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Fourth Annual Regional Meeting (ARM 2005)

March 03-04, 2005 Venue: India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110003

OneWorld South Asia is organising its Fourth Annual Regional Meeting (ARM 2005) on the theme “Towards building Communities of Practice (CoPs) for achieving the MDGs” during March 3-4, 2005 in New Delhi, India.

Given the current emphasis attached to "knowledge intensive" sustainable development efforts globally, and in South Asia in particular, it is felt that knowledge needs to be integrated in the life of communities that share values, beliefs, languages, and ways of doing things for achieving the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

With this realisation, OWSA has adopted the theme of “Towards Building Communities of Practice (CoPs) for achieving the MDGs” for its 4th Annual Regional Meeting (ARM) for the year 2005. The meeting seeks to involve multiple partners to facilitate interaction and help build new CoPs and also give a major fillip to the numerous CoPs already in place in a more organised fashion through the effective use of ICTs.

Several development experts, including academicians, practitioners and policy makers from the region are expected to deliberate during the two-days meeting. Nearly 400 delegates from South Asia are expected to deliberate during the meeting on various MDGs and identify the niche for ICTs towards building the CoPs for achieving the MDGs.

Contributions are invited in the form of abstracts (maximum 500 words) and full articles (maximum 4000 words) on specific themes (as listed in the agenda). Last date for submission of abstracts is February 6, 2005 and for full articles is February 15, 2005. Please include a brief resume and a passport photograph also.

Please send articles/abstracts to Nikhil Raj ().

Information for Participants

Please follow these steps:

Registration Form Fill up Registration Form and send it to Mamata Pradhan at by February 16, 2005.

Travel Details Form Send the Travel Details Form to Nirnay Chettri at . Please also send the Registration Form as mentioned above.

Scholarship Form Scholarships are available for a limited number of participants, for either travel or boarding. Please send the Scholarship Form to Mamata Pradhan at .

Please note that those applying for scholarships should also send the Registration and the Travel Forms to the respective people mentioned above.

Important dates:

• Last date of submission of abstracts: February 6, 2005
• Last date of submission of Scholarship Form: February 6, 2005
• Last date of submission for full articles: February 15, 2005
• Dates of the Fourth Annual Regional Meeting: March 3 and 4, 2005

Location India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110003 India Telephone: (+11) 24682001—24682009 Fax: (+11) 24682010 E-mail:

For Location and map, click here

Weather During the period of mid February to about end of March, Delhi has a very pleasant Spring season. During the Spring, temperature ranges from a maximum of 25oC to a low of about 10oC. Occasionally, Delhi does get a passing shower or two during this time.