Asia South Pacific Association for Basic and Adult Education (ASPBAE)

Bureau de l'Asie et du Pacifique Sud de l'éducation des adultes

Contact Details

Main address: SG: Maria Lourdes Almazan Khan, c/o MAAPL, 9th Floor, Eucharistic Congress Bldg 3, 5 Convent Street, Colaba, 400 039, Mumbai, India, Tel: (91 22) 2202 1391 - 2281 6853, Fax: (91 22) 2283 2217, E-mail: maria.aspbae (at) gmail.com , E-mail (2): aspbae (at) gmail.com

Pres: Dr Jose Roberto Guevara, Intl Development School of Global Studies, Social Science and Planning, RMIT Univ - GPO Box 2476V, 3001 VIC, Melbourne, Australia, Tel: (61 3) 9925 3046, E-mail: jose_roberto.guevara (at) rmit.edu.au , E-mail (2): robbie.aspbae@gmail.com

URL: http://www.aspbae.org/

Aims

Build and strengthen an Asia Pacific network and advocacy base dedicated to advancing equitable access to relevant, quality and empowering education and learning opportunities for all; enhance the contribution of adult education and learning in empowering people towards creating a new global order which promotes equitable and sustainable human development and protects the rights of all people to live in dignity and peace; promote recognition of the contribution and importance of community groups, people's organizations, NGOs and other civil society organizations in education and development in the region.

Official Relations

United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)^* (Ros C); United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)^* (Associate Status).

Activities

Focus Areas (4): Leadership and Capacity Building; Policy Advocacy; Building Strategic Partnerships; Institutional Capacity Building. Activities include: Basic Leadership Development Course; training. Works primarily with and through member organizations.

Publications

ASPBAE e-Bulletin (12 a year); ASPBAE Ed-Lines - newsletter (4 a year). Annual Activity Report; project publications.

Members

Individual; Organizational. Members in 35 countries and territories:

• Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong/China, India, Indonesia, Iran - Islamic Republic of, Japan, Republic of Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Macao/China, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Uzbekistan, Viet Nam.

• Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu.

Institutional Members

Bangladesh Agricultural Farm Labour Fed, 6/20, Block-F, Lalmatia, 1207, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tel: (88 2) 8119112, Fax: 9142032

Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radia and Communication, House 13/1 Level-2 Road 2 Shamoli, 1207, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tel: (88 2) 9130750

Campaign for Popular Education, 5/14 Humayan Road, Mohammadpur, 1207, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tel: (88 2) 811 5769, Fax: 811 8342

Dhaka Ahsania Mission, House No 19, Road No 12, (New) Dhanmondi Residential Area, 1209, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tel: (88 2) 811 8521, Fax: 811 8522

Village Education Resource Ctr, B-30, Ekhlas Uddin Road, Anandapur, 1340, Savar Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tel: (88 2) 771 0412, Fax: 771 0779

ASMITA Resource Ctr for Women, 10-3-96, Plot 283, 4th Floor, Street 6, Teachers' Colony, East Marredpalli, Secunderabad, 500 026, Andhra Pradesh, India, Tel: (91 40) 277733251, Fax: 27733745

Act Now, No 1 Gullama Street, Karavalli Main Road, Kamanahalli, 560025, Bangalore, India, Tel: (91 80) 25438029

Ctr for Environment Education, Nehru Found for Development Thatlej Tekra, 380 054, Ahmedabad, India, Tel: (91 79) 26858002, Fax: 26858010

Gram Vikas, Mohuda Village, Berhampur Ganjam, 760 002, Orissa, India, Tel: (91 680) 2261866, Fax: 2261862

Global Concerns India, No 17 Rhenius Street, 5-A Sukhi Apartments Richmond Town, 560 025, Bangalore, India, Tel: (91 80) 22210494, Fax: 22210494

Himalayan Action Research Ctr, 744 Indira Nagar, Phase II, Post Office - New Forest Dehra Dun, 248 006, Uttaranchal, India, Tel: (91 135) 2760121, Fax: 2760121

Indian Soc for Community Education, Community Education House Off Ashram Road, Navjivan Press Road, 380 014, Ahmedabad, India, Tel: (91 79) 27543174, Fax: 27542378

Inst for Integrated Rural Development, 54 Kanchan Nagar, Nakshatrawadi, 431 002, Aurangabad, India, Tel: (91 240) 2376336, Fax: 2376866

