Colombo plan
Colombo Plan Cooperative Economic and Social Development in Asia and the Pacific |
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Organization type | Economic forum |
Seat of the organs | Colombo , Sri Lanka |
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founding |
November 28, 1950 |
www.colombo-plan.org |
The Colombo Plan was adopted in 1950 at a conference of the Foreign Ministers of the Commonwealth countries in Colombo ( Sri Lanka , then Ceylon ). The standard of living, especially the food conditions, in the countries of South and Southeast Asia is to be raised through large-scale investments. The beneficiary countries (Sri Lanka, India , Pakistan , Malaysia and Singapore ) receive capital aid and technical assistance from other member countries, notably Australia , Canada (until 1992), New Zealand , Japan , Great Britain (until 1991) and the USA (the majority of the money).
history
The Colombo Plan was drafted as an idea at a Commonwealth Conference of Foreign Ministers in Sri Lanka in January 1950. At the meeting, the idea of a plan was launched to improve living conditions in South Asia through international cooperation. Originally the plan was designed for six years. The founding members were all members of the Commonwealth - Australia, the United Kingdom, Canada, Ceylon, India, New Zealand and Pakistan - until the plan evolved into an international organization, now with 25 members. In 1977 a new constitution was passed and the name of the organization was changed to "The Colombo Plan for Cooperative Economic and Social Development in Asia and the Pacific" to reflect the expansion of its tasks. In the earlier years, the Colombo Plan was responsible for coordinating the exchange of money and technology. In addition to the purely technical expansion of roads, hospitals, cement factories, universities and other infrastructural measures, money was also invested in the training of people who are supposed to maintain this infrastructure.
Current members
There are currently 25 members in the Colombo Plan, including non-Commonwealth countries, as well as members of regional associations such as the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation .
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1963 |
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1950 |
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1972 |
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1962 |
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2008 |
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1972 |
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1950 |
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1953 |
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1966 |
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1954 |
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1962 |
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1951 |
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1957 |
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1963 |
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2004 |
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1952 |
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1952 |
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1950 |
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1950 |
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1973 |
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1954 |
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1966 |
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1950 |
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1954 |
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1951 |
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2004 |
former members
Four member countries are no longer included in the Colombo Plan, including the two founding members in 1950, Canada and the United Kingdom. After unification with the north, South Vietnam became the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, which withdrew in 1978. From 2001 to 2003, however, Vietnam was re-admitted to the list of observers and was accepted as a new member in 2004.
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1950 | 1992 |
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1950 | 1991 |
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1951 | 2004 |
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1951 | 1975 |
See also
literature
- Christoph Ellßel: The educational empire: On the history of the American-Australian scholarship program in the Colombo plan 1949-1960. Transcript, Bielefeld 2017. ISBN 978-3-8376-4127-1 .
- Daniel Oakman: Facing Asia. A History of the Colombo Plan . ANU E Press, Canberra 2010, ISBN 978-1-921666-92-6 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ The educational empire | America: Culture - History - Politics | Cultural studies | Cultural studies. transcript Verlag, accessed on October 26, 2017 .