Asia-Pacific Workshop on Global Partnership on Waste Management

16 to 18 April 2012

Venue: UNEP International Environmental Technology Centre (IETC)

2-110 Ryokuchi-koen, Tsurumi-ku, Osaka, 538-0036 JAPAN

16 April 2012 - Day 1: Mapping needs and activities on waste management

8:50-9:00 REGISTRATION

9:00-9:30 WELCOMING REMARKS Matthew Gubb, Director, UNEP International Environmental Technology Centre (UNEP IETC) Shinsaku Azuma, Director General for Environment Policy, Environment Bureau, Osaka City Government Kozue Hoshino, International Cooperation Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Japan

9:30-9:45 OVERVIEW OF THE GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP ON WASTE MANAGEMENT (GPWM) Mushtaq Ahmed Memon, Programme Officer, UNEP IETC

9:45-10:15 MAPPING OF NEEDS AND ACTIVITIES ON WASTE M ANAGEMENT – CURRENT STATUS OF THE REPORT Carolin Sanz Noriega, Consultant, UNEP IETC

10:15-10:45 GROUP PHOTO AND COFFEE BREAK

10:45-12:45 MAPPING NEEDS AND ACTIVITIES ON WASTE MANAGEMENT – COUNTRY REPORTS EAST AND SOUTH EAST ASIA, PART I: CAMBODIA , LAOS, M ALAYSIA , MONGOLIA Chin Sothun, Vice-Chief Office, Solid Waste and Hazardous Substances Management, Department of Environmental Pollution Control, Ministry of Environment, Cambodia Phengkhamila Phonvisai, Director of Pollution Control Division, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Lao PDR Hanili Ghazali, Senior Principal Assistant Director, Department of Environment, Malaysia Boon Poh Phee, State Minister for Health, Welfare, Caring Society & Environment, Government of Penang, Malaysia Batsuuri Nantsag, State Secretary, Ministry of Nature Environment of Tourism of Mongolia

12:45-13:45 LUNCH

13:45-15:45 MAPPING NEEDS AND ACTIVITIES ON WASTE MANAGEMENT – COUNTRY REPORTS EAST AND SOUTH EAST ASIA, PART II: PHILIPPINES , SINGAPORE , THAILAND , VIETNAM Alan Salces Cajes, Vice President, Development Academy of the Philippines Dalson Chung, Director, Industry Development, Industry Development and Promotion Office, National Environment Agency, Singapore Chao Nokyoo, Director of Solid Waste Management Division, Pollution Control Department, Thailand Nga Thi Nguyet Pham, Official, Dept. of International Cooperation and Science, Vietnam Environment Administration (VEA)

15:45-16:15 COFFEE BREAK

16:15-16:45 SUMMARY OF DISCUSSIONS AND ADJOURN

16:45 RECEPTION

17 April 2012 - Day 2: Mapping needs and activities on waste management and information platform

9:00-11:00 MAPPING NEEDS AND ACTIVITIES ON WASTE MANAGEMENT – COUNTRY REPORTS SOUTH ASIA: BANGLADESH , INDIA , NEPAL, PAKISTAN , SRI LANKA K. M. Nurul Huda, Managing Director, Bangladesh Municipal Development Fund (BMDF) Rakesh Krishan Suri, Director, Ministry of the Environment & Forests, India Deepak Kumar, Director, Society for Environment and Economic Development (SEED), Nepal Rasool Bux Mahar, Professor and Co-Director, Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Pakistan Sena Vidya Rupage Peiris, Director, National Cleaner Production Centre, Sri Lanka

11:00-11:30 COFFEE BREAK

11:30-12:00 SUMMARY OF DISCUSSIONS ON MAPPING NEEDS AND ACTIVITIES ON WASTE MANAGEMENT

12:00-13:00 LUNCH

13:00-13:30 OVERVIEW AND STRUCTURE OF INFORMATION PLATFORM Carolin Sanz Noriega, Consultant, UNEP IETC

