Regional Networks
UNESCO Office Jakarta has some organizations that act as partners in some field of activities.
EDUCATION Regional Networks
1. Asia/Pacific Cultural Centre for UNESCO (ACCU)
Year of Establishment: 1971
Secretary-General: Mr. Shimazu Masakazu
Japan Publishers Building,
6 Fukuromachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8484 JAPAN
Tel: +81-3-3269-4435
Fax: +81-3-3269-4510
Email: general@accu.or.jp; literacy@accu.or.jp
2. SEAMEO Regional Centre for Educational Innovation and Technology (INNOTECH)
Year of Establishment: 1965
Centre Director: Dr. Ramon C. Bacani
P O Box 207, UP
Diliman, Quezon City 1101
PHILIPPINES
Tel: +63 (2) 924-7681 to 4
Fax: +63 (2) 921-0224
Email: innotech@seameo-innotech.org
3. International Research and Training Centre for Rural Education (INRULED) (UNESCO Category II Centre)
Year of Establishment: 1994
Chair: Mr. Zhang Xinsheng
No. 2 Nongda West Street, Baoding 071001, Hebei, P.R.China
Tel: 86-312-2171893
Fax: 86-312-2170234, 2171894
Email: inruled@inruled.org
4. Asia-Pacific Centre of Educational Innovation for Development (APEID)
Year of Establishment: 1973
Coordinator of APEID: (vacant)
UNESCO Asia and Pacific Regional Bureau for Education
P.O. Box 967, Prakanong Post Office
Bangkok 10110 Thailand
Tel: (66-2) 3910577 (ext. 212)
Fax: (66-2) 3910866
Email: apeid.bgk@unesco.org
5. Associated Schools Project Network (ASPnet)
Year of Establishment: 1953
International Coordinator: Ms Livia Saldari
International Coordinator
7, place de Fontenoy
75352 Paris 07 SP
Tel: 33 (0) 1 45 68 10 80
Fax: 33 (0)1 45 68 56 39
Email: aspnet@unesco.org
6. Asia-Pacific Centre Network of Education and Values Education (APNIEVE)
Year of Establishment: 1995
President: Dr. Maria Lourdes Quisumbing-Baybay
c/o Miriam College Foundation
Katipunan Road, Loyola Heights
Quezon City, PHILIPPINES
Tel: (63-2) 426-0172
Fax: (63-2) 426-0169
Email: lourdes@quisumbing.net
7. Asia-Pacific Centre of Education for International Understanding (APCEIU) (UNESCO Category II Centre)
Year of establishment: 1999
Director: Dr. Chung Utak
26-1 Guro-dong, Guro-gu, Seoul
Republic of Korea, 152-050
Tel. (82-2) 774 3956
Fax: (82-2) 774 3957
Email: info@unescoapceiu.org
8. South-East Asian Centre for Lifelong Learning for Sustainable Development (SEACLLSD), Philippines (UNESCO Category II Centre)
Year of establishment: 2009
Interim Director: Dr. Zenaida T. Domingo
c/o UNESCO National commission of the Philippines
Ground Floor
Department of Foreign Affairs
2330 Roxas Boulevard
Pasay City
Philippines 1300
Tel.: (632) 834 3447
Fax: (632) 831 8873
Email: zenaida_domingo@yahoo.com
9. Regional Centre for Educational Planning (RCEP) (UNESCO Category II Centre)
Year of establishment: 2013
Director: Mahra Hilal
Sharjah University city
Untied Arab Emirates, 68855, Sharjah
United Arab Emirates
Tel.: (97-6) 5455111
Fax: (97-6) 5455004
Email: info@rcep-unesco.ae
Earth Science Regional Networks
Coordinating Committee for Geoscience Programmes in East and Southeast Asia
Year of Establishment 1966
CCOP Technical Secretariat
CCOP Building, 75/10 Rama VI Rd., Phayathai
Ratchathewi, Bangkok 10400 THAILAND
Web address: www.ccop.or.th
Engineering Science & Technology Regional Networks
1. ASEAN Federation of Engineering Organisations (AFEO)
Contact person: Ir. Dr. Gue See Sew
Gue & Partners Sdn. Bhd.
