|
Time |
Topic |
Lead |
| Wednesday, 13 June 2007 |
|
08.30 - 09.00 |
Inaugural Session: Welcome Remarks
Mr. Zhou Jian, Vice Minister of the State Environmental Protection Administration,
People's Republic of China
Mr. Urooj Malik, ADB
Mr. Mu Hong, Vice Chairman of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
Chair: Mr. Tang Dingding, State Environmental Protection Administration, People's Republic of China
|
| 09.00 - 09.20 |
Coffee Break |
Session I: Program Review (WGE, ADB, UNEP, RNE, Sida, Finnida and EOC)
Chairs: Mr. Urooj Malik, ADB and Mr. Tang Dingding, SEPA, PRC
|
|
09.20 - 09.35 |
Agenda Setting |
Mr. Urooj Malik, ADB |
|
09.35 - 10.00 |
Report on WGE-SAM1 Resolutions [PDF] |
Prof. Dawood Ghaznavi, EOC |
|
10.00 - 13.00 |
CEP Update:
- Staffing, Deputation & Internship Programs, Budget & Expenditure Review [PDF]
- Implementation Framework & Procedures for the record
- Component 1 [PDF]
- Component 2 [PDF]
- Component 3 [PDF]
- GIS developments [PDF]
- Component 4 & 5 [PDF]
General Discussion & Comments
|
Prof. Dawood Ghaznavi
Prof. Dawood Ghaznavi
Mr. Pavit Ramachandran
Dr. Hasan Moinuddin
Mr. Iain Watson
Mr. Lothar Linde
Prof. Dawood Ghaznavi
|
| 13.00 - 14.00 |
Lunch |
|
14.00 - 14.45 |
Implementation Frameworks and New Concepts (5 minutes per item for 9 items) |
EOC Staff |
| 14.45 - 15.15 |
Key Events & Initiatives:
[PDF]
- Environmental Forum
- GMS Summit 2008
- Supplemental RETA
|
Mr. Javed H. Mir, ADB |
Session II: Resolution Drafting (WGE, ADB, UNEP, EOC)
Chair: WGE Representative
|
| 15.15 - 16.45 |
Discussions and Drafting of resolutions to be passed at this WGE AM13 |
|
16.15 - 16.30 |
Coffee Break |
| 16.30 - 17.30 |
Discussions and Drafting of resolutions to be passed at this WGE AM13 (cont) |
|
17.30 - 18.00 |
EOC Long-Term Development and Structure:
Discussions on:
- Development Options and EOC Structure [PDF]
- Report on visit to the Baltic Sea States
|
Prof. Dawood Ghaznavi |
Session III: Meeting with the Technical Advisory Panel (WGE, TAP/IUCN, ADB, UNEP, EOC)
Chair: WGE Representative
|
|
18.00 - 19.00 |
Discussions on scope and activities of the TAP:
- Introduction (10')
- Discussion on TAP TORs (30')
- Discussion on Objectives for TAP visit to ADB HQ in August 2007 (20')
|
WGE Members |
Partners Advisory Group Discussions (PAG)
Chair: To be decided by PAG members
|
|
19.00 - 19.30 |
Agenda: to be decided by PAG |
PAG |
|
19.30 |
Dinner hosted by Mr. Urooj Malik, ADB (Shanghai Ballroom) |
| Thursday, 14 June 2007 |
Session IV: Progress Review (Plenary)
Chairs: Mr. Urooj Malik, ADB, Mr Tang Dingding, SEPA, PRC
|
| 08.00 - 08.30 |
Registration |
| 08.30 - 08.40 |
Welcome by host country |
Mr. Tang Dingding, SEPA, PRC |
08.40 - 10.10
08.40 - 09.10
09.10 - 09.40
09.40 - 10.10
|
Country Updates and discussions:
Cambodia
- National Support Unit (NSU) Establishment Status [PDF]
- SEA Implementation Status in the Tourism Sector [PDF]
- BCI Implementation Status in the Eastern Plains [PDF]
