A CISCAI technology-transfer and localization workshop was held  from    19-20   October 2010 in  Yogyakarta, Indonesia.  The training workshop   was conducted  in  support to an on-going collaborative  effort between Team Penanggulangan Flu Burung (TPFB) Muhammadiyah and CISCAI.

In the effort of disseminating the information of CISCAI Project in Indonesia, CISCAI together with initiated collaboration on piloting the CISCAI developed technologies in Bantul District of Jogjakarta Indonesia. Besides of the technology development, CISCAI project was also committed to improve the human resource capability of its key partners in VietNam and Laos as well as in Indonesia by conducting a “Technology Transfer & Localization Workshop”. In Indonesia it was held from 19 – 20 November 2010 in Jogjakarta Indonesia.

The CISCAI - ASEAN Foundation and the Information Technology Research Institute of the Ministry of Science and Technology of Lao PDR conducted a seminar-workshop to present the communication information systems developed by the CISCAI project to control Avian Influenza (AI). Sixty officials from various ministries and international NGOs attended the seminar held on 4 August in Vientiane, Lao PDR and formally opened by Mr. Phonpasit Phissamay, acting Director General of ITRI and Ms. Renelle Ivy Adan, Head of Programs of the ASEAN Foundation.

In her remarks, Ms. Adan highlighted the application of information and communication technologies (ICT) to provide timely and relevant information for the effective control and management of Avian Influenza outbreaks. Ms. Adan also mentioned that, in line with the mandate of the ASEAN Foundation to develop human resources and enhance networking among various stakeholders, the technologies should be applied to other emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) and natural disaster management in the region.