This workshop is being organized by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA/DSD) in collaboration with the UN-Water Decade Programme on Capacity Development (UNWDPC) and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). The workshop will provide an opportunity for strengthening technical and institutional capacity of key government institutions and policy makers in developing and implementing sustainable agriculture, rural development and irrigation water management policies with specific thrust on rural poverty reduction.  

dates: 28-30 January 2009  
location: Bangkok, Thailand  
contact: Mr. Siva Thampi  
phone: 662-2881450, ext. 1912  
fax: 662-2881059; 1048  
www: http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/calendar/work_bkk09.htm