0800-0900

Registration of the 3^rd Policy Consultation Forum

0900-1000

Joint Opening Ceremony with the 8^th APRSCP -Plenary Hall

0900 -0905

Welcoming Remarks

Dr. Olivia la O’ CASTILLO, APRSCP President,  Board of Trustees

0905 -0915

Opening Remarks

Chair Ambassador Laura del ROSARIO, Philippine Ambassador to Viet Nam

0915 - 0945

Keynote Speaker

HRH, Crown Prince of Orange

0945-1005

ASEAN Speakers

Fidel V. Ramos, former President of the     Philippines  and ASEAN EMINENT PERSON

1005 - 1025

Coffee Break

1025 -1045

Statements

Ms. Noeleen HEYZER, UN Under-Secretary General and Executive Secretary of ESCAP

Dr. Byoung-Wook LEE, Vice Minister, Ministry of Environment, Republic of Korea

1045-1200

Introductory Session - Conference Room (TBA)

Addressing  Climate Change through the Green Growth Approach in Asia and the Pacific

•   What are the regional dimensions and current challenges in terms of economic, social and environmental adaptation to and mitigation of climate change?
• Recent updates on the global climate change negotiations and implication for the region.
•   Green Growth as a regional approach for building climate resilient societies in the region.

Moderator:

Mr. Chan-Woo Kim, Director-General, International Cooperation Office, Ministry of Environment, Republic of Korea

1045 - 1100

ESCAP Initiative on Green Growth and Climate Change in Asia and the Pacific

Mr. Siva THAMPI, Director, Environment and Development Division (EDD), UNESCAP

1100 - 1115

Economic and Environmental Impacts of Climate Change in the Region

To be confirmed by UNEP/UNESCAP

1115 -1130

Low Carbon Economy

Mr. Masakazu ICHIMURA, Chief, EVS, EDD, UNESCAP

1130-1200

Questions and Discussions

1200 – 1300

Lunch Break (Joint with the APRSCP)

Speaker: Ms. Elisea GOZUN - UNEP 2007 Champions of the Earth Price Winner ; YouthXchange of UNEP         

1300 - 1730

Session 2 - Conference Room

Sustainable Consumption, Green Growth and the Marrakech Process

•   How can the Seoul Initiative Network on Green Growth integrate and facilitate the Marrakech Process of policy formulation based on the Green Growth approach in the Asia and Pacific region?

Co-chairs:

Mr. Arab HOBALLAH, Head of Production and Consumption Branch, UNEP DTIE
Mr. Siva THAMPI, Director, Environment and Development Division, UNESCAP

1300 – 1320

Sustainable Consumption and Production as One of the Key Policy Tools for  Achieving Green Growth

Mr. Masakazu ICHIMURA, Chief,

EVS/EDD, UNESCAP

1320 - 1340

Green Growth as an Overarching Policy for Economic Development in Cambodia

Mr. Koch SAVATH, Director General, Ministry of Environment, Cambodia

1340 - 1410

The Marrakech Process on Sustainable Consumption and Production towards a: 10-Year Framework of Programs (10YFP)

Ms. Wei ZHAO, Industry Officer, UNEP DTIE/ROAP

1410 - 1440

Policy Framework for SCP in Indonesia

Speaker to be confirmed by UNEP

1440 -1500

SCP initiatives and National Roundtables on SCP in China (or India tbc)

Speaker to be confirmed by UNEP

1500 - 1530

Coffee Break and Opening of Side Event of the Regional Help Desk on SCP (together with the APRSCP)

1530-1545

Seoul Initiative Network on Green Growth

Mr. Dae-Young JU, Expert on Environmental Policy, EVS/ EDD, UNESCAP

1545-1600

Application of Green Growth Policy Tools for the Formulation of the National Sustainable Development Strategy of Kazakhstan

Dr. Bakhyt YESSEKINA, Chairperson of the Network of Experts on Sustainable Development in Central Asia (NESDCA), Kazakhstan

1600-1615

Demand Side Management as a Green Growth Policy Tool Applied to Urban Transport: Australia

Ms. Penelope J FRY , Senior Advisor, Strategic Policy and Development, Queensland Department of Main Roads

1615-1630

Green Purchasing Policy and Market Transformation : Korean Experience

Mr. Stanley SEOK, Chief, Strategic Planning Division, Korea Eco-Products Institute

1630-1645

The Role of Consumer Organizations in the Marrakech Process (TBC)

Speaker to be confirmed by UNEP

1645-1700

Analysis on Gaps and Needs for SCP Policies

Mr. Mohan PECK, Senior Sustainable Development Officer, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, UNDESA (TBC)

