The Children's Program Item Exchange Meeting and Workshop of ABU has launched a drama exchange project aimed at improving the program production skills in each participating Asian country and region as well as promoting mutual understanding of the cultures and societies surrounding the children of the countries and regions.

This initiative involving six ABU members, each producing a 15-minute children's drama episode for children aged 7-9 years based on a common theme. All participating members bear the cost of production for their own episodes. Once all episodes are completed by December 2005, participating members receive the other five episodes free for broadcast.

The 1st Co-Production of Children's Drama Series Meeting took place in Seoul, Korea in early February. An Executive Producer was appointed by the ABU to oversee the project. The six member participants are CCTV China, RTM Malaysia, EBS Korea, MRTV Mongolia, RTHK Hong Kong and NHK Japan.

The 2st meeting was held with the 9 ABU members: BBS-Bhutan, RTPRC/CCTV-People�s Rep. of China, RTHK-Hong Kong, DDI-India, IRIB-Iran, NHK-Japan, EBS-Rep.of Korea, RTM-Malaysia and MRTV-Mongolia.

In the frame of project which scheduled to continue in and after 2006 with the participation of more broadcasters was held 3-rd meeting on 29-30 March 2006 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.