As a country that addressed population issues including public health and family planning in the course of its development, Japan can provide exemplary models as well as valuable lessons in regard to population policies and programmes for developing countries. Parliamentary activities on population and development issues were initiated by foresighted parliamentarians in Japan in 1974 and later expanded to other Asian countries, Europe, Arab and African regions, which in turn led to the establishment of regional parliamentary forums and worldwide parliamentary networking on population and development issues. Japan's initiative and APDA and JPFP's extensive experience can be utilized to assist the establishment of national groups or parliamentary committees on population issues.
APDA's partner organisation the Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development (AFPPD) is a coordinating body of National Committees of Parliamentarians on Population and Development and Parliamentary Committees dealing with population and development issues. This includes the following countries:
Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kiribati, Kyrgyzstan, Laos PDR, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nauru, Nepal, New Zealand, Pakistan, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Thailand, Tonga, Uzbekistan, Independent State of Samoa, Vanuatu and Vietnam.
This includes the following countries: (Click Here: AFPPD homepage).