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for more information about IFRTD affiliated national networks
(NFGs) in Asia.
A new rural transport organisation has recently been established in Papua New Guinea, to download their newsletter and read more about their work click here.
For more information about IFRTD activities
in Asia and pacific please contact:
Ranjith De Silva,
319/10, Ramanayaka Mawatha, Erawwala,
Pannipitiya,
Sri Lanka
Tel: +94 (0)11 2842972
Fax: +94 11 2856188
Email: ranjith@ifrtd.org
ASIA AND PACIFIC REGIONAL MEETING 2009
The 7th annual regional meeting for the IFRTD Asia and Pacific
network was held in Kathmandu, Nepal from 9th to 11th September
2009.
Click
here for an overview of the meeting.
The meeting proceedings are available for download here:
(Download Word Doc - 816 kb)
Click on the links below for to download the presentations made
at the meeting:
Country network presentations -
Report on Nepal Forum for Rural Transport and Development (NFRTD)
2008 - 2009. (Click
here - pdf 56kb)
Report on Pakistan Network activities 2008 - 2009. (click
here - pdf 1MB)
Report on Bangladesh National Forum for Rural Transport and
Development (BNFRTD), 2008 -2009. (Click
here - Word 48kb)
Report on the Cambodian National Community of Transport Practitioners
(CNCTP), 2008-2009. (Click
here - pdf 196kb)
Report on the Indonesian Forum Group for Rural Transport and
Development (IFGRTD), 2008-2009. (Click
here - pdf 48kb)
Report on the Lanka Forum for Rural Transport Development (LFRTD)
2008-2009. (Click
here - pdf 24kb)
Thematic presentations -
LFRTD Community Bus Evaluation, by C Maliyadde. (Click
here - pdf 104kb)
Road Safety in Rural Areas, by Ashoke K Sarkar. (Click
here - pdf 2MB)
Creating Alternative Means of Rural Livelihood Through Road
Building in Nepal, by Arjun Poudel, DPM Rural Access Programme.
(Click
here - pdf 828 kb)
Regional Challenges for Mainstreaming Gender Aspects into the
Transport Sector in Asia, by Kyoko Kusakabe, Asian Institute
of Technology. (Click
here - pdf 1.8MB)
Gravity Goods Ropeway Scaling Up - A Case of Technology Standardization
in Nepal, by Practical Action Nepal. (Click
here - pdf 728kb)
Transport Sector Interventions in Sri Lanka,
Pakistan and India by Practical Action. (Click
here - pdf 668kb)
Regional Issues in Inclusive Transport for Peoples with Disabilities
and the Elderly, By Dr Victor John Cordeiro, Leonard Cheshire
Disability, South Asia Office. (Click
here - pdf 564kb)
Sharing Experiences of RTIP, by MMH Shamaji, LGED, Bangladesh.
(Click
here - pdf 1.4MB)
Techno-Economic Feasibility Study: Use of Waste Plastics with
Bitumen for Road Construction, by Uttam Kumar Saha, Practical
Action Bangladesh. (Click
here - pdf 132kb)
Rural Transport in Vietnam. (Click here -
pdf 264kb)
IFRTD Secretariat Presentations -
Membership Management. Ideas to improve our Impact, by Maria
Arce Moreira. (Click
here - pdf 40kb)
New IFRTD Website, by Maria Arce Moreira. (Click
here - pdf 36kb)
