GMS Working Group on Environment (WGE)

One of the nine sector-based working groups of the subregion, the WGE was established in 1995 under the GMS Economic Cooperation Program to serve as an advisory body on subregional issues in the environment and natural resources management sector.

Two senior officials represent each GMS country: one from the environmental agency and the other from either the environmental agency or from a government agency in the natural resource management sector.

The WGE facilitates the implementation of priority GMS environmental projects and ensures that environmental issues are properly addressed in projects in other sectors, with special emphasis on the large infrastructure projects being developed in the transportation and energy sectors. It is also expected to address the issues regarding harmonization of national environmental legislation and regulations within the subregion.

• 4^th Working Group on Environment's Semi-Annual Meeting (WGE-SAM4) - Bangkok, Thailand, 25-26 November 2009
• 15^th WGE Annual Meeting (WGE AM-15) - Bangkok, Thailand, 2-3 July 2009
• 3^rd Working Group on Environment's Semi-Annual Meeting (WGE-SAM3) - Vientiane, Lao PDR, 13 January 2009
• 14^th WGE Annual Meeting (WGE AM-14) - Luang Prabang, Lao PDR, 1-2 July 2008
• 2^nd Environment Ministers Meeting (EMM) - Vientiane, Lao PDR, 28-30 January 2008
• 13^th WGE Annual Meeting (WGE AM-13) - Guilin, Guangxi Province, People's Republic of China (PRC), 13-15 June 2007
• 12^th WGE Meeting (WGE-12) - Bangkok, Thailand, 25-26 April 2006
• 11^th WGE Meeting (WGE-11) - Siem Reap, Cambodia, 15-16 March 2005
• 10^th WGE Meeting (WGE-10) - Hanoi, Viet Nam, 23-24 September 2004
• 9^th WGE Meeting (WGE-9) - Phuket, Thailand, 1-2 December 2003
• 8^th WGE Meeting (WGE-8) - Yangon, Myanmar, 3-4 April 2002
• 7^th WGE Meeting (WGE-7) - Luang Prabang, Lao PDR, 29-31 August 2001
• 6^th WGE Meeting (WGE-6) - Manila, Philippines, 10 January 2000
• 5^th WGE Meeting (WGE-5) - Kunming, PRC, 11-12 May 1999
• 4^th WGE Meeting (WGE-4) - Hanoi, Viet Nam, 5-6 March 1998