1700-1800

Questions/Discussions/Recommendations

1900-2130

Dinner (Joint with the APRSCP)

0900-1000

Session 3- Conference Room

Innovative Financing and Market Mechanisms for Low Carbon Societies

Moderator:

Mr. Christopher JUNIPER, Director, Sustainability Leadership Institute, USA

0900-0920

Country Presentation on Emission Trading Schemes in Japan

Dr. Kobashi TAKURO, IGES, Japan

0920 -0940

Country Presentation on Emission Trading Schemes in Korea

Mr. Chun-Kyu PARK, Director, Climate change policy div., Ministry of Environment, Republic of Korea(TBC)

0940 -1000

Carbon Tax: Case of Japan and other industrial countries

Prof. Seung-Joon PARK, Kyoto Sangyo Univ., Japan

1000 – 1015

Coffee Break (Joint with APRSCP)

1015-1200

Session 4 - Plenary Hall

Joint Session with UNEP in APRSCP

Innovative Financing and Market Mechanisms for Low Carbon Societies(cont’d)

Moderator:  

Dr. Chaiyod Bundyadji, Deputy Director of Thailand Environment Institute and Chairperson of Thailand Business Council on Sustainable Development  and (To be confirmed)

1020-1040

Market-based Climate Regime

Mr. Masakazu ICHIMURA, Chief, EVS, EDD, UNESCAP

1040-1100

Carbon Market Initiative of ADB

Ms. Ursula PREUSS, Vice President of ADB

1100-1115

Title to be confirmed

Rabobank Speaker

1115-1130

Carbon Disclosure and Carbon Capital Markets

Ms. You-Kyong PARK, ASRIA

Hongkong(tbc)

1130-1145

Regional Financing for Low Carbon Society (TBC)

Mr. Isidro A. SOBRECAREY,
Deputy Secretary General, Association of Development Financing Institutions in Asia & the Pacific (ADFIAP)

1145-1200

CO2 Breakthrough Solutions in Steel Industry:  Business case

Dr. Hyeon PARK, Environment Team Leader, POSCO

1200-1300

Lunch Break (Joint with the APRSCP)

1300-1500

Session 5- Conference Room

Country Presentation and Discussions on Green Growth Policy Tools Applications

Moderator:

IGES ( to be confirmed by UNESCAP)

1300-1415

Country Presentations on Green Growth Policy tools application(1~5)

Speakers to be confirmed

1415-1500

Questions/Discussions/Recommendations

1500 – 1515

Coffee Break (Joint with the APSCP)

1515 - 1645

Session 6 - Plenary Hall

Joint UNEP/UNESCAP/APRSCP Session on Marrakech Process

How can Asia Pacific take the lead on the Marrakech Process?

Co- chaired by:
Mr. Arab HOBALLAH, Head of Production and Consumption Branch, UNEP DTIE
Mr. Siva THAMPI, Director, Environment and Development Division, UNESCAP

1515-1520

Welcome remarks and introduction

Mr. Arab HOBALLAH, Head of Production and Consumption Branch, UNEP DTIE

1520-1525

SINGG/UNESCAP Strategy and Activities in Support of the Marrakech Process in the Asian and Pacific Region

Mr. Siva THAMPI, Director, Environment and Development Division, UNESCAP

1540-1550

Sub-regional SCP priorities in SAARC countries based in the sub-regional workshop on SCP we held last June

India – to be confirmed by UNEP

1550 -1600

SCP priorities in the Asian Industrialised countries

(country to be identified, possibly Rep of Korea or Japan)

1600-1610

Mr. Antonio A. OPOSA ,  Law of Nature Foundation in the Philippines (tbc by UNEP)

1610-1620

Mr. Mohan PECK, Senior Sustainable Development Officer, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, UNDESA

1620-1630

- UNIDO perspective

Dr. Rene Van BERKEL, Chief, Cleaner and Sustainable Production Unit, Environmental Management Branch/Programme and Technical Cooperation Division, UNIDO (tbc by UNESCAP)

1630-1645

Discussion 

1645-1800

Session 7  - Conference Room

Carbon-friendly Consumption Patterns and the Role of consumers

Moderator:

Dr. Anthony CHIU, Research Scientist, Center for Engineering and Sustainable Development Research (CESDR), De La Salle University, Philippines

1645-1700

The Role of Consumers as an Agent towards  Low Carbon Consumption Patterns

Mr. Christopher JUNIPER, Director, Sustainability Leadership Institute, USA

1700-1715

Green Labelling of Products in the Region: Opportunities for Carbon Labelling

Mr. Caifeng LIU, Deputy Director, CSC, China

1715-1730

Carbon Labelling : Its potential and limitations

Dr. Ik KIM, Chief, Product Assessment Div., Korea Eco-Products Institute, Republic of Korea

