on 2nd & 3rd July 2011

FK Norway South-South Exchange Program Debriefing Seminar

Debriefing seminar for FK Norway South-South exchange program was held in Bangkok on 2nd and 3rd July 2011. All TI South Asian sub-regional chapters participating in the program were present there. TI Pakistan was represented by Director Projects, Dr N.I. Khowaja.

First session on day 1 started with a welcome speech by Mr. Jan Olav Baarøy, Deputy Director General Programmes, FK Norway. His speech was followed by presentations from Lead Partners of Forum Asia, INEB, FTG, Transparency International and HelpAge International. Lead Partner for TI Exchange Project, TI Nepal’s presentation was made by its Executive Director Mr. Ashish Thapa. He discussed the exchange from various aspects and expressed his satisfaction on the progress till date.


Post-lunch session was activity based where partners and participants made timeline charts to elaborate challenges they faced and benefits that were gained from exchange program.


Second day of the seminar began with partner presentations. Partner representatives and participants from TI Pakistan, TI Bangladesh, TI Nepal, TI Sri Lanka, TI India and TI Maldives made their presentations which stressed on the need to learn from current experiences so that future exchange fellows can be facilitated in the best possible way.


A brief session was held to mark the end of debriefing seminar. In this session FK Norway, for the first time, gave certificates to the exchange fellows who had successfully completed their programmes.  The certificates were given by Ms Grete Thingelstad, Deputy Director General Administration, FK Norway. This was greatly appreciated by the participants. In the end Mr. Jan Olav Baarøy, Deputy Director General Programmes, FK Norway, thanked the partners and the participants for their interest in the exchange program.