Bangkok, Thailand
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The World Association of Non-Governmental Organizations’ Annual Conference is the world's leading meeting for NGOs dedicated to the ideals of service, world peace, strong families, and global well-being. This year’s four-day annual conference takes place from September 25-28 in Bangkok, Thailand, and was convened on the theme “Toward an Ethical and Caring Global Community”. It deals with issues of fundamental important for the international NGO community.
The Annual Conference is the centerpiece of WANGO’s activities, award presentations, and professional development program. It provides a unique opportunity for WANGO to offer NGOs the mechanism and support needed to connect, partner, share, inspire, and multiply their contributions to solve humanity’s basic problems.
WANGO Annual Conference 2003 was an unprecedented opportunity for networking, and utilizes a variety of session formats for presenting ideas, issues, and practical resources of assistance to NGOs as they strive to fulfill their missions.
Among the formats were plenary sessions where leading authorities deliver thoughtful presentations, panel sessions where NGO representatives introduce their organizations or discuss their activities or concerns, workshops where experts provide guidance on practical topics of importance to NGOs, and regional breakout sessions where NGOs can better network and explore regional concerns. Also included were a special off-the-record interactive sessions, whereby governmental representatives and NGOs explore how to enhance cooperation’s between governments and competent NGOs that have substantial capabilities in their areas of focus and with which cooperation would be appropriate and mutually beneficial. This conference is also the setting for the annual business meeting of the Association.
Among the highlights of the WANGO Annual Conference is the Awards Banquet, where the annual awards are presented to NGOs that have shown remarkable leadership and sacrifice in their field of endeavor. In this way, WANGO recognizes the spirit of volunteerism among NGOs and acknowledges particularly effective NGOs.
One of Asia's most cosmopolitan cities, Bangkok is a fascinating mixture of a modern, thriving city and ancient customs, of skyscrapers and centuries-old historical sites. A major regional center for the United Nations System, Bangkok has sometimes been called the Geneva of Asia, and is home to a diverse UN Community, with numerous agencies and diplomatic missions.
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