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| Regional Centre : Activity Outline |
In pursuit of sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific, the IGES
Regional Centre provides assistance for the effective operation of networks
as well as coordinating collaborative research with international, regional
and national organisations and research institutes.
Relaunched as Regional Centre
IGES has been expanding its network and partnerships in the
Asia-Pacific region since the launch of IGES Bangkok Office in
Bangkok in 2003. It has worked in close collaboration with UNEP, AIT,
and other international, regional and national organisations. In 2011,
IGES will formally launch its Regional Centre in Bangkok to continue to
strengthen the networks for which IGES provides secretariat services,
while engaging in other regional activities.
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| Support for Asian Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Network [AECEN] |
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AECEN is a network of environmental agencies from a number of
countries in Asia dedicated to improving performance in relation to
compliance and enforcement of national laws and multilateral
environment agreements. AECEN operates primarily by twinning
countries through South-South cooperation to share good practices and
to assist each other in capacity building. AECEN is also strengthening
the capacity of environmental courts and the judiciary responsible for
environmental cases throughout Asia. In 2009, IGES was selected as
the permanent secretariat for AECEN.
AECEN website: http://www.aecen.org/ |
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2012 AECEN Regional Forum
(28 March 2012, Bangkok, Thailand) |
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| Asia Pacific Adaptation Network [APAN] |
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APAN aims to help build climate resilience of vulnerable human systems,
ecosystems and economies through the mobilisation of knowledge and
technologies to support adaptation capacity building, policy-setting,
planning and practices.
Since 2010 IGES has been co-hosting the Regional Hub for APAN, a
joint programme of UNEP, with the Asian Institute of Technology-UNEP
Regional Resource Centre for Asia and the Pacific (AIT-UNEP RRC.AP).
APAN website: http://www.asiapacificadapt.net |
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Asia-Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Forum 2012
(12-13 March 2012, Bangkok, Thailand) |
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ADAPT Asia-Pacific : Climate Change Adaptation Project Preparation Facility for Asia and the Pacific
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To help nations in Asia and the Pacific obtain financing from these new international funds, ADAPT Asia-Pacific is designed to share information and best practices about climate fund requirements and help governments in Asia and the Pacific build capacity to access the existing pool of international climate change adaptation funds. The project is an integrated knowledge transfer, capacity building and technical assistance programme that links climate funding organisations with eligible Asia-Pacific countries and helps prepare projects that increase resilience to the negative impact of climate change.
ADAPT Asia-Pacific website: http://www.adaptasiapacific.org/ |
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ADAPT Asia-Pacific 1st Annual Forum
(13-15 March 2012, Bangkok, Thailand) |
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| Network for Integrated Planning and Sustainable
Development Strategies in Asia-Pacific Region
[SDplanNet-Asia & Pacific] |
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SDplanNet-Asia & Pacific is a network of sustainable development
practitioners that conducts outreach activities such as virtual on-line
workshops and publication of a newsletter on trends and progress in
sustainable development practice. IGES has been commissioned by the
International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) to coordinate
this network since 2008.
SDplanNet-Asia & Pacific website: http://www.sdplannet-ap.org/ |
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2nd SDplanNet-AP Annual Conference
(18-20 Oct. 2010, Bangkok, Thailand) |
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| Support for UNEP Fifth Global
Environmental Outlook [GEO5] |
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IGES has been a longstanding collaborating centre for UNEP's Global
Environment Outlook series and IGES staff are fully engaged in
preparation for GEO5, which is scheduled for production in 2012, in time
to influence the outcomes of Rio+20.
For details of GEO, please refer to: http://www.unep.org/geo/ |
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Launch of the GEO-5
(6 June 2012, New Delhi, India) |
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| Support for IGES Activities in Bangkok
and Coordination with UN Organisations
Stationed in Bangkok |
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| The IGES Regional Centre has maintained close collaboration with
international organisations and research institutes located in Bangkok
and other cities in Southeast Asia to provide a wide range of support to
the activities of IGES research projects in the same area, including
preparation of joint research proposals. The Centre also helps to identify
project opportunities being developed by funding agencies located in
Bangkok and provides strategic advice on marketing IGES services.
Centre staff also provide capacity building support for environmental
leadership throughout Asia-Pacific, through Thailand's Ministry of Natural
Resources and Environment, and various UN and university networks. |
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