1730-1800

Questions, Discussions, Recommendations

0900-1130

Session 8 - Conference Room

Promotion of Publicly Funded Environmentally Sound Technologies

Moderator:

Ms. Aneta NIKOLOVA, Environmental Affairs Officer, ENV/EDD, UNESCAP

0900 -0915

Presentation of the Final Report

Dr. Rene Van BERKEL, Chief, Cleaner and Sustainable Production Unit, Environmental Management Branch/Programme and Technical Cooperation Division, UNIDO

0915-1000

Country Reports Presentations:

Philippines

Prof. Anthony SF CHIU, Cleaner Production & Eco-Industrial, De La Salle University,  Philippines

Country Reports Presentations:

Republic of Korea

Prof. Jong-In DONG, Director of Center for Waste Eco-Energy & GHG, University of Seoul, Republic of Korea

Country Reports Presentations:

India

Dr. K. RAMANATHAN, Head, APCTT, India

Country Reports Presentations:

Indonesia

Dr. Syahrul AIMAN, Director,  Centre for Innovation, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), Indonesia

1000 - 1015

Coffee Break

1015 - 1030

Country Reports Presentations:

Japan

Dr. Sawako TAKEUCHI,

Professor, School of Engineering, Kyoto Univeristy, Japan

1030 - 1045

Country Reports Presentations:

Thailand

Dr. Wantanee CHONGKUM,

Director, Innovation Management Department, National Innovation Agency, Thailand

1045 - 1100

Country Reports Presentations:

Vietnam

Mr. Nguyen Duc THANG, Deputy Director, Vietnam Agenda 21 Office, No 65 Van Mieu St. Hanoi, Vietnam

1100-1130

Questions, discussions, recommendations

1120-1200

Session 9 - Conference Room

Outcomes and the Way Forward

Moderator:

Mr. Siva THAMPI, Director, EDD, ESCAP

1130 - 1200

Concluding discussions and summary of the meeting

Recommendations from the meeting and the role of SINGG

Recommendations on the Marrakech Process and the role of ESCAP 

1200

Closure of the Meeting

1200-1300

Lunch

1300-1500

Introductory Session- Conference Room

Reports and Programme evaluation of the Initiative

Moderator:

Mr. Siva THAMPI, Director, Environment and Development Division (EDD), UNESCAP

1300-1305

Opening remarks

Mr. Chan-Woo KIM, Director-General, International Cooperation Office, Ministry of Environment, Republic of Korea

1305 -1315

Policy Consultation Forum of the SINGG

Mr. Dae-Young JU, Expert on Environmental  Policy, EDD, UNESCAP

1315 - 1330

SINGG Leadership Programme on Green Growth

Mr. YoungKee LEE, Director, National Institute of Environmental Human Resources Development, Republic of Korea

1330 - 1340

Reports on the 1^st SINGG Meeting and works of the SINGG secretariat

Ms. Ae-Seon KIM, the SINGG Secretariat

1340 - 1355

Evaluation of needs of the electronic waste manifest system in Viet Nam (Pilot project)

Mr. Duong Thanh AN, Director, Ministry of Environment, Viet Nam

1355 -1410

Preparation of guidelines to manage plastic wastes conforming to the Green Growth concept (Pilot Project)

Dr. Chrin SOKHA, Deputy Director General, Ministry of Environment, Cambodia

1410 -1425

Policy measures to reduce the use of plastic bags in Ho Chi Minh City aiming at a sustainable consumption society (Pilot Project)

Dr. Le Van KHOA, Director, HCMC-REFU, Ho Chi Minh, Viet N am

1425 - 1615

Session 2 - Conference Room

Implementation Work-plan (2008~2010) and Way Forward

Moderator:

Mr.  Chan-Woo KIM, Director-General, International Cooperation Office,   Ministry of Environment, Republic of Korea

1425 -1440

Work-plan of the SINGG for 2008-2010

Mr. Dae-Young JU, NRL expert on Environmental  Policy, EDD, UNESCAP

1440 - 1510

Korean regional cooperation programmes to promote Green Growth

Mr. Yong-Jin KIM, Director, International Cooperation Div., Ministry of Env., Republic of Korea

1510-1515

Capacity Building Programme on Development and Application of Green Growth Policy tools

Ms. Aneta NIKOLOVA, Environmental Affairs Officer,

EDD, UNESCAP

1515-1530

KOICA cooperation programme for developing countries

KOICA representative in Philippines

1530 -1545

Coffee Break

1545 -1615

Discussions/Recommendations

1615

Closure of the Meeting