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bullet Nusantara Craft Promotion
bullet Malaysia week in London, 2006
bullet WCC Asia Pacific Dialogue, 2006

bullet National Craft Day, 2006
bullet Archives
  bullet Betel Nut and Leaf Accessories - Exhibition
  bullet WCC -- Paris
  bullet LAOS -- PDR
bullet Embroidery

bullet UNESCO Crafts Prize - 2001

bullet Malaysia -Kuala Lumpur

bullet WEFT 2001

bullet Regional President's Tour of Central Asia 
bullet Golden Jubilee Celebration and WCC Asia-Pacific Region Business Meet

bullet The Regional Craft Improvement Workshop - Exhibition
bullet The Young Craftspersons Competition

bullet UNESCO Crafts Prize - 2003
bullet Kamaladevi Centenary Celebrations
bullet Kamaladevi Awards and Kamala Samman
bullet WEFT 2003

bullet WCC Asia Pacific 26th Regional Meeting -- Dhaka
bullet 1st Exhibition of Iranian Women Handicrafts
bullet International Congress on Bamboo (Bamboo Forum, Exhibition & Trade Fair)

bullet WCC Asia Pacific 27th Regional Assembly, Metsovo -- Greece
bullet An International Jewellery Convention -- "Grass to Gold"
bullet UNESCO South Asian Seal of Excellence 2004
bullet International Design and Product Development Programme / Workshop
bullet International Byers - Sellers Meet (IBSM)

WEFT 2001

 

At the conclusion of the first International Ikat Weaving Forum 1999 organized by Society Atelier Sarawak in Kuching, Malaysia, world delegates proposed to set up the World Eco-Fiber and Textile (WEFT) Network.

The WEFT Network is a non-profit, non-government organization set up with the following objectives:

  • To promote, share and acquire knowledge on the use of natural fibers and dyes
  • To conserve and encourage the use of natural, sustainable material in the creation of arts and crafts
  

WEFT 2001
  • To network amongst the natural-material producers and the craftspeople through the establishment of an information database
  • To develop a marketing network eg. trade in raw materials, dye stuff, etc.
  • To encourage and coordinate research and study into the traditional use of natural fiber and dyes in all forms of textile weaving, basketry, mat weaving, plaiting, etc.
  • To promote the development of World Eco-Fiber and Textile art
  • To foster cultural exchange through exhibitions, conferences, international visits by the craftspeople for the purpose of study, lectures and workshops

To coincide with the 25th Asia Pacific Regional Assembly organized by the Malaysian Handicrafts Development Corporation, a World Eco-Fiber & Textile (WEFT) forum 2001 was organized at Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia. The event was organised and sponsored by Society Atelier Sarawak, Sarawak Craft Council, Sarawak Museum, Kraftangan Malaysia and co-sponsored by World Crafts Council Asia Pacific Region, UNESCO, The Sarawak State Government, National Art Gallery, Malaysia, Crafts Council of Malaysia, Sarakup Indu Dayak Sarawak, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas), Australian High Commission, Malaysia, Indian High Commission, Malaysia, Eastern Empress Silk Co. Sarawak, Thai Embassy, Malaysia, Philippines Embassy, Malaysia, Indonesian Embassy, Malaysia and the Toyota Foundation.