SOMRDPE+3

The Senior Officials Meeting on Rural Development and Poverty Eradication (SOMRDPE) is a subsidiary body of the AMRDPE comprising senior officials in the respective ministries in-charge of rural development and poverty eradication. The SOMRDPE supports AMRDPE by recommending regional policies, developing and implementing the five-year regional work plan, and managing partnerships.

SOMRDPE Plus Three is an annual meeting of the SOMRDPE with the Plus Three Countries namely China, Japan and the Republic of Korea. It serves as a regular platform for sharing policies and good practices on promoting rural development and poverty alleviation.