The Plenary Meeting
serves as the governing body for APFED II activities. It takes
place once every year. APFED members, NetRes representatives and heads
of designated international organisations attend the Plenary Meeting
to review the progress made in implementing APFED II activities,
and to discuss future work programmes taking into account the
priority policy challenges in pursuit of sustainable development
in Asia and the Pacific.
Third Plenary Meeting ( August 2007 Chengdu, China)
The Third Second Plenary Meeting of APFED II
was held in Chengdu, China from 23 - 24 August
2007. APFED members, observers, government officials
and NGO and private sector representatives attended the meeting. As a part of the APFED Knowledge
Initiative, the Ryutaro Hashimoto APFED Awards Committee
made the final selection of the prize winners for 2007
and the award ceremony was held at the meeting.
The Second Plenary Meeting of APFED II
was held in Adelaide, Australia from 31 July - 1 August
2006. A total of 53 APFED members, observers, government officials
and NGO and private sector representatives attended the meeting. As a part of the APFED Knowledge
Initiative, the Ryutaro Hashimoto APFED Awards Committee
made the final selection of the prize winners for 2006
and the award ceremony was held at the meeting.
The First Plenary Meeting of APFED
II was held from 21-22 November 2005 in Bogor, Indonesia.
At the meeting, concrete measures for implementing
the APFED recommendations from the final report on
its first phase were discussed. Furthermore, H.E. Ms.
Yoriko Kawaguchi (Former Minister for Foreign Affairs
and Former Minister of the Environment, Japan) was
elected as the chairperson for APFED II.