Consumers
International Regional office for Asia and the Pacific (CI ROAP)
Lot 5-1 Wisma WIM
No.7 Jalan Abang Haji Openg
Taman Tun Dr Ismail
Kuala Lumpur, 60000
MALAYSIA
Tel: 03
- 7726 1599
Fax: 03 - 7726 8599
Email: consint@ciroap.org
Website: www.consumersinternational.org/roap
| Established:
1974 |
Contact Person: Rajeswari Kanniah |
| Status: Memorandum of Understanding
with the Government of Malaysia. |
Designation: Acting Regional Director |
| No.
of Members: 80 |
No.
of Staff: 17 |
Management
Structure:
Council comprising:
President
Vice President
Hon. Secretary
Hon. Treasurer
Executive Committee
Objectives:
| 1. |
To spread the consumer movement throughout the Asia Pacific region. |
| 2. |
To increase the capacity of its members through training and education;
advice and technical support; fundraising and project support; and
research and information. |
| 3. |
To facilitate networking amongst members and with other civil society
organisations and networks working in related areas. |
| 4. |
To keep members and network partners informed of CI's programme
activities and of developments within CI. |
| 5. |
To consult members and represent their views in the formulation
of CI's policies and programmes. |
| 6. |
To represent the consumer interest regionally and internationally. |
| 7. |
To disseminate and promote the principles and policies of the consumer
movement to the wider audience of the Asia Pacific region |
Core Activity:
Research,Capacity Building,Policy Development,Advocacy/Lobbying,Representation
and Networking
Area
of Interest:
Health and pharmaceuticals, Consumer education, Food security, Trade and
economics, Environment, Sustainable development.
Type
of Activity:
National, Regional and International seminars/conferences, Advocacy and
lobbying, Increasing consumer awareness, Publications, Research.
Affiliation:
Networks-Health Action International- Consultative Status- UN Agencies
Publications:
Periodicals.
Books:
Consumer Currents.
The Social Cost of the Economic Crisis (1998)
Confronting the Challenges: The Asian Economic Crisis (1998).
A Discerning Middle Class !: A Preliminary Enquiry of Sustainable Consumption
Trends in Selected Countries in the Asia Pacific Region (1998).
Health and Pharmaceuticals in Developing Countries: Towards Social Justice
and Equity (1996).
A Matter of Living on Earth, series of case studies and debates on sustainable
consumption (1998).
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