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The Special SOM-24th AMAF Plus Three Meeting

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26/08/2025
On 20 August 2025, the AFSIS Secretariat participated in the Special Senior Officials Meeting of the 24 th Meeting of the ASEAN Ministers on Agriculture and Forestry Plus Three (SSOM-24 th AMAF+3), hosted by Myanmar via video conference. The AFSIS Secretariat was represented by Dr. Sumanya Ngandee, AFSIS Manager. During the meeting, Dr. Sumanya presented the progress of AFSIS activities for 2024–2025 (Q2), the future work plan, and also introduced a new initiative to be implemented in the coming year, the AFSIS Geospatial Information System (AFSIS-GIS) project. She further highlighted that AFSIS will begin discussions on strengthening its financial sustainability, based on the joint understanding reached at the upcoming Special Workshop in Japan this October. The Meeting noted the AFSIS progress report for 2024–2025 (Q2), which covered the implementation of financial sustainability measures in line with the joint understanding. The report also included updates on administrative functions, human resource development activities, food security information development, and cooperation projects with Plus Three countries and other relevant organizations, emphasizing the importance of agricultural statistical data and information management in ASEAN. Furthermore, the Meeting recognized the importance of ensuring AFSIS’s sustainability to strengthen its role, functions, and long-term operational capacity. Member States also reaffirmed the importance of AFSIS and acknowledged the necessity of enhancing its sustainability to further reinforce its roles and capabilities in the long term. They expressed their commitment to actively participating in the upcoming discussions to contribute to strengthening the self-reliance and long-term sustainability of AFSIS. The Meeting expressed its anticipation of continuing discussions on this matter at the Special Workshop in October 2025.
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