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Erusma

Euro-Asian Center for Policy Studies and Management

Applied policy research and Advocacy for sustainable developmentand equitable market access

About Us

This section mainly gives information about ERUSMA's identity. You will find in it:

• ERUSMA’s background
• Our mission statement
• ERUSMA’s Staff
• How to join us

Background

Euro-Asian Center for Policy Studies and Management (ERUSMA) is a non-profit public interest policy center created in 2005, in Rome, Italy. It has a regional office in Manila, Philippine and a Country office in Dhaka, Bangladesh ERUSMA was conceived by a group of policy institutes and scholars from Asia and Europe to combine euro-asian knowledge, resources and experience to address persistent and emerging socio-economic issues and concerns.

Its perspective is founded on the realization that:

Increase of assistance to the developing world is necessary

Development Cooperation has entered a phase of renewed growth and emphasis with the advent of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) and commitments by the OECD and G8 countries to increase assistance to the developing world, particularly Africa

Greater public and private sector synergy is essential for a sustainable development

The private sector is taking a center stage in advocating policies that promote growth and position emerging economies and the developing countries for intensified global competition to lift communities out of poverty and provide improved public services, health care and human dignity.

Agriculture, rural development and equitable market access are key elements to achieve MDGs

The experiences from Asia and other countries have clearly demonstrated that without agricultural and rural development and access to market, sustainable poverty reduction can not be achieve.

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Mission

Our mission

Promotion of agriculture and rural development in the developing countries: Mitigation of the risk of marginalization of all forms of minority groups, poorer communities and countries in the context of globalisation and equitable market access through multi and bi-lateral trading agreements

What we do?

advocacy for:

• Poverty allevation
• Prevention of marginalization free and social exclusion
• Fair trading and equitable market access

with focus on sustainable agriculture and rural development

Assestment of policy and programme option and policy simulation for:

• Poverty alleviation
• Agriculture and rural development
• Impact of trade liberalization
• Developing innovative projects to meet emerging challenges
• Training for trade negociations and international standards and regulations

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Our staff

Management Team

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Council of administrators

• Oscar Cismondi
• Vittore Giacomini
• Saifullah Syed

Board of technical advisers

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Members of the board of techical advisers

Members	Countries	Instituts
	Europe
Mr. Oscar Cismondi	Italy	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Dr. David Clark	UK	University of Wales, Swansea
Mr. Jean Balie	France	University of Sussex Société Générale (now retired)
Prof. Jennifer Rusted	UK	University of Sussex
Ms. Françoise Janicaud	France
Dr. Gian MarcoAgostini	Italy
Vittore Giacomini	Italy
Mauricio Malogioglio	Italy
Elvira Desideri	Italy
	Asian and Pacific
Prof. Ammar Siamwala	Thailand	Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI)
Dr. Sang-Mu Lee	Republic of Korea
Dr. Naoto Yoshikawa	Japan	Hawaii Tokai International College
Prof. Arsenio Balisacan	Philippines	University of the Philippines, Diliman
Prof.: Jikun Huang	China	Chinese Center for Agricultural Policy, Chinese Academy of sciences
Dr. Donato Antiporta	Philippines	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Prof. G. K. Chadha	India	Jawaharlal Nerhu University, New Delhi
	North America
Prof. Randolph Barker	USA	Cornell University (now retired)
Prof. Scott Rozelle	USA	University of California, Davis
Dr. Mohiuddin Alamgir,	USA	Director policy and planning, International Funds for Agricultural Development (IFAD), (now retired)

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Regional representative

Dr. Donato Antiporta

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Country team in bangladesh

Country Director

Dr. Md. Motlubor Rahman

Chairman of the board

Dr. ATM Shamsul Huda

Vice-chairman

Prof. M. A. Sattar Mandal

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Members

• Dr. Md. Motlubor Rahman
• Dr. ATM Shamsul Huda
• Dr.M.A. Sattar Mondal
• Dr. Mahmudul Islam

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How to join us

ERUSMA is looking for membership

For its technical team:

Membership is open to scholars, experts and institutes from all countries with experiences in development, trade and social issues related to marginalisation and exclusion

For volunteers:

ERUSMA is looking for volunteers who are motivated and innovative and willing to work in developing countries and on issue related to develop equitable market access and social harmony

• Background
• Our mission statement
• Management team
• Board of technical advisers
• Regional representative
• Country team
• How to join us