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7th Working Group on Environment Meetings
The Seventh Meeting of the Subregional Working Group on Environment (WGE-7)
was held in Luang Prabang, Lao PDR from 29 to 31 August 2001.
The Science, Technology and Environment Agency (STEA), Prime Minister's Office of Lao PDR
hosted the Workshop, in cooperation with the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
The GMS countries expressed their appreciation to the Provincial Government of Luang Prabang,
STEA and ADB for the hospitality, organization, and cooperation provided to the Workshop.
The objectives of the Workshop were to assess the progress of the work program of the WGE,
and reformulate the WGE work program in the light of updates of the GMS program and its operational strategy.
The meeting also discussed project reports of three (3) GMS RETAs on the environment, namely:
Poverty Reduction and Environmental Management in Remote GMS Watersheds;
Protection and Management of Critical Wetlands in the Lower Mekong Basin;
and the GMS Strategic Environment Framework (SEF).
The meeting also reviewed the results of the Inception Meeting of the Subregional Environmental Monitoring and Information System Phase II project (SEMIS II)
which was held in Bangkok on 27 August 2001.
The focus of project discussions was on the integration of social, economic, and environmental sustainability concerns in GMS development processses.
The meeting further analyzed the new environmental initiatives for the WGE consistent with the revised work program,
which could lead to draft recommendations for GMS Senior Official and Ministers, and a possible draft communique from GMS Ministers to the 2002 Earth Summit.
The participants of the Workshop included delegations from the Kingdom of Cambodia, People's Republic of China (PRC), Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR),
Union of Myanmar, Kingdom of Thailand, and Socialist Republic of Viet Nam.
Observers/resource persons from the Mekong River Commission (MRC), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), as well as ADB staff and consultants, also attended.
The meeting was co-chaired by Mr. J. Warren Evans, Manager, ENVD, ADB, and Mrs. Keobang A Keola, Deputy Director of Cabinet, STEA.
The Proceedings of the meeting is available as the links below:
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