ICT and HIV/AIDS Preventive Education in the Cross Border Areas of the GMS SubRegion - Inception Workshop

Windsor Suites Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand 18-21 February 2003

Background

This project was formulated in part and endorsed by country delegations (Cambodia, Lao-PDR, PRC[Yunnan Province}, Thailand and Viet Nam) during the Technical Assistance Fact-finding workshop held in Bangkok last July 2002.

It was endorsed as high priority during the Eleventh GMS Ministerial Conference on Economic Cooperation in Phnom Penh in September 2002, and during the Fourth Meeting of the GMS Working Group on Human Resources Development in Vientiane on the same month.

Objectives

• Refine the terms of reference and implementation arrangements of the technical assistance project
• Finalize the workplan of the project
• Ensure that the responsibilities of all parties concerned (UNESCO, SEAMEO, DMCs, ADB) are clear

Expected Outputs

• Situation and needs analysis for preventive education in each of the cross-border areas
• Operational plan for project implementation for formal and non-formal education
• Education multi-media and ICT learning materials for HIV/AIDS
• Training program for teachers and trainors in multi-media/ICT use
• Action Plan for establishing and operationalizing management information system (MIS) and impact monitoring
• Improved system of stakeholder evaluation and feedback, including government ministries, NGOs, and other agencies
• Regional approach: enhanced programs, social mobilization, and community-based activities

Target Participants

Participation is by invitation only.

• Asian Development Bank
• Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO)
• United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
• Representatives from the five participating DMCs: Cambodia, Lao PDR, PRC (Yunnan Province), Thailand and Viet Nam

Resource Speakers

• Sheldon Shaeffer, Director, UNESCO, Bangkok
• Arief S. Sadiman, Director, SEAMEO Secretariat
• Paul Chang, Principal Education Specialist, ADB

Workshop Documents

• Program As of 17 February 2003

Contacts

Paul Chang
Principal Education Specialist
Social Sectors Division, Mekong Department
Tel: +63 2 632 6190
Fax: +63 2 636 2305
Email: pchang@adb.org

Ms Vimolsri Panichyanon
Assistant Coordinator for Programme
SEAMEO TROPMED Network
Tel: +66 2 644 4331
Fax: +66 2 247 7721
Email: fnvpn@diamond.mahidol.ac.th