Email us at: angoc@angoc.org. Indicate in the subject line: Attention: Maricel A. Tolentino (Editor).
Or you may write us at:
Asian NGO Coalition for Agrarian Reform and Rural Development (ANGOC)
73K Dr. Lazcano St. Barangay Laging Handa, Quezon City, Philippines
Email: angoc@angoc.org
Till next issue.
Sincerely,
Nathaniel Don E. Marquez, ANGOC Executive Director |
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