Greater Mekong Subregion Environment Operations Center

Upcoming Events

1st December 2008: 3rd WGE Semi Annual Meeting (WGE SAM-3), Vientiane, Lao PDR.

CEP Fifth E-Newsletter
Asian Development Bank (ADB) GMS program webpage

Component 4: Capacity Building for Sustained Environmental Management
Task Leader: Prof. Dawood Ghaznavi

Aim: Self-sustaining GMS environmental governance and management regimes.

Activities

  • GMS Environment Operations Center established and operational.
  • Identifying options for institutionalizing subregional cooperation on environmental management.
  • Build capacity for science-based environmental management planning and management.
  • Develop multistakeholder plaftorms for environmental management.

Progress to date (as of June 2008)

  • Brainstorming Workshop on "Programming for the CEP" and "Institutional Future for the EOC"
  • An Environment Seminar for GMS Senior Officials
  • EOC Operational since April 2006
  • CEP/BCI National Support Units established
  • CEP/BCI Implementation underway through government and non state partners
  • GMS University Network operational
  • Cross-Sectoral Thematic Groups identified
  • Cross-Sectoral cooperation through deputation of GMS officials from key sectors to EOC underway
  • Orientation Seminars on: Strategic Environment Assessment (SEA), Environment Performance Assessment (EPA), Spatial Decision Support System (SDSS), Geographic Information System (GIS)
  • Baltic Sea Study tour: participated by 18 GMS officials
  • WGE Meetings: WGE-12, April 2006; WGE 12 Semi Annual Meeting, December 2006; WGE-13, June 2007