GCAP ASIA Face to Face Meeting

The proposed two-day GCAP Asia meeting aims to accomplish the following:

Review GCAP’s activities for 2007 and agreements made during the last Asia Meeting
Draw up the general directions of GCAP Asia for the next 3 years
Develop a regional policy agenda and plans for 2008, including mobilizations for 2008
Discuss on GCAP’s future structure and transition process
Transitional Governing Council (GC)
Nomination of representatives to GC
Developing MoUs between GC and National Coalitions
Develop Ways of working towards
Influencing global processes
Effective partnerships and outreach
Funding and resource mobilization
Setting up of monitoring and evaluation systems
Review of the two secretariat arrangement for GCAP Asia

The following are the expected outcomes/results of the meeting:

The review of activities and agreements made during last year’s Asia meeting are considered as major inputs for the three year strategic direction for GCAP Asia.
A political statement/communique on worsening poverty and inequality and MDG implementation status is distributed to media and GCAP constituencies, and discussion on these continue with policymakers and national governments.
GCAP Asia action plans are drafted with inputs from national coalitions plans.
National coalitions have clearer understanding of GCAP transition processes; and comments/feecback and agreements are generated from the national coalitions on these processes.
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between national coalitions and Global Council (GC) are undertaken.
Asia nominations for the GC are made and able to generate active participation of all national coalitions during the GC election.
A GCAP Asia Organisational Development (OD) plan is drafted which includes setting up monitoring and evaluation systems, partnership and outreach priorities, funding and resource mobilization, capacity building for national coalitions, etc.
A decision on the two-subregional secretariat arrangement is made and implemented.