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BIMP-EAGA Regional Environment Program Inception Meeting

Discovery Suite, Manila, Philippines: 17-18 April 2008

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Agenda


17 April, Thursday
09:00 - 09:30 Registration
   
09:30 – 10:00 Opening Session

Meeting Co-Chairs:

Merly Cruz
Chairperson, Philippines Senior Official for BIMP-EAGA

Urooj Malik
Director, Agriculture, Environment and Natural Resources Division, Southeast Asia Department, ADB

Introductions

Welcome and Opening Statement
Thomas Crouch
Deputy Director General, Southeast Asia Department ADB
   
10:00 – 10:30 Coffee Break
   
10:30 - 11:00 Update on the Mid-term Review of the BIMP-EAGA Road Map to Development

Jacques Ferreira
Principal Regional Cooperation Specialist, Southeast Asia Department, ADB
   
11:00 - 11:45 Overview of the RETA: Strengthening Sound Environmental Management in BIMP-EAGA
Marilou Drilon [ PDF: 1,564kb | 18 pages ]
Natural Resources Economist, Agriculture, Environment and Natural Resources Division, Southeast Asia Department, ADB Open Forum
   
11:45 – 12:30 Updates on BIMP-EAGA and ASEAN key Initiatives:

Heart of Borneo
Iwan Wibisono [ PDF: 1,016kb | 15 pages ]
Ministry of Forestry of Indonesia

Sulu Sulawesi Marine Eco-region
Rooney Biusing [ PDF: 1,020kb | 24 pages ]
Malaysia

Transboundary Haze
Raman Lepchumanan [ PDF: 1,724kb | 45 pages ]
Head of Environment & Disaster Management, ASEAN Secretariat

Open Forum
   
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
   
14:00 – 14:30 Regional Review of the Economics of Climate Change in Southeast Asia
Tae Yong Jung [ PDF: 98kb | 17 pages ]
Senior Economist, Economics & Research Department, ADB Open Forum
   
14:30 – 15:30 Overview on Coral Triangle Initiative (CTI)
Lory Tan [ PDF: 3,121kb | 21 pages ]
Vice-Chairman, Board of Trustees World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Philippines

Global Environment Dimension and Linkages of CTI Southeast Asia and Pacific
Anne Witheford [ PDF: 1,126kb | 12 pages ]
Governance Specialist, Pacific Operations Division, Pacific Department, ADB Open Forum
   
15:30 -16:00 Coffee Break
   
16:00 – 16:15 GMS Conserving Our Natural Heritage
   
16:15 - 17:00 A Regional Model: Greater Mekong Subregion Core Environment Program
Hasan Moinuddin [ PDF: 4,532kb | 36 pages ]
GMS Environment Operations Center

Open Forum
18 April, Friday
  Meeting Co-Chairs:

Merly Cruz
Chairperson, BIMP-EAGA SOM, Philippines

Urooj Malik
Director, Agriculture, Environment and Natural Resources Division, Southeast Asia Department, ADB
   
09:00 – 09:40 Reflections on Day 1: Roundtable discussions and views on the BIMPEAGA Regional Environmental Program

BIMP Member Countries
   
09:40 - 10:15 Carbon Market Initiative
Vinay Deodhar [ PDF: 263kb | 31 pages ]
Clean Energy and CDM Specialist, and Team Leader, CMI-Technical Support Facility, ADB Open Forum
   
10:15 - 10:45 Cross-sector Coordination and Institutional Arrangements
Hasan Moinuddin [ PDF: 131kb | 9 pages ]
GMS Environment Operations Center Open Forum & Reaction from Development Partners
   
10:45 - 11:00 Coffee Break
   
11:00 – 11:30 BIMP-EAGA Calendar of Events

Representative, BIMP-EAGA Facilitation Centre

Discussion and Agreement on Tentative Schedule of BIMP REP Consultative Meetings and Outputs
   
11:30 – 12:00 Wrap-up and Next Steps
Co-chairs

Closing Remarks
Representative BIMP-EAGA Natural Resources Cluster Group
   
12:00 Lunch at ADB Headquarters

Departure of Participants

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