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2 - 3 July, 2009: 15th Annual Meeting of Working Group on Environment, Bangkok, Thailand
[Meeting Agenda]
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Asian Development Bank (ADB) GMS program webpage
Last update: 1st July 2009
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Component 1: Strategic Environmental Assessments (SEAs)
Aim: Ensure GMS development strategies and investment plans are environmentally sound,
economically efficient and socially equitable.
Activities: Assess potential environmental impacts of GMS development strategies and investments.
- SEA of Tourism Sector in Cambodia:
- Scoping:
- Environmental Baseline Assessment Report: [PDF: 1.71MB | 46 pages]
- Scenario Development:
- Joint SEA Training Workshop, 2-3 October 2007: Participants from Ministry of Tourism (MoT) and Ministry of Environment (MoE)
- Round Table High Level Meeting with Scenario Report [PDF: 152KB | 23 pages]
(January 2008): Participants from Ministry of Tourism (MoT), Ministry of Environment (MoE), Ministry of Land Use Planning (MLUP) and Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF)
- SEA of Energy (Hydropower) Plan (PDP VI) in Viet Nam:
- Scoping:
- Baseline Assessment:
- SEA for North South Economic Corridor (NSEC): Implementation frameworks being finalized with national focals from PRC, Lao PDR and Thailand.
- Cross-Sectoral coordination: Tourism, Transport and Energy
- SEA E-Forum: [First Issue PDF: 538KB | 2 pages]
- Implementation Status Report - Environment Assessment of Economic Corridors and Sectors [PDF: 1.67MB | 32 pages]
- SEA: Harnessing Hydropower for Development - A Strategic Environmental Assessment for Sustainable Hydropower Development in Viet Nam [PDF: 1.15MB | 32 pages]
Participated Workshops
Rationale for Component 1: Integrating Environment into GMS Development Plans
- Economic Corridors and Sectoral Framework
- Focus of Significant Investment – GMS RCSP, National Planning Frameworks
- Cumulative, multiplier and transboundary environmental impacts
- Local livelihood impacts
- SEA a tool for ensuring environmentally sound and socially equitable development
Road Map for SEA in the GMS
- Strengthening legal frameworks for SEA through:
- Training of sector staff
- Awareness raising
- Strengthening institutional frameworks in key target groups:
- GMS sector working groups
- National environmental agencies
- National sectoral planning bodies
- Strengthening human capacity:
- SEA training, training of trainers
Approaches to SEA: Two methodological variants
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