39-5, Jalan 3/146, The Metro Centre,
Bandar Tasik Selatan
57000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Tel : 603 - 9059 5395
Fax : 603 - 9059 5869
E-mail : gnp@gueandpartners.com.my, ssgue@pc.jaring.my
www.aseanengineers.com
2. Greater Mekong Subregion Academic and Research Network
Year of Establishment: 1973
Secretariat c/o Asian Institute of Technology
Km 42 Paholyothin Highway, Klong Luang, Pathumthani 12120, THAILAND
Tel: 66 2 5246101
Fax: 66 2 5245069
Email : gmsarn@ait.ac.th
www.gmsarn.org
3. School of Internet (SOI)
Year of Establishment: 1997
Contact person: Prof. Keiko Okawa
Director of SOI-ASIA
SOI - Asia
Keio University, Murai Lab
5322 Endo, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, 252-8520 JAPAN
Tel.: +81 466 49 1100
Fax: 81 466 49 1101
Water Science Regional Networks
1. Regional Steering Committee of the International Hydrological Programme for Southeast Asia and the Pacific (RSC)
Year of Establishment: 1993
Executive Secretary: Prof. Prof. Liu Heng
International Center on Small Hydropower
136 Nanshan Road
Hangzhou 310002
CHINA
2. Asia-Pacific Flow Regimes from International Experimental and Network Data (AP-FRIEND)
Year of Establishment: 1997
Executive Secretary: Mr. Dennis Jamieson
NIWA, PO Box 8602
10, Kyle Street - Christchurch
NEW ZEALAND
People, Biodiversity & Ecology Regional Networks
1. East Asian Biosphere Reserve Network (EABRN)
Year of Establishment: 1993
Contact Person: Mr. R. Jayakumar
UNESCO Beijing
Jianguomenwai Waijiaogongyu 5-13-3, Beijing 10060,
P. R. China
Tel: +86-10-65322828
Fax: +86-10-65324854
Email: beijing@unesco.org
2. Southeast Asian Biosphere Reserve Network (SeaBRnet)
Year of Establishment: 1998
Contact Person: Mr Shahbaz Khan
Senior Programme Specialist for Water and Environmental Sciences
Regional Science Bureau for Asia and Pacific
UNESCO Office, Jakarta
Jl. Galuh II, No. 5, Kebayoran Baru,
Jakarta, INDONESIA
Tel : +62-21-7399818
Fax: +62-21-72796489
Email: jakarta@unesco.org
3. South and Central Asia MAB Network (SACAM)
Year of Establishment: 2001
Contact Person: Ms Tarja Virtanen
Bahman Building, Sa'adabad Complex,
Darband Sq, Tajrish Sq, Tehran 19894, Iran
Tel: +98 (21) 22751315~17
Fax: +98 (21) 22751318
E-mail: tehran@unesco.org
4. The Pacific Biosphere Reserve Network (PacMAB)
Year of Establishment: 2006
Contact Person: Mr. Visesio Pongi
UNESCO Apia
P.O. Box 615
Matautu-Uta
Samoa
E-mail: apia@unesco.org
Tel: +685 24276
Fax: +685 26593
Culture Regional Networks
1. Asian Academy for Heritage Management (AAHM)
Year of Establishment: 2001
Executive Secretary: Ms Montira Horayangura Unakul - Programme Specialist
The Asian Academy’s Central Secretariat
Office of the Regional Advisor for Culture in Asia and the Pacific
UNESCO Bangkok
Tel: +66 (0)2391 0577 ext 509, 503
Fax: +66-2-391-0866
Email: h.montira@unescobkk.org or culture@unescobkk.org
Website: www.unescobkk.org/culture/asian-academy/
2. ASEAN Handicraft Promotion and Development Association (AHPADA)
Year of Establishment: 1981
Executive Secretary: Mrs Surapee Rojanavongse
Honorary President of AHPADA
4th Floor, Gaysorn Place, 999 Gaysorn Plaza
Ploenchit Road, Lumpini, Patumwan, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
Tel: (662) 656 1929/663 2383
Fax: (662) 663 2389
E-mail: surapeer@loxinfo.co.th
Website: www.ahpada.com
3. International Information and Networking Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region under the auspices of UNESCO (ICHCAP)
Year of Establishment: 2011
Executive Secretary: Dr Samuel Lee
Director of ICHCAP
132 Munji-ro, Yuseong-go
Daejeon 305 – 308
Republic of Korea
Website: www.ichcap.org
4. Intangible Cultural Heritage Centre for the Asia-Pacific Region under the auspices of UNESCO (CRIHAP)
Year of Establishment: 2010
Website: www.chinaculture.org
5. International Research Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region under the auspices of UNESCO (IRCI)
Year of Establishment: 2009
Sakai City Museum, 2 Mozusekiun-cho
Sakai-ku, Osaka
Japan
Tel: +81 (72) 275 - 8050
Website: www.irci.jp
Communication and Information Regional Networks
Asia Pacific Information Network (APIN)
Rosa Maria Gonzalez
Adviser for Communication and Information in Asia, UNESCO Bangkok
P.O. Box 967, Prakhanong Post Office
Bangkok 10110, Thailand
Email: bangkok@unesco.org Phone: +66-2-3910577
Fax: +66-2-3910866