Asean Handicraft Promotion and Development Association (AHPADA) was established as a result of a Workshop on Handicraft for Export held as part of CONEX'81 which was hosted by the Royal Thai Government in February 1981 in Bangkok. AHPADA was formally inaugurated in Jakarta in March that year as a forum for both the government and private sectors concerned to meet and complimenting each other in the promotion and development of handicrafts activities.

AHPADA Regional Secretariat in Bangkok
4th Floor, Gaysorn Place
999 Gaysorn Plaza, Ploenchit Road,
Lumpini, Patumwan 10330, Bangkok, Thailand
Tel. (66-2) 02-612-5900 extension 5812
Fax: (66-2) 02-612-5998
E-Mail:ahpadabkk@ahpada.com