Date: 17-19 March 2008
Place: Singapore
Venue: Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel, Singapore
The third Regional EST Forum was co-organized by National Environment Agency (NEA) / Ministry of Water Resources and Environment of Government of Singapore, Land Transport Authority (LTA) / Ministry of Transport of Government of Singapore, Ministry of the Environment of Government of Japan, and the United Nations Centre for Regional Development (UNCRD) from 17 to 19 March 2008 to share and discuss knowledge and experiences to promote EST Initiative in Asia including country’s initiatives, policies, best practices, and issues concerning 12 thematic areas of EST as defined in the Aichi Statement among 22 Asian countries.
The status of the National EST Strategy formulation was reported by Cambodia, Lao PDR, and Viet Nam. Valuable comments, advices, and recommendations were given by the expert members, participants, and international organizations for further development of the Strategy.
The meeting also had a special session on co-benefit approach in EST area, which addresses climate change and development issues concurrently.
- 3rd EST Forum - List of ParticipantsPDFOpens a new window
- 3rd EST Forum - Meeting SummaryPDFOpens a new window
- 3rd EST Forum - ProgrammePDFOpens a new window
Supporting Organizations:
World Health Organization (WHO)
Swedish International Development Agency (Sida)
German Technical Cooperation (GTZ)
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC)
South Asia Co-operative Environment Program (SACEP)
The ASEAN Working Group on Environmentally Sustainable Cities (AWGESC)
Participants
A total of approximately 140 participants attended the Third Regional EST Forum.
List of ParticipantsPDFOpens a new window
Programme and Presentations
ProgrammePDFOpens a new window
Presentations
Opening Session
Opening remarks
- Mr. Kazunobu OnogawaPDFOpens a new window, Director, UNCRD
- Mr. Junichi ShiraishiPDFOpens a new window, Deputy Director General, Ministry of the Environment, Japan
- H.E. Mr. Raymond LimPDFOpens a new window, Minister for Transport and Second Minister for Foreign Affairs, Singapore
- Asian EST Initiative, Objectives of the Regional EST Forum, and Aichi StatementPDFOpens a new window, Mr. C.R.C. Mohanty, Environment Programme Coordinator, UNCRD
- AfghanistanPDFOpens a new window
- Brunei DarussalamPDFOpens a new window
- BangladeshPDFOpens a new window
- Mr. Manfred BreithauptPDFOpens a new window, Sustainable Urban Transport Project/ German Technical Cooperation (SUTP/GTZ)
- Mr. Michael ReploglePDFOpens a new window
- PhilippinesPDFOpens a new window
- PakistanPDFOpens a new window
- PR ChinaPDFOpens a new window
- MaldivesPDFOpens a new window
- Group 1PDFOpens a new window, Mr. William H.K. Lam
- Group 2PDFOpens a new window, Mr. Simon K.W. Ng
- Group 3PDFOpens a new window, Mr. Manfred Breithaupt, GTZ
- Group 4PDFOpens a new window, Mr. Cornie Huizenga, Clean Air Initiative-Asia (CAI-Asia)
- Group 5PDFOpens a new window, Mr. Charles Melhuish
- Group 6PDFOpens a new window, Mr. Lloyd Wright
- Initiative of Japanese Government of Promoting the Co-benefits Approach to Climate ChangePDFOpens a new window, Mr. Kotaro Kawamata, Ministry of the Environment, Japan
- Co-benefit Approach to Mitigation in Transport SectorPDFOpens a new window, Mr. Masato Kawanishi, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA);
Mr. Tsutomu Uchida, Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) - Climate Change and EST - Singapore’s ExperiencePDFOpens a new window, Mr. Bashir Ahmad, National Environment Aganecy, Singapore
- Environmentally Sustainable Transport and Green Growth in Asia and the PacificPDFOpens a new window, Mr. Lorenzo Santucci, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN ESCAP)
- Financing Urban Transportation in Asia: Importance of Carbon Financing in Achieving SUTPDFOpens a new window, Mr. Herbert Fabian, CAI-Asia
- Future EST ActivitiesPDFOpens a new window, Mr. C.R.C. Mohanty, Environment Programme Coordinator<, UNCRD
- Overview of Various Sustainable Urban Transport (SUT) Related Programmes and Activities in Asia and Potential SynergiesPDFOpens a new window, Mr. Cornie Huizenga, CAI-Asia
- Mr. Mohinder SinghPDFOpens a new window, Dean, LTA Academy, Land Transport Authority, Singapore
- Mr. Keiji FukumotoPDFOpens a new window, Assistant Vice Minister for International Affairs, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Japan
- Mr. Kazunobu OnogawaPDFOpens a new window, Director, UNCRD
Plenary Session 1: Introducing UNCRD's EST Initiative, Objectives of the Regional EST Forum, and the Aichi Statement
Session Chair: Mr. Kazunobu Onogawa, Director, UNCRD
Breakout Session 1: Country Initiative and Policy Dialogue
Breakout Group 1
Session Chair: Ms. Anneli Lontoc, Under Secretary, Department of Transportation and Communications, Philippines
Moderator: Mr. William H.K. Lam
Breakout Group 2
Session Chair: Mr. Ibrahim Zuhair, Deputy Minister of Transport and Communication, Maldives
Moderator: Mr. Simon K.W. Ng
Breakout Group 3
Session Chair: Dr. Muhammad Bashir, Director General, Environment Protection Agency, Pakistan
Moderator: Mr. Manfred Breithaupt
Lunch Break Session
Travel Demand Management for Environmentally Sustainable Transport
Introducing World Cities Summit (WCS) 2008PDFOpens a new window, Mr. Shanmuga Retnam, Project Director, World Cities Summit
Breakout Session 1: Country Initiative and Policy Dialogue (Day 1 afternoon session)
Breakout Group 4
Session Chair: Mr. A.M.M. Nasir Uddin, Member, Physical Infrastructure, Planning Commission, Bangladesh
Moderator: Mr. Cornie Huizenga
Breakout Group 5
Session Chair: Mr. Delgertsogt Davaaodrj, Vice Minister for Nature and Environment, Mongolia
Moderator: Charles Melhuish
Breakout Group 6
Session Chair: H.E. Mr. Rohana Dissanayake, Minister of Urban Development, Sri Lanka
Moderator: Mr. Lloyd Wright
Plenary Session 2: Status report on EST national strategy by Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam
Session Chair: Mr. Liana Bratasida, Chairman, AWGESC
Process of National EST Strategy FormulationPDFOpens a new window, Mr. C.R.C. Mohanty, Environment Programme Coordinator, UNCRD
Status Report on National EST Strategy: CambodiaPDFOpens a new window; Lao PDRPDFOpens a new window; Viet NamPDFOpens a new window
Day 2: Wednesday, 25 February 2009
Plenary Session 3: Reporting by Breakout Groups 1, 2, 3
Chair: Mr. Mohinder Singh, Dean, LTA Academy, Land Transport Authority, Singapore
Plenary Session 4: Reporting by Breakout Groups 4, 5, 6
Session Chair: Mr. Rama Kant Gauro, Member, Infrastructure Sector, National Planning Commission Nepal
Plenary Session 5: Climate Change, EST and Co-benefit
Session Chair: Mr. Ong Seng Eng, Director, Resource Conservation Department, National Environment Agency, Singapore
Plenary Session 6: Future EST Activities
Session Chair: Dr. A. A. Boaz, Director General, SACEP
Closing Remarks
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