AECEN: PROMOTING REGIONAL COOPERATION ON ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND ENFORCEMENT IN ASIA

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AECEN PROMOTING REGIONAL COOPERATION ON
ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND ENFORCEMENT IN ASIA
Asian Environmental Compliance and Enforcement
Network (AECEN)
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Asian Environmental Compliance and Enforcement
Network (AECEN)
Asias common problem Negative environmental
impacts of rapid, unplanned and uncontrolled
urbanization and industrial growth
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Asian Environmental Compliance and Enforcement
Network (AECEN)
Weak environmental enforcement due to technical,
financial and human resource limitations
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Asian Environmental Compliance and Enforcement
Network (AECEN)

• Challenges in Environmental
• Law Enforcement and Compliance
• Overlapping and fragmented authority
• Limited interagency coordination
• Incomplete decentralizatio
• Lack of standardized procedures
• Weak human and institutional capacity
• Limited public outreach and involvement
• Insufficient program data and performance
  indicators

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Asian Environmental Compliance and Enforcement
Network (AECEN)
AECEN launch Manila, August 2-3, 2005
(co-organized by USAID and ADB) USAID supports
AECEN through the Environmental Cooperation-Asia
Program
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Asian Environmental Compliance and Enforcement
Network (AECEN)
MISSION Promote improved compliance with
environmental legal requirements in Asia through
regional exchange of innovative policies and
practices.
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Asian Environmental Compliance and Enforcement
Network (AECEN)
The AECEN National Coordinators

• Dr. Sun Zhenshi, Peoples Republic of China
• Mr. Shri Sudhir Mital, India
• Mr. Hoetomo, Indonesia
• Atty. Fernando Concepcion, Philippines
• Mr. Chua Yew Peng, Singapore
• Mrs. Ramani Ellepola, Sri Lanka
• Dr. Warapong Tungittiplakom, Thailand
• Mr. Hung Duong Phuoc, Vietnam

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AECEN Program Priorities

• Compliance monitoring and inspection
• Enforcement response and role of the courts
• Compliance promotion
• Inter-agency coordination and decentralization
• Economic instruments and incentive-based and
  voluntary programs
• Public participation
• Performance indicators

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Asian Environmental Compliance and Enforcement
Network (AECEN)

• AECEN Activities
• Country Program Assessments
• Country Pilot Activities
• Regional Cooperation and Training
• Compliance and Enforcement Indicators
• Annual Forum

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Asian Environmental Compliance and Enforcement
Network (AECEN)

• Country Program Assessments

• Basis for programming pilot projects
• Completed in the Philippines, Thailand and
  Vietnam
• Under development in China, India and Sri Lanka

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Asian Environmental Compliance and Enforcement
Network (AECEN)

• Country Pilot Activities

• Based on priority areas identified by country
  program
• assessments
• Promote the adoption of new policies, practices
  and
• systems
• Lessons learned from pilot activities shared
  during regional
• trainings and the AECEN Annual Forum

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Asian Environmental Compliance and Enforcement
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• Country Pilot Activities

Includes air quality management
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Asian Environmental Compliance and Enforcement
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• Regional Cooperation and Training

• Regional counterpart exchange and regional
  training to
• promote the sharing of best practices and
  lessons learned
• Regional assessments, i.e., training needs,
  regional
• indicators, data management
• Guiding principles and best practices
• Regional toolkit on public disclosure

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Asian Environmental Compliance and Enforcement
Network (AECEN)

• Regional Cooperation and Training

• International Workshop on Public Disclosure
• Beijing, April 6 - 7, 2006
• Asian Justices Workshop for the Environment
• Bangkok, April 25 - 27, 2006
• Annual Forum, Hanoi, December 4-6, 2006
• Better Air Quality Conference, Yogyakarta
• Indonesia, December 13-15, 2006

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Asian Environmental Compliance and Enforcement
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• Compliance and Enforcement Indicators

• Development of ECE indicators that are both
  tailored to the
• country programs and pilot activities
  (including AQM) , and can
• be aggregated regionally.
• National training with US EPA Philippines,
  Vietnam, Thailand
• Common regional indicators to be agreed upon
  during the
• Annual Forum

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Asian Environmental Compliance and Enforcement
Network (AECEN)

• AECEN participation in the Better Air Quality
  Conference

• Pre-event training with US EPA on Dec 11 - 12
• 2 Subworkshops on Air Quality Management Track
• - Subworkshop 8 on Public Participation
• Chinas Hotline Program
• Public Disclosure Programs
• - Subworkshop 9 on Compliance and
  Enforcement
• Elements of an Effective Clean Air Act
• The Use of Economic Instruments
• Support the participation of AECEN members

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Asian Environmental Compliance and Enforcement
Network (AECEN)
Website www.aecen.org
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Asian Environmental Compliance and Enforcement
Network (AECEN)
FOR INQUIRIES Elisea Bebet Gozun, AECEN
Secretariat Suite 4022, Golden Rock Building, 168
Salcedo Street Legaspi Village, Makati City,
Philippines 1229 Tel [phone], Fax
63-2-819-0688 E-mail info_at_aecen.org
Website www.aecen.org