The workshop was attended by 16 participants comprising of members of the Board of Trustees, Representatives from the Ministry of Agriculture Malaysia, specially invited participants and the TFNet secretariat. Facilitators of the workshop were consultants from a company – Executive Essentials.
The objective of the workshop was:
– to engage and encourage participants to interact and share ideas on the future direction of TFNet.
– to come up with a strategic plan for TFNet to fortify its role as an international network committed to the global development of the tropical fruit industry for the period 2009 – 2011.
The 2 day workshop resulted in a strategic framework that will guide TFNet as it undertakes 15 major strategic initiatives under five (5) strategic key result areas to achieve results that are valued by members and other stakeholders. It also aims to strengthen linkages with common interest groups in every region worldwide, and to enhance communication and coordination with other networks and organizations with the common agenda to address the need for international cooperation to tackle critical issues involving production, consumption and trade of tropical fruits.
Participants of the workshop were :
1. Dato’ Mohd. Mokhtar bin Ismail – Secretary General, Ministry of Agriculture, Malaysia
2. Dr. Yi Ganjun – Director, Institute of Fruit Tree Research, Guanzhou, China.
3. Dr. Izham Ahmad – CEO, TFNet
4. Mr. Kaison Chang – Senior Economist, FAO, Rome
5. Dr. Nguyen Minh Chau – Director, Southern Fruits Research Institute, Tien Giang, Vietnam
6. Mr. Kit Chan – K-Farm, Malaysia
7. Dr. Errol D. Hewett – Massey University, New Zealand
8. Dr. Sisir Kumar Mitra – Faculty of Agriculture, VNSL, West Bengal, India
9. Mr. Unggul Abinowo – Director, SPAT, East Java, Indonesia
10. Mr. Mohd. Syaifulzafni Abdul Aziz – MAFC, Malaysia
11. Mdm Yeoh Ngim Bee – Undersecretary, Ministry of Agriculture Malaysia
12. Ms Esther Lew – Assistant Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Malaysia
13. Mr. Khairuddin Md. Tahir – Ex-CEO TFNet
14. Mr. Chua Piak Chwee – TFNet
15. Dr. Osman Hashim – TFNet
16. Mr. Yacob Ahmad – TFNet
Facilitators:
1. Mr. Lim Kheng Joo – Executive Essentials
2. Mr. Unnikrishnan Menon – Executive Essentials
For details of TFNets’ Strategic Plan, please download here