AFoCO: Asian Forest Cooperation Organization

16 Jul 2018

Grand Opening Ceremony of the AFoCO Regional Education and Training Center (RETC)

The Grand Opening Ceremony of the AFoCO Regional Education and Training Center (RETC) was held on 14 July 2018. About 130 guests were invited to celebrate and congratulate the grand opening of the Center. Along with the Acting Executive Director of AFoCO, H.E. U Ohn Win, Union Minister of Natural Resources and Conservation and Mr. Ryu Kwang-su, Vice Minister of […]

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05 May 2018

Inauguration Ceremony for the Entry into Force of AFoCO

On May 3, the Asian Forest Cooperation Organization (AFoCO) celebrated its entry into force at Grand Hyatt Seoul with some 90 guests including Ambassadors of the member countries, the 1st Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Korea Forest Service, academia, and other organizations. Soon after ROK’s proposal for the establishment of AFoCO at the ASEAN-ROK Commemorative Summit held in Jeju, […]

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22 Feb 2018

Third to Graduate from the AFoCO Landmark Scholarship Program

On 21 February, Mr. Thant Sin Aung graduated from Chungbuk National University with a Master’s degree. Mr. Thant Sin Aung from Myanmar was selected for the 2016 AFoCo Landmark Scholarship Program and is the third to graduate among the AFoCo Scholarship recipient. The Secretariat celebrated his success at the Annual Meeting for the Landmark Scholarship Program on 18 December 2017.

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20 Mar 2017

Congratulations to Our First Batch of Graduated Scholars!

We are pleased to announce that two of our Landmark Scholarship Recipients have officially graduated from Yeungnam University, on February 22, 2017. The Landmark Scholarship Program (LSP) was established in 2014 to promote capacity building in the forestry sector in ASEAN Member States (AMS) by providing opportunities for higher education in the ROK. As part of the pioneer batch of […]

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24 Dec 2016

2016 Annual Meeting for the Landmark Scholarship Program

The 2016 Annual Meeting for Landmark Scholarship Program was held on 19 December 2016 at the Secretariat. The Secretariat invited all scholarship recipients to share their experiences in the year 2016 as scholarship recipients through presenting their thesis in the case of graduation candidates or of their academic progress for the rest. Concurrently, the Secretariat explained the main changes in […]

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