IULA-ASPAC meet in Jakarta

IULA-ASPAC meet in Jakarta

JAKARTA (JP): Jakarta Governor Surjadi Soedirdja, in his
capacity as president of the International Union of Local
Authorities for the Asia-Pacific region (IULA-ASPAC), officially
opened the union's executive committee meeting in Kuala Lumpur
yesterday.

Members agreed to further develop the activities of the union
as well as to improve its human resources training program,
designed to enhance cooperation among local administrations in
the region, according to a statement released by the Jakarta
Public Relations Department.

The statement said the training programs for human resources
included those in Indonesia's Home Affairs' Education and
Training office, INTAN in Kuala Lumpur, Northern Territory
University in Darwin, the All India Institute for Local
Government in Bombay, the Local Government Academy in Manila, the
Center for Local Government Education and Research in Sydney and
several others in Japan and South Korea.

To support the ever-pressing activities, the delegates urged
the meeting to intensify the role of the IULA-ASPAC secretariat
in Jakarta.

At the conclusion of the meeting the delegates unanimously
elected Robert P. Silalahi as the new IULA-ASPAC secretary.
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