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1 (14:00 - 18:00, 23 November 2005) |
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| Opening |
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Opening Remarks
Prof. Akio Morishima, Chair of the Board of Directors,
IGES |
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Opening Address
Prof. Emil Salim, Chairman, Foundation for Sustainable
Development, Indonesia |
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Substantive
Session
Co-Chair: Mr. Simon Tay, Chairman of the Singapore Institute
of International Affairs, Singapore |
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Keynote Presentation I
" Information as a Strategic Tool for
Promoting Sustainable Development and Environmental
Management"
Prof. Sachihiko Harashina, Faculty of Engineering,
Tokyo Institute of Technology |
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| Session
II: Outline of the APFED Policy Dialogue |
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Keynote Presentation II
" Lessons to be learned from European
Experiences - Convention on Access to Information,
Public Participation
in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental
Matters (Aarhus Convention)"
Mr. Michael Stanley-Jones, Environmental Information
Management Officer, Aarhus Convention, United Nations
Economic Commission for Europe Environment and Human
Settlements Division |
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Keynote Presentation III
" Promoting Public Involvement and
Support for Promoting Sustainable Development and
Environmental Management
through Information Dissemination"
Dr. Cielito Habito, Professor and Director, Ateneo
Center for Economic Research and Development |
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Discussions |
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| Working
Group Deliberations * Participants were divided into
three groups. |
| Working
Group A: Developing an Asian regional convention on
the access to environmental information,
participation and justice (Moderator: Ms. Barbara Rosemary
Hardy, former Commissioner of the Australian Heritage Commission) |
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"Model Convention on
Access to Environmental Information, Decision
Making and
Judicial Proceedings"
Mr. Masanori Kobayashi, Senior Policy Researcher,
Long Term Perspective and Policy Integration Project,
IGES |
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"International Initiatives
on Information Access"
Ms. Frances Seymour, Program Director of the Institutions
and Governance Program, World Resource Institute
(WRI) |
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"Regional Collaboration
for Promoting Access to Environmental Information
in
Asia and the Pacific"
Mr. Masakazu Ichimura, Chief, Environment Section,
Environment and Sustainable Development Division,
UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the
Pacific (UNESCAP) |
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Discussions |
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| Working
Group C: Forging a platform for promoting stakeholders'
participation in environmental decision-making (Moderator:
Mr. Reza Maknoon, Advisor to the Vice President and the
Head of the Department of the Environment, Deputy Chairman
of the National Committee SD of Iran) |
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"Providing
Enabling Policy and Institutional Framework for
Information Sharing
and Public Participation
in Mekong River Basin Management"
Mr. Hans Guttman, Environment Programme Coordinator
of Environment Division, Mekong River Commission |
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"Grass-root Perspectives
on the Constraints and Challenges for Information
Dissemination
and Public
Participation" |
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Mr. Satoru Matsumoto, Representative Director,
Mekong Watch |
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Mr. Kim Sangha, Coordinator,
SeSan Protection Network (Cambodia) |
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Ms. Grainne Ryder, Policy Director,
Probe International (Canada) |
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| Discussions |
| Closing
of Day 1 |
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| Day
2 (9:00 - 12:30, 24 November 2005) |
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| Working
Group Deliberations (continued) |
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Wrap-up
Session
Co-Chair: Mr. Hironori Hamanaka, Advisor, IGES |
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Presentation from working
groups (Working Groups
A, B and C) |
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Adoption of an appeal to the Plenary Session of
the 1/3 of Our Planet |
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| Closing
Session |
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Closing remarks by the Co-Chairs |
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