Initiatives: Women in Development, Almighty Roayl G-3, 29/1B and 29/1C South Mada Street, Koyambedu, 600 107, Chennai, India, Tel: (91 44) 24799855, Fax: 24799855

Laya, 501 Kurupam Castle, East Point Colony, 430 017, Visakhapatnam, India, Tel: (91 891) 2548071, Fax: 2784341

Multiple Action Research Group, 205-206 2nd Floor, Shahpur Jat1 Near Asiad Village, 110 049, New Delhi, India, Tel: (91 11) 2649 7483, Fax: 2649 5371

Nirantar: Ctr for Gender and Ecucation, B-64 - 2nd Floor, Sarvodya Enclave, 110 017, New Delhi, India, Tel: (91 11) 2696 6334, Fax: 2651 7726

Play for Peace, B-27 Heramb Apts, Pashan-Sus Road, 411 021, Pune, India, Tel: (91 20) 25888275, Fax: 25888275

Ramkrishna Mission Lokshiksha Parishad, Ramkrishna Mission Ashrama Narendrapur, 700 103, Kolkata, India, Tel: (91 33) 2477 2201, Fax: 2477 2070

Seva Mandir, Old Fatehpura, Udaipur, 313 004, Rajasthan, India, Tel: (91 294) 2451041, Fax: 2450947

Soc for Particpatory Research in Asia, PRIA-New Delhi, 42 Tughlakabad Institutional Area, 110 062, New Delhi, India, Tel: (91 11) 29956908, Fax: 29955183

Sahbhagi Shikshan Kendra, Sahbhagi Road, Chhatha Meel (Behind Police Fire Station), Sitapur Raod, Lucknow, 227 208, Uttar Pradesh, India, Tel: (91 522) 2734888, Fax: 2734888

Samerth Charitable Trust, Q-402, Shrinand Nagar, Part - II Vejalpur, Makabra Road, 380 051, Ahmedabad Gujarat, India, Tel: (91 79) 26829004, Fax: 26829004

South Indian Fed of Fishermen Societies, SIFFS Central Office Karamana, 695 002, Trivandrum, India, Tel: (91 471) 2343711, Fax: 2342053

UNNATI Org for Development Education, G-1, 200 Azad Society, 380 015, Ahmedabad, India, Tel: (91 79) 26746145, Fax: 26743752

Didi Bahini, PO Box 13568, Anamnagar, Kathmandu, Nepal, Tel: (977 1) 4226753, Fax: 4226753

Innovative Forum for Community Development, Swetbinayak Marga, H 317/33, KTM 11 PB 4025, Kathmandu, Nepal, Tel: (977 1) 4524236, Fax: 4223425

Natl Resource Ctr for Non Formal Education, Talchhikhel, Satdobato, Lalitpur -14, PO Box 270, Patan, Nepal, Tel: (977 1) 5534416, Fax: 5541689

Sherpa Assn of Nepal, PO Box 12556 Bouddha, Kathmandu, Nepal, Tel: (977 1) 4488256

World Education Nepal, PO Box 739, Ratopul, Kathmandu, Nepal, Tel: (977 1) 4422385, Fax: 4415303

UNESCO NGO Section Data

Type of Relation with UNESCOAssociate Status

Reclassification date1996

Programme Sector: OtherUNESCO Bangkok

Name and contact details of NGO focal point at UNESCOM. Shaeffer S.
UNESCO/Bangkok

History1964 Foundation 1974 Category C 1982 Category B 1996 Operational Relations (150 EX/ONG.2) (150 EX/Dec. 7.2) 2003 Renewal of operational relations (166 EX/38) (166 EX/Dec.9.2)

Contribution to UNESCO's programmes The ASPBAE, an active organization with a strong presence in its allotted region, has not, probably owing in part to the distance between this region and UNESCO Headquarters, contributed to the Secretary-General’s different consultations. It collaborates very actively, however, in the regional programmes (Education for All network, co-operation with UNESCO Bangkok). It is a full member of the International Council for Adult Education, which has admitted it to formal consultative relations. In view of the encouragement reflected in the Directives for strengthening NGOs in the developing countries, it is nevertheless recommended that the Bureau be admitted simultaneously on an individual basis to operational relations.

Keywords Literacy,Women,Education,Human rights,Peace,Asia-Pacific,Adult Education,Biology,Oriental Civilizations

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