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Environment Operations Center (EOC) website!
This is the online home of the Environment Operations Center (EOC) for the Greater Mekong Subregion Core Environment Program (GMS CEP). Please find more information About EOC.
The information on this program are also available at the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Greater Mekong Subregion Core Environment Program (CEP) project webpage.
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Press Briefing on the Environment Ministers' Meeting (EMM) -
GMS Environment Ministers Seek Added Funds to Combat Climate Change
MANILA, PHILIPPINES (30 JANUARY 2008)
-- Environment ministers in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) this week called on the region's development partners
to mobilize additional financial and technical assistance to assist the region in achieving ambitious targets for improved environmental and natural resource management.
In the Joint Ministerial Statement issued at the conclusion of the second GMS Environment Ministers Meeting, on 29th January in Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR),
ministers highlighted the "environment for development" perspective and noted a need to take a pragmatic and pro-active approach to sustainable and inclusive economic growth.
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The Environment Ministers' Meeting (EMM) of the countries of the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS)
was held on 29th January 2008 in Vientiane, Lao PDR.
The Second GMS Environment Ministers Meeting (EMM-2) was held in Don Chan
Palace Hotel in Vientiane, Lao PDR on 29th January 2008. The overall theme of the meeting was
"Sustainable Natural Resource Use for Economic Competitiveness". The meeting took
stock of achievements of the GMS Core Environment Program (CEP) since its inception last
April 2006 and discussed emerging environment, conservation and poverty reduction issues
such as climate change, global warming and their effects on socio-economic growth and
development. Also part of the event was the Environment Forum and Eco-Exhibition where
private and non-government organizations were invited to exhibit technologies, products or
services that were environmentally sound, benign and suitable for utilization in the GMS.
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The Eco-Exhibition was held between 28-30 January 2008 in Vientiane, Lao PDR.
The Eco-Exhibition ran for three days from the 28th through the 30th of January, 2008 at the Don Chan Palace Hotel in Vientiane, Lao PDR.
The Eco-Exhibition had participants from the private and public sectors from around the world to display their products and services that are environmentally sound,
benign and suitable for utilization in the GMS. As such, these organizations had an audience of Ministers, top level government officials as well as media,
NGO representatives, other participants of the exhibition an visitors from the subregion and beyond.
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GMS-EOC participated in UN Day 2007 Exhibition at Central World Shopping Mall in Bangkok from 23rd to 25th October, 2007
GMS-EOC together with ADB Thailand Resident Mission joint the other twenty-one entities and international organizations at the United Nations Day exhibition,
held at Central World Shopping Mall in Bangkok from 23rd to 25th October, 2007. The Prime Minister of Thailand, Surayud Chulanont, spoke at
the official observance on 24th October. At the EOC booth, a poster introducing GMS Core Environment Program and its components was posted on the panel.
EOC also launched, throughout the three-day exhibition, a loop video on the introduction of EOC, a brief demonstration of the use of EOC map tools, the pictures of EOC first year highlight
and the Cardamom Mountains documentary film....more details
The Video on SEA of the Tourism Sector in Cambodia Training Course, is now available!
The Video on SEA of the Tourism Sector in Cambodia Training Course, held in Phnom Penh, 2-3 October 2007, is now available on our website.
The video is available for the medium speed Internet connection and is 10 minutes long.
[watch video]
Cardamom Mountains Documentary Film is now available!
The Cardamom Mountains: Documentary Film (15 minutes) on Cambodia's Last Wilderness is now available on our website.
[more details]
NEW! CEP E-Newsletter third issue
The third issue of the Core Environment Program E-newsletter is now available for
downloading. This is also the first issue features aritcles from the CEP Implementing
partners.
Please click for the Newsletter Third Issue (PDF: 2.32MB | 6 pages)
or for Previous issues of CEP Newsletter
13th Annual Meeting of the Working Group on Environment (WGE AM-13)
The 13th Annual Meeting of the Working Group on Environment (WGE AM-13)
was held on 13-15 June 2007 in Guilin, Guangxi Province, People's Republic of China (PRC).
The meeting was hosted by the State Environment Protection Administration (SEPA) of PRC
in cooperation with GMS Environment Operation Center and Asian Development Bank (ADB).
The meeting participants included delegations from Cambodia, the People's Republic of China,
Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand and Viet Nam. [more details]
Strategic Environmental Assessment of Viet Nam's Hydropower Master Plan
On 20 June 2007, EOC successfully held the scoping workshop for the Strategic Environmental Assessment
of the Hydropower Master Plan in the Context of Viet Nam's Power Development Plan VI
in collaboration with the Ministry of Industry, Hanoi.
Particpating organizations included Ministry of Industry (MoI), Institute of Energy (IoE),
Ministry of Natural Resource and Environment (MoNRE), and Electricity Viet Nam (EVN).
The outcomes of the discussions are helping the project team to respond
to the specific expectations of the Vietnamese partners. [meeting agenda]
First ever Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) piloted in Cambodia
The scoping workshop for the SEA on the Tourism Sector in Cambodia was successfully conducted
by the EOC in collaboration with the Ministry of Tourism (MoT) on 7 June 2007 in Sihanoukville, Cambodia.
Participants included all major decision makers in the tourism sector, including the Ministry of Tourism (MoT),
Ministry of Planning (MoP), Ministry of Environment (MoE), Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF),
Ministry of Land Management (MoLM), as well as provincial governments and NGOs.
Discussions involved high level of engagement among participants leading to well-defined set of useful outcomes.
[meeting agenda]
GMS Environment Operations Center (EOC) celebrates first anniversary
ADB's Agriculture, Environment and Natural Resources Division Director Urooj S.
Malik and Thailand Resident Mission Country Director Jean-Pierre Verbiest organized
a reception to celebrate the first anniversary of the GMS Environment Operations
Center in Bangkok on 26 April 2007. Guests included Khun Chartree Chueyprasit,
Deputy Permanent Secretary of MONRE, Thailand; government officials, development
partners; and implementing agencies. Mr. Malik delivered opening remarks acknowledging
EOC's achievements during its first year in facilitating the implementation of the
Core Environment Program.
[more details]
Children's Art Competition within GMS countries
The Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) Environment Operations Centre (EOC), in cooperation with ADB Thailand Resident Mission,
conducted the art competition in 3 GMS countries, Cambodia, Lao P.D.R and Vietnam, involved young participants age ranging from 7 to 17,
including orphan category and disabled category. The art competition was organized to raise awareness about the world and the environment
and provide children the opportunity to express themselves through drawings.
[Children's Art competition gallery]
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