The APN sponsored workshop on Networking and Capacity Building in Global Change Research for South Asian countries was held in Islamabad, Pakistan on 20-22 November 2000. The workshop was organized in pursuance of the decision of the APN 5th Inter-Governmental Meeting (IGM) held in Islamabad on 29-30 March 2000 to strengthen networking and capacity building in selected countries in South Asia and Southeast Asia that had not effectively participated in APN activities so far. Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka were identified as the countries to participate in the workshop.