Regional and national trainings on localization are crucial for the development of sustainable human resource capacity in Asia. For this purpose, the first regional training, "Fundamentals of Local Language Computing" was organized by PAN Localization project to provide its country components with basic understanding of localization disciplines. The second regional training, "From Localization to Language

Processing" was conducted in 2005 as a follow up.  Aim of this training was to build upon the knowledge acquired through the first training and to explore further areas of localization and basic language processing.  These trainings have been instrumental to enable PAN Localization project teams to execute their project tasks effectively.  

Development through PAN Localization project has gone beyond basic localization and the project is now venturing into real speech, script and language processing.  This requires knowledge of a diverse set of advanced skills.  To address this, PAN Localization project is organizing Summer School in Asian Language Processing at FAST-NU from 1^st June till 15^th August, 2006. This training will be attended by 3-5 participants each from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Laos, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.