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AECEN 2007
UPDATE
AECEN MISSION
AECEN – Established in 2005 in Manila
Mission – To promote improved compliance with
environmental policies, laws and regulations
through the exchange of innovative policies and
practices
Objectives:
Promote development and implementation of
improved policies and institutions
Strengthen practitioner capacity
Support regional sharing of best practices
AECEN MEMBERSHIP
Members – national and sub-national agencies responsible
for identifying, monitoring and correcting non-compliance
with environmental laws and other requirements
Other participants – judges, lawyers, civil society, business
leaders, experts, and representatives from international
organizations join AECEN activities as participants and
observers
New Members:
Japan joined AECEN at the end of 2006
Nepal joined AECEN at the end of 2007
AECEN MEMBERS
11 Members
10 national environmental
agencies
People’s Republic of China,
India, Indonesia, Japan,
Nepal, Philippines, Singapore,
Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam
1 sub-national environmental
agency
Laguna Lake Development
Authority, Philippines
THE AECEN
SECRETARIAT
Supports the AECEN Executive Committee
Supports development of country and regional activities
through technical assistance, program coordination, small
grants, and exchanges
Knowledge management and outreach through website
Establishes linkages with international organizations and
other networks
Reaches out to new members and promotes network
sustainability
Organizes the AECEN Regional Forum and Asian
Justices Forum on the Environment
NETWORK ACTIVITIES
Regional Principles
Rapid Country Program
Assessments
Country Pilot Activities
Regional Forum
Asian Justices Forum on the
Environment
Regional Cooperation and
Training
AECEN Website
REGIONAL PRINCIPLES
Support development of more effective
compliance and enforcement programs, and
provide framework for AECEN activities
Reflect national experiences in Asia and
worldwide
Organized in six categories
Secretariat worked with Members to develop
draft principles through consultative process
using Internet
Principles now in final form and Secretariat
will develop publication in 2008
RAPID COUNTRY
PROGRAM ASSESSMENTS
Assessments follow template to enable cross-country
comparison
Assessments provide basis for pilot activities on
priority country topics
To date, AECEN has completed rapid assessments in
India, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam
In 2007, Indonesia Ministry of Environment completed
rapid assessment in partnership with Indonesian
Center for Environmental Law
In 2008, World Bank will support assessment in Nepal
COUNTRY PILOT
ACTIVITIES
AECEN Secretariat and other partners support
country pilot projects that demonstrate Regional
Principles in priority areas
Results include adoption of innovative policies and
practices, and increased practitioner capacity
Pilot projects link Member countries
Pilot projects in 2006 included initiatives in:
Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam
In 2008, India and Indonesia will initiate pilot
projects
COUNTRY PILOT
COUNTRY
PILOT ACTIVITIES
ACTIVITIES
Philippines – Compliance Promotion
Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA) developed
compliance assistance center for commercial hog farm and
slaughterhouse industries
LLDA and National Meat Inspection Service launched
compliance assistance website in October – first of its kind in
the Philippines
www.slaughterhousecac-phil.org
Shared experience with Thailand, Chinese Taipei and United
States
COUNTRY PILOT
COUNTRY
PILOT ACTIVITIES
ACTIVITIES
Thailand – Compliance Promotion
Pollution Control Department (PCD) and Kasetsart
University establishing compliance assistance
center for the swine sector serving the Tha Chin
and Bang Pa Kong River basins
Center to provide training,
technical guidance, and
technical and regulatory
information via website
Shared experience with
Philippines, Chinese
Taipei and United States
COUNTRY PILOT
ACTIVITIES
Sri Lanka – Incentives-based
Program
Developing a wastewater
discharge fee program
Established
intergovernmental technical
committee
Targeting textile and tanning
sectors with COD as the
main parameter
Established linkages with
LLDA of the Philippines
COUNTRY PILOT
ACTIVITIES
Vietnam – Compliance Inspection
Ministry of Natural Resources and
Environment established
environmental inspector training
program
Conducted nationwide hands-on
training of over 300 inspectors in
three workshops
Technical exchanges with
counterpart inspectors from Japan,
Philippines, Singapore, Chinese
Taipei, and United States
Developing national procedures for
further training nationwide
REGIONAL FORUM
Hanoi, Vietnam – 2006
Hosted by Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment
Presented draft Regional Principles and common indicators
Developed regional priorities and strategies for compliance
promotion, incentives and public participation
ASIAN
JUSTICES
FORUM
ASIAN JUSTICES FORUM ON THE
ON THE ENVIRONMENT
ENVIRONMENT
Supreme Court of the Philippines and Philippine Judicial
Academy hosted regional forum in July
Senior justices from Australia, India, Indonesia, Philippines,
Sri Lanka, Thailand, and U.S. shared experiences
Philippines presented new
institutional options for
environmental adjudication –
e.g., green benches and
training initiatives
Key regional partners include
United Nations Environment
Programme (UNEP) and Asia
Pacific Jurist Association
(APJA)
REGIONAL COOPERATION
AND TRAINING
Participated in 2006 Better Air Quality Conference of
Clean Air Initiative in Indonesia in December 2006
Organized two workshops on public participation, and
enforcement and compliance in partnership with U.S. EPA
In 2008, support International Network for Environmental
Compliance and Enforcement (INECE) 8th International
Conference in South Africa
AECEN WEBSITE:
WEBSITE: WWW.AECEN.ORG
WWW.AECEN.ORG
Continued to
strengthen
AECEN website
Developed Best
Practices
Inventory to
enable Members
and others to
upload and
download best
practices
NEW INITIATIVES FOR
2008
Member-to-Member Twinning Program
Annual Awards for Excellence
Announcement on 2008 Regional Forum
PRINCIPAL FUNDING
PARTNERS
United States Agency for International Development
(USAID)
Through its regional program Environmental CooperationAsia (ECO-Asia), USAID works to promote the adoption and
implementation of improved environmental laws, polices and
institutional arrangements in seven Asian countries –
Cambodia India, Indonesia, the Philippines, Sri Lanka,
Thailand, and Vietnam.
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
A multilateral development finance institution, promotes
economic and social progress by fighting poverty in Asia and
the Pacific. Established in 1966, ADB is a multilateral
development finance institution owned by 59 members,
AECEN PARTNERS
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
World Bank
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
(OECD)
Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities (CAI-Asia)
Asia Pacific Jurist Association (APJA)
International Network for Environmental Compliance and
Enforcement (INECE)
Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Network for
Accession (ECENA)
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