Expectations About REF as an Institution

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Expectations About REF as an Institution

• Belief in the need for a civil society forum.
• How other Southeast Asian nations can become an
  official part of REF
• Make the REF more visible and more strategic and
  stronger network with mandates and commitment
• To see the REF moving forward
• To see more participation from other institutions
• To see the adoption of concrete recommendations
  and proposals
• To gain a better understanding of the REF

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Expectations About REF as an Institution (Contd)

• How the REF can make unique contributions to the
  regional environmental issues such as bird flu,
  SARS, via information exchange, etc.
• To learn how to improve REFs role in this region
• Better understand how REF can be sustained as an
  effective network of regional partners. (Vision
  gt Implementation)
• To contribute to further the role and relevance
  of the REF
• To connect with other like-minded groups in the
  region and beyond to address specifically Agenda
  21, the Rio Declaration, WSSD Plan of
  Implementation, and the MDGs.

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Sharing Experiences

• To share experience on public participation
  information exchange with counterparts in REF
• Learn about other countries experiences in
  promoting the three access principles
• Receive/obtain experiences that can apply to
  in-country environmental mechanisms.
• Exchange of experience and ideas for futher
  advocating national and regional actions on
  access and participation
• To learn from the experiences of other countries
  on environmental governance and access to
  information/public participation
• Sharing the Philippines experiences on
  partnership, consensus building, and
  multi-stakeholderships

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Sharing Experiences (Contd)

• To share experience on access to
  information/public participation in environmental
  governance
• Sharing experiences among different institutes
• Share and learn experience on decision-making
  related to environment and public participation.
• Share experiences from this forum to promote
  public participation in my country to access
  information, participation, and justice on
  environmental issues.

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Expectations of Collaboration

• Synergies with Stockholm Environment Institutes
  Research in the Region
• Identify specific opportunities for collaboration
  between WRI and organizations in the region in
  the area of environmental governance in general,
  and access in particular
• Listen and learn on how NGO (civil society), ADB,
  and governments can collaborate in the greater
  Mekong subregion.
• Build a better network and cooperation between
  all organizations including civil society,
  international orgs, NGOs, and governments.

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Expectations of Collaboration (Cont)

• To meet others working on issues of inclusion and
  participation in the SE Asian region to identify
  collaborators for my own organizations work.
• To explore possibilities of ASEAN-wide
  collaboration among civil society orgs, govt
  officials, and researchers in ensuring access to
  information/public participation in environmental
  governance.
• Identify opportunities for collaboration under
  the IUCN/UNDP/GEF Mekong Wetlands Biodiversity
  Conservation and Sustainable Use Program
• Collaborate more in the future to promote the
  access principles

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Expectations on the Access Principles

• To learn about the Access Initiative
• To learn how to implement public participation in
  environmental decision-making across countries in
  the Mekong region
• Bring back useful feedback on how to best adapt
  the Access Initiative (TAI) methodology to the
  region.
• Learn how to foster the implementation of the
  access principles in environmental governance
• Further cooperation for access principles
  implementation
• Learn about the progress and experience so far
  with the Access Initiative
• To gain further understanding of work in the
  region with TAI

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Expectations Regarding the Access Principles
(Contd)

• To learn about legislation on public
  participation and practice experiences of other
  countries with regard to public participation.
• To learn from the region how to practice TAI in
  the country context, with clear roles for the
  government and civil society.

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Expectations Regarding Regional Issues

• To learn from participants about regional
  environmental governance
• Learn about regional players and activities
• Participate in developing next steps on regional
  partnerships
• To share a common understanding with mainland
  Southeast Asian nations on environmental
  concerns, and tackling these problems to achieve
  justice.

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Miscellaneous Expectations

• Share the UNDPs initiatives on environmental
  governance
• To observe, learn, and meet others
• To gain further understanding of building
  capacity for environmental governance

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• What approaches would be useful to implement the
  access principles at the regional level?
• Which regional agreements, activities, and issues
  would be appropriate, strategic, or open?
• Who wants to help develop this initiative?
• What are the barriers to implement access
  principles within your local region and country?