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In Asia and Oceania 2 0 LIST OF ACTIVITIES WHICH HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN ASIA AND OCEANIA 4 Five scholarships a year for three years for professionals to attend a 3-months training course in information technology and computerized library services Responsible ALP Core Programme Director The IFLA Regional Manager (at AIT, the Director) Adv group: AAC Period 1992-1994 Money sent SEK 125.804 Jun 92. SEK 87.673 Jan 93. SEK 98.675 Jul 93. SEK 150.805 Jul 94. Funders SIDA, IFLA Reports From AIT Sep. 93 (for 92), 94 (for 8th,9th and 10th Course). From Ms Sousada Jun. 93, Ms Malee Siengthai and Haseeb Ahmad Piracha, Apr. 94, M. G. Kibria Jul. 94, Dong Xiaoying Aug. 94, U Viputtikul Oct. 94. From AIT March 95 (for 11th Course). Reports published in Newsletter RSCAO. Fin report to SIDA Oct 95. Comments Scholarships 1992 to Ms. Xiaoying Dong, China, Ms P. Sousada, Laos, Mohammed Golam Kibria, Bangladesh and Ms. K. Sereva, Papua New Guinea. Spring 93 awarded to Ms Malee Siengthai, Thailand and Haseeb Ahmad Piracha, Pakistan. Fall 93 awarded to Ms K. Perera, Sri Lanka and Feng Anming, China. Fall 94 to Mohan Lal, Fiji, Abdul Wahab, Bangladesh and Ms U. Viputtikul, Thailand and Nguyen Vinh Ha, Vietnam. 4 a Scholarships in information technology Responsible G Natvig, ALP Administrative Officer Daruna Somboonkun and the Reg Adv group: AAC (1995: IFLA Regional Manager) Period 1995-97 Money sent SEK 88.371 May 95. SEK 47.354 May 96. SEK 83.204 Aug 96. SEK 39.880 Sep 96 to INSDOC. SEK 13.549 for Salahuddin, Myo Aung and the coord. Oct 96. SEK 103.179 Jun 97 for Ali and Gapas. SEK 1.575 for Sthapit. SEK 22.903 Nov 97 to INSDOC. Funders SIDA Oct 94: SEK 100.000/year for 3 years FINNIDA (97-99) Reports Reports are published in Newsletter RSCAO. Report to SIDA Oct 95 and Oct 96. From AIT Nov 95 (course Jun-Aug), Dec 96 (course Jul-Sep). Report from INSDOC Oct 97. Report from AIT Feb 98 (course Jul-Sep). Comments Scholarships 1995: Ms C Narmandah, Mongolia, M. Singh Rana, India, He Hin, Cambodia. Contract signed with INSDOC for 1996 and 1997: Two trainees will get one month’s education plus two months’ in-house training at the institute. Scholarships 1996: M Salahuddin, Bangladesh and U Myo Ayng, Myanmar (INSDOC). Chen Rui, China and Ms N Sahni, India (AIT). Scholarships 1997: Muhammed Ali, Indonesia, Ms E S Gapas, Philippines (AIT). D M Sthapit, Nepal, H K Ahmad, Pakistan (INSDOC). Mr Ahmad did not take up his scholarship. 1 4b Scholarships in information technology Responsible G Natvig, ALP Administrative Officer Daruna Somboonkun and the Reg Adv group: AAC (1995: IFLA Regional Manager) Period 1998-2000 Money sent SEK 111.435 Jun 98 AIT, Kulachan and Saikia. SEK 3.547 Rahman, SEK 3.547 Paul Sep 98, SEK 48.790 Dec 98 INSDOC. SEK 54.681 Dec 99 INSDOC. 1.664 Shrestha. SEK 211.176 Jun 00 AIT. 3.349 Trung Tam Thong. 11.605 Mandshir. 