Founded in 1979, the Asian NGO Coalition for Agrarian
Reform and Rural Development (ANGOC) is a regional
association of national and regional networks of civil
society organizations (CSOs) in Asia actively engaged in
promoting food sovereignty, land rights and agrarian
reform, sustainable agriculture, participatory governance,
and rural development. ANGOC member networks and
partners work in 10 Asian countries together with some 3,000 CSOs and
community-based organizations (CBOs). ANGOC actively engages in
joint field programs and policy discussions with national governments,
intergovernmental organizations (IGOs), and international financial
institutions (IFIs).
The complexity of Asian realities and diversity of CSOs highlight the
need for a development leadership to service the poor of Asia—
providing a forum for articulation of their needs and aspirations as well
as expression of Asian values and perspectives.
ANGOC is a member of the Global Land Tool Network (GLTN), Global
Forum on Agricultural Research (GFAR), Indigenous Peoples’ and
Community Conserved Areas and Territories (ICCA) Consortium and
the International Land Coalition (ILC).
ANGOC can be reached at:
33 Mapagsangguni Street
Sikatuna Village, Diliman
1101 Quezon City, Philippines
P.O. Box 3107, QCCPO 1101,
Quezon City, Philippines
Tel: +63-2 351 0581
Fax: +63-2 351 0011
Email: angoc@angoc.org
Website: www.angoc.org
KPA can be reached at:
Komplek Liga Mas, Jl. Pancoran
Indah I No.1 Block E3
Pancoran, South Jakarta 12760
Phone: (021) 7984540
Fax: (021) 7993834
Email: kpa.seknas@gmail.com
Website: http://www.kpa.or.id/
Land Watch Asia (LWA) is a regional campaign
to ensure that access to land, agrarian reform
and sustainable development for the rural
poor are addressed in national and regional
development agendas. The campaign involves
civil society organizations in Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia,
Kyrgyzstan, Nepal, Pakistan and the Philippines. LWA aims to take stock
of significant changes in the policy and legal environments; undertake
strategic national and regional advocacy activities on access to land;
jointly develop approaches and tools; and encourage the sharing of
experiences on coalition-building and actions on land rights issues.
ANGOC is the regional convenor of LWA.
Established in 1994 as the Consortium
for Agrarian Reform (KPA), the coalition
currently consists of 153 people’s
organizations (peasants, indigenous peoples,
rural women, fisherfolk, urban poor) and NGOs
in 23 provinces in Indonesia. KPA fights for agrarian reform in Indonesia
through advocacy and the strengthening of people’s organizations.
KPA’s focus on land reform and tenurial security, and policy advocacy
on these issues has put the coalition at the forefront of the land rights
struggles of Indonesia’s landless rural poor, especially with indigenous
peoples in several areas in Outer Java. KPA encourages a participatory
and pluralistic approach which recognizes the development of
different systems of land use and tenure to ensure land rights. KPA is a
people’s movement that has an open and independent character.