The 11th Meeting of ASEAN Plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve (APTERR) Council was conducted physically on 25-26 April 2023 at the Plaza Hotel in Seoul, Republic of Korea, hosted by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA) of the Republic of Korea.
Participants were from the APTERR members and related organizations such as the ASEAN Food Security Information System (AFSIS) Secretariat, which was AFSIS Manager, Dr. Waraporn Saelee, and the ASEAN Food Security Reserve Board (AFSRB) Secretariat.
The objectives of the meeting are to report and discuss the outcomes of the work and budget for the fiscal year 2022, the terminal report of the second phase of financial contribution to the APTERR Fund, and to propose the work and annual operational budget proposal for the fiscal year 2023. Also, the Meeting was updated on the completed implementation from the recipient countries.
In addition, during the meeting this year, Dr. Waraporn had an opportunity to present the proposed option “To merge AFSIS to APTERR” for the future of AFSIS to discuss with the APTERR Council members. The result of the discussion, including recommendations and considerations from this meeting will be presented in the upcoming 21st AFSIS Focal Point Meeting on 17-18 May 2023 in Lao PDR and will be reported to the SSOM-AMAF+3 this year for further consideration and action in order to sustain the AFSIS in the future.
The next meeting, the 12th Meeting of APTERR Council, will be hosted by the People’s Republic of China and the date is still under consideration.
On 12 July 2024, the AFSIS Secretariat convened an online meeting to discuss the draft Joint Understanding of the 22nd AFSIS Focal Point Meeting, marking a significant step towards ensuring the sustainability of the Agricultural and Food Security Information System (AFSIS). Chaired by Datuk Azah Hanim Ahmad, Deputy Secretary General (Policy) Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security of Malaysia. The meeting gathered AFSIS Focal Points from ASEAN plus Three countries along with representatives from the ASEAN secretariat and AFSIS secretariat.
On 28 June 2024, the AFSIS Secretariat was invited to join a significant meeting with the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) and the ASEAN Plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve (APTERR) Secretariat. The meetings aimed to discuss potential collaboration for exploring the LRBFR and to learn from their experiences over more than 10 years of operating the regional emergency rice reserve and the food security-related information-sharing system. which collaborative by Representatives from the Office of Agricultural Economics (OAE) of Thailand also participated in the discussion.
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On 11-12 June 2024, the 22nd AFSIS Focal Point Meeting was conducted at Hybrid in Putrajaya, Malaysia. Hosted by the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security of Malaysia, in collaboration with the AFSIS Secretariat. The meeting was chaired by Datuk Azah Hanim Ahmad, Deputy Secretary General (Policy), Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, Malaysia.
The 44th Meeting of the ASEAN Food Security Reserve Board (AFSRB) convened on June 5-6, 2024 at the AMERI Hotel in Vang Vieng, Lao PDR.
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