IGES: Inaugural Workshop of "Asia Resource Circulation Policy Research"

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Inaugural Workshop of "Asia Resource Circulation Policy Research"

Asia Resource Circulation Policy Research Project aims to respond to the rising needs for creating policy-relevant knowledge for the implementation of the 3Rs policy as well as to facilitate lively exchanges among policy makers and experts on how to construct sustainable resource circulation in Asia. One of the expected functions of "Asia Resource Circulation Policy Research Project" is to provide policy-relevant advice based on international collaborative research to the participating countries of the Regional 3R Forum in Asia; facility for international cooperation on the 3Rs launched in Asia in November 2009. The project is funded as a 3 years commissioned research project from the Ministry of the Environment of Japan.

The inaugural workshop invited the collaborating researchers to share understanding of objectives and directions of this international collaborative research for the next three years.

In the next day, 11-12 November 2009, Inaugural Meeting of the Regional 3R Forum in Asia; a facility of international collaboration towards 3R policy implementation in Asian countries, was organised in Tokyo. This meeting was organised with participation from Asian countries, international organisations, aid agencies, and experts by Ministry of the Environment of Japan and United Nations Centre for Regional Development with support from IGES. On November 12, 2009, the participants of the meeting agree in Tokyo 3R Statement which addressed the facilitation of various activities towards 3R implementation in Asia and official launching of Regional 3R Forum in Asia.IGES has supported this process in various ways including initial planning of the forum.

Under the forum, in collaboration with collaborating researchers, IGES will coordinate an international collaborative research project" Asia Resource Circulation Policy Research Project" which aims to provide policy-relevant proposals in response to challenges associated with 3R policy implementation in Asia.

Date

9-10 November 2009

Venue

Meeting Room 7 and 8, Hotel Villa Fontaine Shiodome, Tokyo, Japan

Organiser

Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)

Supporter

Ministry of the Environment, Japan

Agenda

9 November 2009
9:30-9:40	Welcoming Remarks
	Ambassador Tadashi Imai, Special Advisor, IGES
9:40-10:30	Opening Session Chair: Dr. Magnus Bengtsson, Manager, Waste and Resources Project, IGES
9:40-9:55	Rising Needs for Strategic Policy Research towards Sustainability in Asia Mr. Hideyuki Mori, Vice President, IGES345KB
9:55-10:05	Regional 3R Forum in Asia and Expectation for Asia Resource Circulation Policy Research Mr. Choudhury Rudra Charan Mohanty, Environmental Programme Officer, United Nations Centre for Regional Development
10:05-10:20	Overview of the research project Dr. Yasuhiko Hotta, Sub-Manager, Waste and Resources Project, IGES 67KB
10:20-10:30	Q&A
10:30-10:45	Break
10:45-12:30	Highlighting the multiple benefits of the 3Rs Chair: Dr. Magnus Bengtsson, Manager, Waste and Resources Project, IGES
10:45-11:05	Climate benefits of improved organic waste management through the 3Rs approach in developing Asian countries Dr. Janya Sang-Arun, Researcher, Waste and Resources Project, IGES 279KB
11:05-11:25	Environmental, economic, and social benefits of the 3R approach for agricultural waste management in Viet Nam Dr. Huynh Trung Hai, Associate Professor/ Director, INEST, Hanoi University of Technology, Viet Nam858KB
11:25:-11:45	The Economics of 3R in generating real employment in developing and less developed countries Prof. Anthony SF Chiu, Industrial Engineering Department, Center for Engineering & Sustainable Development Research (CESDR), De La Salle University, the Philippines 413KB
11:45-12:30	Discussion
12:30-14:00	Lunch
14:00-16:30	Improved governance for 3R implementation in developing Asia Chair Dr. Yasuhiko Hotta, Sub-Manager, Waste and Resources Project, IGES
14:00-14:20	Extended Producer Responsibility Policy in East Asia Mr. Shiko Hayashi, Researcher, Waste and Resources Project, IGES704KB
14:20-14:40	Circular economy policy of China: Role of policy research towards a shift from institution building into implementation Prof. Geng Yong, Chair Professor on Circular Economy and Industrial Ecology, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Science 459KB
14:40-15:00	Impact of 3R related policies to on-going 3R activities in Malaysia: Implementation of the SWMPC Bill 2007 Prof. P. Agamuthu, Professor, Solid and Hazardous Waste Management, Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Malaysia 528KB
15:00-15:30	Break
15:30-16:30	Discussion
16:30-17:30	Discussion How can research/science contribute to policy formulation and better implementation of policies? Chair: Mr. Hideyuki Mori, Vice-President, IGES

10 November 2009
9:30-11:30	Economics and Evaluation of Resource Circulation Chair: Mr. Michikazu Kojima, Director/Senior Research Fellow, Environment and Natural Resource Studies Group, Institute of Development Economies, JETRO
9:30-10:00	Overview of "Environmental Economics Research on Environmental, Economic, and Social Impacts of Asia Resource Circulation Systems"s Dr. Satoshi Kojima, Manager, Programme Management Office/Economic Analysis Team, IGES 271KB
10:00-10:20	Integrated Impact Assessment of Resource Circulation and Waste Management Prof. Hong Wen Ma, Graduate Institute of Environmental Engineering, Taiwan University, Taiwan691KB
10:20-11:15	Discussion
11:15-11:45	About schedules and next step

11:45-12:00	Wrap-up

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