6.665 Jingbo. Funders Sida (SEK 100.000/year) FINNIDA + FLA (97-99) (50.000 SEK/year) Reports Reports from AIT and from M. Saikia and T. Kulachan March 99. Report from INSDOC May 00. Report from B Shrestha (INSDOC) Oct 00. Report from AIT Jan 01. Comments Scholarships 1998: Ms Thanapun Kulachan, Thailand; M. Saikia, India (AIT). Anisur Rahman, Bangladesh; Subir Kumar Paul, Bangladesh (INSDOC). 1999 to: Ms Oyuntulga Mandshir, Mongolia; Ms Nguuyen Hong Hanh, Vietnam (AIT). Than Tun aung, Myanmar; Balaram Shrestha, Nepal (INSDOC). Scholarships 2000: Ms Zhang Jingbo,China, Ms Maliwan Noibuatip, Thailand (AIT) 40 In-service training, attachments for middle or senior staff in Asia and the Pacific Responsible The ALP Programme Director The Attachment Coordinators (A K Anand and Pongpan Thamtamala) Adv. group: AAC Period 1991-1994 Money sent Money sent to former Coord. on 4 occasions + USD 525 July 93. SEK 4.000 to Ms Pongpan Aug. 93. To Ms Pongpan SEK 8.250 + SEK 1,399 Mar 94 and SEK 4.500 Sep 95. SEK 7.666 for Ms Bouaphachand Sep 93. SEK 23.383 for Uereti Oct 93. SEK 15.509 for Mr Liu Xiu-yan Feb. 94. Wanee SEK 4.818 and Hubertus-Rhein USD 2,021 Aug 94. Sam Chan Fai USD 1,758 Oct 94. Pudji Muljono USD 1.678 Nov 94. Funders 2 attachments annually 92-94 by Finnish Libr. Ass. + FINNIDA and 2-3 annually 93-96 by 3 Swedish Libr. Ass. + SIDA Reports Apr 93 Jagat Jit Singh, Aug 93 D. Meles, Jan 94 P.Bouaphachanh, Mar 94 T. Uereti, Apr 94 Liu Xiu-yan. Nov 93 Fin. report from P. Thamtamala. Nov 94 Wanee. Jan 95 Muljono. Reports published in Newsletter RSCAO. Financial report to Finnish Libr Ass. and BIFO May 95. Comments Selected 92: D Meles, PNG and Jagat Jit Singh, India. Selected 93: Ms P Bouaphachanh, Laos and T Uereti, Kiribati, Ms W Ek-U-Ru, Thailand and Liu Xiu-Yan, China. Selected 94: W Huberts-Rhein, Salomon Islands, P. Muljono, Indonesia, Sam Chan Fai, Macao and Ms Z Dahlim, Malaysia. 2 40 a In-service training, attachments for middle or senior staff in Asia and the Pacific Responsible G Natvig, ALP Administrative Officer Daruna Somboonkun and the Reg Adv group: AAC Period 1995-1997 Money sent SEK 15.680 Ms Kishore Dec 95, SEK 20.822 P Ariya Jan 96. SEK 24.160 Ms Calanag Mar 96. SEK 16.940 A Putra Jul 96. SEK 13.523 Daw Swe Than Sep 96. SEK 15.156 Jai Pal Singh, SEK 1.303 S K Rout Oct 96. SEK 29.410 Rout and Adhikari Nov 96. SEK 14.876 Ms P Meksawat Feb 97. SEK 2.769 + SEK 6.810 Duc. SEK 4.315 Ruslan Che Pee. SEK 4.882 Coordinator Apr 98. SEK 9,172 + 5,640 Amarasiri Jun 98. Funders 2 attachments annually 92-96 by Finnish Libr. Ass. + FINNIDA and 2-3 annually 93-96 by 3 Swedish Libr. Ass. + SIDA Reports From P Ariya and Ms R Kishore Apr 96 and from L Calanag Jul 96. From S K Rout, Daw Swe Than and Adhikari Jan 97, Jai Pal Singh Jul 98 and M Talagi May 99. Reports to FINNIDA May 96 and Sida Oct 96 and June 97 and to Libr. Ass:s June 97. Article in BSM by G Natvig. Comments Selected 1995: Ms L Gomez Calanag, Philippines, P Ariya, Laos, Jai Pal Singh, India and Ms R Kishore, India. Selected 