13:30-15:00 USER-GROUP DISCUSSIONS ON SCOPE OF INFORMATION PLATFORM

15:00-15:30 COFFEE BREAK

15:30-16:30 PLENARY DISCUSSION

16:30-17:00 SUMMARY OF DISCUSSIONS AND ADJOURN

18 April 2012 - Day 3: Challenges and opportunities for the GPWM

9:00-9:30 WELCOMING REMARKS Matthew Gubb, Director, UNEP International Environmental Technology Centre (UNEP IETC) Hiroshi Shiroi, Director for Water Environment of Sewerage and River Division, Public Works Bureau, Osaka City Government (Secretary General, Osaka City Water & Environment Solutions Association) Yukiko Takase, Director, Kansai Bureau, Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry, Government of Japan

9:30-9:40 OVERVIEW OF THE GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP ON WASTE MANAGEMENT (GPWM) Mushtaq Ahmed Memon, Programme Officer, UNEP IETC

9:40-10:40 PRESENTATIONS ON THE WORK PLANS FOR SPONSORED FOCAL AREAS UNDER THE GPWM AND CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR EACH FOCAL AREA

Mushtaq Memon, Programme Officer, UNEP IETC Surya Chandak, Senior Programme Officer, UNEP IETC Heidi Savelli, Programme Officer, UNEP Division of Environmental Policy Implementation (DEPI) Mushtaq Memon, Programme Officer, UNEP IETC on behalf of UNIDO

10:40-11:00 COFFEE BREAK

11:00-12:00 PANEL DISCUSSIONS ON CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE GPWM

12:00-13:00 LUNCH

13:00-16:00 PRESENTATIONS ON ACTIVITIES BY INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS , PRIVATE

SECTOR, ACADEMIA , AND NGOS Yusuke Tanaka, Manager of Sales Headquarters, Plantec Inc.

Presentation on: Plantec's Infectious Medical Waste Treatment Technology Mitsuyuki Nishihara, General Manager, Technology Division, Rematec Corporation

Presentation on: Waste oil and sludge treatment and recycling by manufacturing alternative fuel for cement industry

Keinosuke Igarashi, Overseas Project Execution Department, Hitachi Zosen Presentation on: Technology of Waste to Energy

Chinatsu Masuda, Mitsui & Co. Ltd. Presentation on: Challenge and Innovation in Recycling Business

Prasun Agrawal, Bio Green Coal Technology Co. Ltd. (BGCT) Presentation on: The shift to strategic next generation biomass energy

Motomu Inoue, President, Environmental Strategies Inc. Presentation on: Improvement of waste management in developing countries: from some experiences as a JICA expert

14:15-14:30 COFFEE BREAK

Keishiro Hara, Associate Professor, Osaka University, Center for Environmental Innovation Design for Sustainability, Center for Advanced Science and Innovation (CASI)

Presentation on: An Introduction to Waste Management in Japan Hari Srinivas, Professor of Environmental Policy, Kwansei Gakuin University

Presentation on: UN OCHA activities on disaster debris management Nirmala Menikpura, Researcher, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)

Presentation on: IGES’ research work related to waste management Issei Aoki, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)

Presentation on: Development Assistance Strategy of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in Solid Waste Management Sector

Yuuki Kikuchi, Planning and Construction Department, Facilities Division, Environment Bureau, Osaka City Government

Presentation on: Activities of Osaka City Water and Environment Solutions Association in the field of waste management (tentative)

Makoto Fujita, Manager, Planning & Coordination Department, Global Environment Centre Presentation on: GEC’s activities for disseminating technology information on waste management.

Wakako Ichikawa, Junior Researcher, United Nations Centre for Regional Development (UNCRD) Presentation on: International Partnership for Expanding Waste Management Services of Local Authorities (IPLA)

Ainhoa Carpintero, Associate Programme Officer, UNEP IETC Presentation on: Guidelines on the development of national waste management strategies

16:00-16:45 PANEL DISCUSSION ON OPPORTUNITIES FOR COLLABORATION

16:45-17:00 CLOSING REMARKS Matthew Gubb, Director, UNEP IETC

17:00 RECEPTION