PR China
- NSU Establishment Status [PDF]
- BCI Implementation Status in Yunnan Province [PDF]
Lao PDR
- NSU Establishment Status [PDF]
- BCI Implementation Status in Xe Pian-Dong Hua Sao/Dong Amphan [PDF]
|
Mr. Chuon Chanrithy, MONRE
Mr. Chuon Chanrithy, MONRE
Mr. Eric Coull, WWF Greater Mekong Program Representative
Ms. Fang Li, SEPA, PRC
HU Huabin, Representative of XTBG
Mr. Vanthakone Dejvongsa
WWF Greater Mekong Program Representative
|
|
10.10 - 10.30 |
Coffee Break |
10.30 - 12.30
10.30 - 10.50
10.50 - 11.20
11.20 - 12.00
|
Country Updates, continued
Myanmar
- Component 3: EPA Activities in Myanmar [PDF]
- Component 3: EPA and Sustainable Development [PDF]
Thailand
- BCI Implementation Status in the Tenasserim - Western Forest Complex and BCI Implementation Status in Khao Yai - Taplan National Park Complex [PDF]
Viet Nam
- NSU Establishment Status [PDF]
- SEA Implementation Status of Viet Nam's Hydropower Subsector Strategy [PDF]
- BCI Implementation Status in Ngoc Linh - Xe Sap [PDF]
- Update on Passage of Biodiversity Corridors Decree in Viet Nam [PDF]
|
Mrs. Htwo Nyo Nyo, MONRE, Myanmar
Ms. Yuwaree In-na, UNEP
Dr. Songtam Suksawang, DNP
Mr. Nguyen Huang Duc, MONRE
Mr. Tran Viet Hoa, MOI
Mr. Eric Coull, WWF
Mr. Kent Jingfors, IUCN
|
|
12.00 - 12.30 |
Update on CEP Implementation and EOC [PDF] |
Prof. Dawood Ghaznavi |
| 12.30 - 13.30 |
Lunch |
Session V: Progress Review (Plenary), Continued
Chair: Mr. Urooj Malik, ADB
|
| 13.30 - 14.30 |
Q&A and Discussions |
Session VI: Technical Session (Plenary)
Chairs: Mr Urooj Malik, ADB, Mr. Tang Dingding, SEPA, PRC
|
| 14.30 - 15.00 |
Presentation on "Baltic Regional Cooperation: Experiences Relevant for the GMS" [PDF] |
Dr. Johan Holmberg, TAP |
| 14.30 - 15.00 |
Presentation on "Climate Change, Risks and Vulnerabilities for the Economic Development of the GMS" [PDF] |
Professor Zou Ji, Renmin University, China |
| 15.30 - 15.50 |
Coffee Break |
| 15.50 - 16.20 |
Presentation on "Land-use changes in the North-South Economic Corridor" [PDF] |
Mr. Jefferson Fox, East-West Center, USA |
| 16.20 - 16.50 |
Discussion on collaboration with Working Group |
Mr. Jorgen Eriksson, EOC |
| 16.50 - 17.20 |
Management of Hazardous Waste and Other Wastes in the GMS region: Transboundary Issues [PDF] |
Professor Chongrak Polprasert, AIT, Thailand |
Session VII: Conclusions (Plenary)
Chairs: Mr Urooj Malik, ADB, Mr. Tang Dingding, SEPA, PRC
|
| 17.20 - 18.00 |
Confirmation of Resolutions of the 13th Annual Meeting of the GMS-WGE |
Mr. Urooj Malik, ADB |
| 18.00 - 18.10 |
Confirmation of Date and Venue of the 2nd Semi-Annual Meeting of the WGE in 2007 (WGE SAM 2) |
Prof. Dawood Ghaznavi, EOC |
| 18.10 - 18.30 |
Closing Remarks [PDF] |
Mr. Urooj Malik, ADB
Mr. Tang Dingding, SEPA, PRC
|
| 19.30 |
Dinner hosted by SEPA, PRC |
Courtesy of Host: PR China |
| Friday, 15 June 2007 |
| Whole day |
Field Trip (boat trip of Li River and others) |
Courtesy of Host: PR China |
