In collaboration with the Department of Town and Country Planning (PLANMalaysia) under the Ministry of Housing and Local Government, Malaysia, IGES organised the 1st Regional (Inception) Workshop for ASEAN SDGs Frontrunner Cities Programme Phase 2 (ASEAN SDGs-FC 2) to support the bottom-up innovations for addressing land-based plastic marine debris and urban resilience in ASEAN cities. The workshop was a strategic platform to discuss ASEAN countries’ policies related to inclusive, sustainable, resilient, and dynamic development.
The workshop was a strategic platform to discuss ASEAN countries’ policies related to inclusive, sustainable, resilient, and dynamic development.
Day 1 of the workshop was held on 10 January at Seberang Perai. On Day 2, a technical visit to Kampung Permatang Nibong and Taman Bagan Lalang was arranged to see the implementation of the Project Case Study in Seberang Perai area – “Waste Segregation at Source: Solving Plastic Pollution in Penang”, an initiative that was led by the community and facilitated by the Seberang Perai City Council.
*ASEAN SDGs-FC2 – Supporting Bottom-up Innovations for Addressing Land-based Plastic Marine Debris and Urban Resilience in ASEAN Cities is supported by the Government of Japan through the Japan-ASEAN Integration Fund (JAIF). The Programme is underway until August 2024.
Event Details
The Light Hotel, Seberang Perai, Penang, Malaysia
Presentation Materials
| Day 1: 10 January 2023, 09:00 am-04:00 pm | |||
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09:00- |
Opening Session & Welcome Remarks |
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| 09:20- |
Introduction and overview of SDGs Frontrunner Cities Phase 2 |
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Plenary Session 1: Policy Dialogue and Exchange |
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“National Coastal Zone Vulnerability Index (NCVI) in the National Coastal Zone Physical Plan, PLANMalaysia” |
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| “Land Use Planning for National Food Production Areas, PLANMalaysia” Sanisah bin Shafie, Director, Regional Planning Division, PLANMalaysa, Ministry of Housing and Local Government, Malaysia |
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| “Environmental perspective of Nusantara: Asia’s New Green City” Kurniawan Akbar, Head of Working Group of International Relations for Waste Management Affairs, Ministry of Environment & Forestry, Indonesia |
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| “Good Practices and Achievements on Smart, Green and Low-carbon City” Amira Ahmad, Seberang Perai City Council (Majlis Perbandaran Seberang Perai; MPSP) |
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| 10:40- | Break | ||
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Plenary Session 2: Proposed Activities for ASEAN SDGs-FC Phase 2 |
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| Kep City & Kampot City Chea Nara, Director of Department, General Directorate of Environmental Protection, Ministry of Environment, Cambodia |
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Surakarta City |
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| Banda Aceh Cut Safarina Yulianti, Head of Environmental Management Division, Banda Aceh City Government |
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| Xay District, Oudomxay Province of Lao PDR Souphithak Chanthavonghak, Officer, Provincial of Natural Resource and Environment of Oudomxay Province |
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| “Building Capacity of Redang Island’s Local Community in Sustainable Waste Management – Towards Zero Waste Island” Wan Izatul Asma Wan Talaat, Head of Centre for Ocean Governance, Institute of Oceanography & Environment, University Malaysia of Terengganu (UMT) |
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| 12:30- | Lunch Break | ||
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Plenary Session 3: Proposed Activities for ASEAN SDGs-FC Phase 2 (Cont’d) |
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| Yangon City Aung Myint Maw, Director, Urban Environmental Conservation and Cleaning Department, Yangon City Development Committee, Myanmar |
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| Parañaque City Alfon Royce C. Ducta, Environmental Management Specialist I, City Government of Parañaque, the Philippines |
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| Saensuk Municipality of Thailand: “Towards the Thailand’s 1st Zero Plastic Waste Beach” Nisakorn Wiwekwin, Chief of the Section of Training, Division of Public Health and Environment |
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| Prik Municipality of Thailand: “Innovative City Resiliency Centre towards a Resilient City” Suriya Yeekhun, Mayor |
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| Ninh Binh City Nhung Đinh Thị Huyền, Vice Director, Sub-department of Environment and Sea and Islands of Ninh Binh province, Vietnam |
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| Q&A and discussion | |||
| 03:30- | Wrap-up for Day 1 & Break | ||
| Day 2: 11 January 2023, 09:00am-04:00pm | |||
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Technical Tour in Seberang Perai, Penang (Two models of community-based solid waste management) |
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| 12:00- |
Concluding Remarks (on site of Technical Visit) |
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| 12:30- | Lunch Break | ||
| 02:30pm- | 1st Project Steering Committee (PSC) Meeting (BY INVITATION ONLY) | ||
| Inputs gathered from PSC members in advance via a pre-workshop survey for further discussion and consensus building | |||
