This report contains materials from a meeting of Asian Programme of Educational Innovation for Development member states to identify common trends, issues, and growth points related to the development and implementation of technical and vocational education curricula. Chapter 1 presents extracts from country reports of experiences in curriculum planning and instructional materials development for the mechanical and civil building trades. Countries include Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Japan, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, and Sri Lanka. Chapter 2 summarizes experiences of countries represented at the meeting. Syntheses are based not only on the country papers, but also on participant observations and findings made during field visits to institutions and projects. Information is presented on strategies and methodologies for curriculum planning and instructional materials development, innovative features, problems and constraints encountered and strategies and methodology to solve problems, and future plans. Chapter 3 presents suggestions for development of curriculum instructional materials for mechanical and civil/building subjects in vocational and technical education. Conclusions and recommendations for future regional cooperations are described in chapter 4. Annexes include inaugural and welcome addresses, list of documents and reference materials, sample forms for instructional planning, and format for and reports from field visits. (YLB)