Reports are made of a meeting of ten Asian representatives to the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) at the Regional Office for Education in Asia and Oceania, in Bangkok in the fall of 1978. It was the responsibility of this group to explore the following topics: (1) To study and analyze the experiences of the participants related to training methodologies and new educational techniques; (2) To explore possibilities of adoption of new techniques; (3) To explore possibilities for adoption of new techniques for the promotion of functional education for out-of-school youth and adults; (4) To develop guidelines for use of educational innovations taking into account various sociocultural contexts; and (5) To develop proposed elements for country draft plans. (JD)