1. APRACA is ready to open the 18th General Assembly and its Subsidiary Meetings in Cambodia

APRACA has scrupulously been preparing for the opening of the 18th General Assembly (GA) and 61st Executive Committee (EXCOM) Meeting of APRACA on May 31, 2012 in Siem Reap, Cambodia in collaboration with the local host Institution, National Bank of Cambodia. It has fixed the venue and dates of the meetings and the preceding Regional Forum as follows.

• Venue: Sofitel Angkor Phokeethra Hotel, Siem Reap, Cambodia\
• Dates:
  May 30 – June 1, 2012 (see Annex 1)
  May 30 : Grand Opening and Regional Forum on Strengthening the Resilience of Smallholder Farmers through Rural Finance Innovations
  May 31: 18th General Assembly (AM), 61st EXCOM Meeting (PM)
  June 1: Field visit
• Host institution: National Bank of Cambodia

The Secretariat prepared Agenda papers of the General Assembly and the Executive Committee Meeting respectively and sent them to APRACA members on April 27.

As of May 7, 2012, a total of 62 overseas delegates completed registration for participation excluding around 30 members of a field visit team of Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural cooperatives who plan to join the first day meetings of the events; Grand opening ceremony and the Regional Forum.