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The 10th Meeting of APTERR Council

Update by Webadmin 2022-03-25 08:17:48

The 10th Meeting of ASEAN Plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve (APTERR) Council, hosted by APTERR Secretariat together with the Singapore Food Agency, Singapore was held as a video conference via Zoom Platform on this recent 25 March 2022.

There were delegates from the APTERR members and observers from other organizations such as ASEAN Food Security Information System (AFSIS) Secretariat which consisting of Dr. Waraporn Saelee, AFSIS Manager and Ms. Poufai Khukhuntin, Project Coordinator, and ASEAN Food Security Reserve Board (AFSRB).

The objective of the meeting are to discuss on the work plan and budget plan for the fiscal year 2021, the work plan and annual operational budget proposal for the fiscal year 2022, report on the recruitment of the General Manager (GM) of the APTERR, and the proposed of 3-Year Framework Plan (2022-2025) by the newly appointed GM. Also, the Meeting has being updated on the implementation of APTERR programmes.

Furthermore, the members of the APTERR Council had expressed the greatest gratitude for the out-going GM, Mr. Chanpithya Shimphalee, for all his efforts and achievements he has done for the APTERR Council.

For the next meeting, the 11th Meeting of APTERR Council, will be hosted by the Republic of Korea and the date is still under consideration.

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