Founded in 1979, ANGOC is a regional association of 15 national and regional networks of nongovernment organizations (NGOs) in Asia actively engaged in food security, agrarian reform, sustainable agriculture, participatory governance and rural development. ANGOC network members and partners work in 14 Asian countries with an effective reach of some 3,000 NGOs and communitybasedorganizations (CBOs). ANGOC actively engages in joint field programs and policy debates with national governments, intergovernmental organizations (IGOs),and international financial institutions (IFIs). As the overseas development agency of the Catholic Church in Germany, MISEREOR works in partnership with all people of goodwill to promote development, fight worldwide poverty, liberate people from injustice, exercise solidarity within the poor and persecuted and help create “One World.” MISEREOR supports projects and promotes local initiatives in Africa, Asia and Latin America, irrespective of nationality, religion and gender. ANGOC is a founding member of the International Land Coalition (ILC). ANGOC is the regional convenor of the Land Watch Asia (LWA) campaign and the Asian Alliance Against Hunger and Malnutrition (AAHM-Asia). ANGOC is also a member of the Global Land Tool Network (GLTN), and the Indigenous Peoples’ and Community Conserved Areas and Territories (ICCA) Consortium. ANGOC MISEREOR Asian NGO Coalition for Agrarian Reform and Rural Development 33 Mapagsangguni Street Sikatuna Village, Diliman 1101 Quezon City, Philippines P.O. Box 3107, QCCPO 1101, Quezon City, Philippines Tel: +63-2 3510581 Fax: +63-2 3510011 Email: angoc@angoc.org Website: www.angoc.org The German Catholic Bishop’s Organization for Development Cooperation Mozartstrasse 9 52064 Aachen, Germany Tel: +49-2414420 Fax: +49-241442188 Email: postmaster@misereor.de Website: www.misereor.org Lok Niti 117