1996: S Kumar Rout, India, A. Putra, Indonesia, Ms Swe Swe Than, Myanmar, I P Adhikari, Nepal and P Meksawat, Thailand. Selected 1997: Ms M Palemia Talagi, Fidji, R Che Pee, Malaysia, G.D. Amarasiri, Sri Lanka, Nguyen Hoang, Vietnam. Reserve: He Jian Wei, China 40b In-service training, attachments for middle or senior staff in Asia and the Pacific Responsible G Natvig, ALP Administrative Officer Daruna Somboonkun and the Reg Adv group: AAC Period 1998-2000 Money sent SEK 17.990 + 4.568 Mostafa and Saeed, Aug 98. SEK 3.378 Ping Liu, Sep 98. SEK 6.908 Mostafa/Saeed + coord. SEK 1292 Ping Liu Oct 98. SEK 20.066 M Talagi. SEK 4.417 Jun + 18.094 Pujar Sep 99. SEK 4.441 + 9.128 + 2,771 Ms Mereani Sep. SEK 6.909 + 19.559 Chen Oct. 5.360 + 10.942 Ms Setijawati May 00. SEK 5.755 + 6.424 Nov 00+23.037 Nasiruddin/Bhusarradi + 4.580 Coord. Jan 01. 12.517 May. Funders 3 Swedish Libr. Ass. + Finnida and FLA Reports From Ping Liu, Apr 99, Pujar Nov 99, M Vakasisikakala Jan 00, Chen Ye Feb 00, Endang Sep 00, S Bhusaraddi Aug 01 Comments Selected 1998: Muhammad Saeed, Pakistan; Md Golam Mostafa, Bangladesh; Mrs Ping Liu, China; Shamprasad M. Pujar, India. Selected 1999: Chen Ye, China; Ms Endang Sri Setijawati, Indonesia; Kim Myong Ho, North Korea; Ms Mereani Vakasisikakala, Fiji. Selected 2000: Md Nasiruddin, Bangladesh, Mr S. Bhusaraddi, India, Ms M Warus, PNG 42 A regional project to develop a training package for the public library personnel in Laos, Myanmar, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Sri Lanka and Thailand Responsible Kasama Varavarn, Department of Non-Formal Education, Thailand Period 1991-1993 Money sent USD 8.000 sent from IFLA HQ 91. USD 9.000 authorised Apr 92. USD 24.235 Nov 92. Funders IFLA, SIDA Reports Phase 1 - report of workshop Jan. 92. Phase 2 May 92. Budget report Phases A & B: 26 Oct. 92. Training package (6 vol:s) in Thai May 93. Final report May 93. Book in Thai informing about the princess’ libraries. Article published in Newsletter, RSCAO, Dec 94 and in IFLA Journal, 21 (1995),1. Comments English version of training package published as IFLA ALP Project report No 11. 3 52 Thai-Lao project on books for young people Responsible Ms. Somboon Singkamanan, Thai Section of IBBY Period 1991-1994 Money sent USD 4.500 May 92, USD 16.100 Jul 92, USD 660 Sep 92, USD 4.400 Mar 93. Funders SIDA Reports Report on phase 1, Writing and Illustrating Workshop, received. Half way report received Oct 92. Article in Child Asia No 10, 1993. Report on phase IV, National Reading Animation Workshop, received April 96. Comments The first four titles have been translated into Thai (May 94). Noma award 1992 for one of the titles. Follow-up seminar May 2-6, 94 in Bangkok. 59 Advancement of librarianship: A workshop to identify and assess needs in South East Asia and to formulate project proposals Responsible Thammasat University Libraries team, under the direction of Mrs.
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