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on the Global South
Confederation
of Human Rights organizations kelaram
Center
for Economic Justice
Peoples'
Forum Against ADB
Secretariat:
8-2-590/B, Road No. 1, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, Andhra
Pradesh, INDIA,
Tel
No. 91 40 55637974, Email: forumcoordinator@gmail.com
Organizing
Committee:
NGO
Forum on ADB (Philippines), Samata (Hyderabad, India),
INSAF-Indian Social Action Forum (India), Focus on Global
South (International), National Alliance for Peoples
Movements (NAPM-India)), National Hawkers Federation
(India), Sehar Vikas Manch (India), Asia Pacific Movement
on Debt and Development (APMMD), Civil Society Initiative
on IFIs (North-East, India), National Forum of Forest
People & Forest Workers (NFFPFW-India), National
Campaign on Dalit Human Rights (NCDHR-India), National
Fishworkers Forum (NFF-India), Nadi Ghati Morcha (India),
Urban Research Center (Bangalore, India), AMS.
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39th
ADB Annual Meeting 2006- Hyderabad, India
Peoples' Forum Against ADB
39th
Asian Development Bank Annual Governors meeting
was held in Hyderabad from 3-6 May 2006.
Civil
society organoisations also organised a Peoples'
Forum Against ADB as a parallel event.
India
is one of the largest borrower of the ADB.The
ADB is the third largest source of development
finance in the Asia-Pacific region, next to the
World Bank and the Japanese Government. In 2004,
the ADB's total lending was $ 5.3 billion which
was used to promote 64 projects in the public
policy sectors. Private sector assistance was
to the tune of $ 807.2 million. The ADB's largest
borrowers in 2004 were China and India, each receiving
$ 1.3 billion, about 24 per cent of the total
lending. During its current Country Strategy and
Programme period for India (2003-2006), the ADB
loans, starting from $ 1.67 billion in 2003, are
slated to increase to $ 2.05 billion in 2006.
Official
event
Visit
ADB AGM website | NGO
Participation | Host
Country(India) website
Civil
Society events
28-29
April - NGO Forum on ADB Strategy Meeting (by
invitation only)
30th April - NGO Forum on ADB Forum Annual Meeting
1-2
May - CSO final pre-planning/arrangement for the
ADB AGM
3-6th May- “Inside” and “outside”
events during the ADB AGM
Outside
events-
Peoples' Forum Against ADB(PFAA)
Inside
Meetings and panel discussions
- May
3, 10:30-11:30- CSO
Meeting with the ADB President
Location: HITEX Exhibition Hall #1 Contact
Person: Hemantha, Withanage, NGO Forum on ADB
- May
3, 12:30-2:00.Accountability
and anti-corruption Location:
HITEX Exhibition Hall #1 Contact Person:
Mishka Zaman, BIC
- May
4. 10-11.30- ADB
Water policy: Location: NGO
Centre in main ADB venue-Contact
Person: Hemantha Withanage, NGO Forum on ADB
- May
4. 3.30 -5.00. Regional
integration and resource extraction
Location: NGO Centre in the ADB main venue Contact
person/s: Jessica Rosien / Michael Simon, Oxfam
Australia
Related
activities in the region
Bangladesh
-
Solidarity
and Strategy Meeting on IFIs in Bangladesh
April 7, 2006 at the Institute for Development
Research and Training (IDRT), Uttaran, Tala,
Sathkhira.Organisers BanglaPraxis, Uttaran,
Pani Committee
- The
training and Capacity Building of Grassroots
Organizers/Activists on ADB projects and Policies-
April 17, 18, 19, and 2006 at Khulna.Organizer-
Coastal Development Partnership
India-
- Karnataka
in Bangalore - Feb,24-25
- National
Conference of hawkers Federation in Kolkata
- Feb.24-25
- INSAF
National Convention in Jaipur - March 1-3
- NFFPFW
National Conference in Ranchi -March18-20
- NAPM
Women's Convention Wardha -1-2 March
- West
Bengal Consultation during end of March in Kolkata
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North East India IFI Meeting -April 1-3
Sri
Lanka-
Philippines
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