Participants concentrate during a general meeting session、where back-to-back presentations were made all week. TDLC/Pictures courtesy of Michael Foley

Tokyo Development Learning Center staff joined fellow Global Development Learning Network Asia Pacific (GDLN AP) colleagues for a week-long general meeting in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia June 9 through July 3, 2009, discussing ways to boost the exchange of knowledge and to build capacity through GDLN.

Blessed with clear skies, the meeting opened with a keynote speech by Mongolian Education, Culture and Science Minister Yo. Otgonbayar, emphasizing the importance of sharing knowledge. Participants were updated on GDLN AP, reviewed program successes to date, discussed the integration of South Asia and GDLN Asia Pacific, and were hooked up by video link with difference venues throughout the Asia Pacific, including a TDLC hub presentation made jointly from Ulaanbaatar and Tokyo.

The meeting was wrapped up on Friday with a training workshop “Writing Winning Proposals: Tips and Techniques for Getting Results,” splitting up participants and encouraging cooperation, teamwork, and competition.

For more reports from the session and pdf files of the presentation slides, please look to the GDLN Asia Pacific general meeting page