Project Director, Asian NGO Coalition
Antonio B. Quizon graduated with a BA in Sociology, and has taken short courses on Development Management, Organizational Development and Monitoring & Evaluation. Tony was a former Executive Director and is a current Board Member and Project Director of the Asian NGO Coalition.
He has spent the past three decades working with farmers and NGOs in various capacities: as community organizer, journalist, researcher, mentor, and as Secretary-General and Chief Executive Officer of a national peasant federation. Antonio as serves as board member of nine NGOs and community-based organizations in the Philippines and across Asia working on agrarian reform, sustainable agriculture, coastal resources management, and community-based conservation of plant genetics. Beyond the Philippines, Tony has been member of, amongst others, the World Bank-NGO Committee, CGIAR External Review Panel, CGIAR-NGO Committee, and the International Council of Voluntary Agencies. He has engaged in project implementation, research and M&E work for IFAD, FAO, ADB, UNDP, and the International Land Coalition. Tony has authored various publications on agrarian reform, participatory tools and techniques, government-NGO relations, as well as on the economy and ecology.
