General Assembly 2003 2003 Performance and 2004 Business Plan Highlights

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General Assembly 2003-2003 Performance and 2004
Business Plan Highlights
Manila, Philippines 16 December, 2003
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CAI-Asia Goals
The Clean Air Initiative promotes and
demonstrates innovative ways to improve the air
quality of Asian Cities through sharing
experiences and building partnerships

• Sharing knowledge and experiences on air quality
  management
• Capacity building
• Improving policy and regulatory frameworks at the
  regional level
• Assisting cities in formulating and implementing
  integrated air quality management systems
• Piloting projects to encourage innovation

Create an Air Quality Management Community in
Asia
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Overall Objectives for 2004

• Strengthen CAI-Asia involvement in the policy
  discussion on air quality management in Asia by
  participation in relevant policy forums ASEAN,
  UNEP, and others.
• Strengthen the AQM movement in Asia by better
  coordination of regional initiatives and networks
  on air quality management
• Establish CAI-Asia as the most relevant and
  reliable information source on AQM by maintaining
  and expanding the CAI-Asia database
• Strengthen Capacity Building by strengthening
  CATNet-Asia
• Increase engagement of local CAI-Asia members in
  AQM by promoting local networks and other city
  focused activities
• Promote development of better understanding of AQ
  problems and issues by initiating and conducting
  innovative studies and pilot projects on AQM

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Part 1

• Organizational Development

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Membership - 2003

• Current 25 Cities, 16 NGAs, 23 NGOs, 17
  Academic Organizations, 3 local networks, 7
  development agencies, 2 full private sector
  members and 11 associate private sector members
• Individual members are 600
• MoA with IGES and APMA, under discussion
  USAEP/USAID, US-EPA, UNEP and ASEAN

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CAI-Asia Members
CITIES Bangkok,Thailand Chang Mai,Thailand Chengdu
,PRC Chittagong,Bangladesh Chongqing,PRC Colombo,S
ri Lanka Guangzhou,PRC Hangzhou,PRC Hanoi,Viet
Nam Harbin,PRC Ho Chi Minh City,Viet
Nam Hyderabad, India Islamabad,Pakistan Kathmandu,
Nepal Makati,Philippines Metro Manila,
Philippines Mumbai, India Naga,Philippines Phnom
Penh,Cambodia Pune, India Singapore,
(NEA) Surabaya,Indonesia Tianjin,PRC Ulaanbaatar,
Mongolia Yogjakarta,Indonesia

• 40 NGOs and Academic Institutions in the Region

Balochistan EPA, Pakistan NGAs Central
Pollution Control Board, India Department of
Environment, Bangladesh Department of
Environment and Natural Resources,
Philippines Department of Transportation and
Communications, Philippines Dhaka Transport
Coordination Board, Bangladesh Ministry of
Environment, Cambodia Ministry of Environment,
Indonesia Ministry of Public Works and Transport,
Cambodia Ministry of Road Transport and
Highways, India Pollution Control Department,
Thailand State Environmental Protection
Administration (PRC focal point) Viet Nam
Register, Viet Nam
DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES Asian Development
Bank Australian Dept. for Environment and
Heritage German Agency for Technical Cooperation
(GTZ) The William and Flora Hewlett
Foundation United States Asia Environmental
Partnership World Bank
FULL PRIVATE SECTOR Member Ford Motor
Shell Company ASSOCIATE PRIVATE SECTOR
Member AVL Corning ACFA
DEKRA Cerulean
EMITEC MAHA SGS IPIECA
ESP
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Membership 2004

• City members to grow to 30, limited growth for
  NGOs and academe
• Priority to increase in number of NGAs,
  development agencies and private sector members
• Apart from increase in number of members
  increased focus on active membership

General Assembly- What should be CAI-Asia
approach to inactive members?
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Legal status CAI-Asia

• Recommendation not to adopt a formal legal
  status
• Apply for observer status in UN system

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CAI-Asia information and outreach 2004

• Update CAI-Asia brochure,CAI-Asia posters,
  CAI-Asia Audio Visual Presentation, CAI-Asia
  powerpoint
• Pro-active use of CAI-Asia website to document
  air quality management and community building
• Present CAI-Asia at workshops and conferences
• Organize CAI-Asia presentation in Japan, Europe
  and USA to introduce CAI-Asia to potential
  members and supporters

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Evaluation CAI-Asia

• Evaluation of CAI-Asia (February 2001 June
  2004) focusing on
• i) need for a regional initiative on AQM
• ii) conceptual approach of CAI-Asia
• iii) efficiency and effectiveness of activities
• iv) functioning of institutional set-up for
  CAI-Asia
• v) view points of different constituencies on
  performance of CAI-Asia
• Evaluation to be conducted by independent team in
  third quarter 2004
• Results of evaluation to be input in development
  of CAI-Asia program 2005 - 2008
• Task Force to be set up to (1) develop ToR (2)
  select evaluators (3) interact with evaluators,
  (4) recommend on what to do with report

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Part 2

• Knowledge Management and Capacity Building

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CAI-Asia website- http//cleanairnet.org/caiasia
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• CAI-Asia website restructured in 2004,
  integrating the old CAI-Asia website and the ADB
  vehicle emissions website.
• Restructured website will be used for data
  repository and for community building
• CAI-Asia members will actively contribute to the
  management of the website

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Benchmarking of AQM in Asia

• Second phase of the APMA CAI-Asia Benchmarking
  study nearing completion
• 25 Cities included in second phase
• Second Phase Benchmarking Report to be presented
  at side event at UNEP Governing Council/ Global
  Ministerial Environment Forum in March 2003 in
  Korea
• In 2003 Benchmarking activities to be continued
  with 30 cities
• Growing emphasis on reliability of data
• Make benchmarking a dynamic process making use of
  the restructured CAI-Asia website

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CATNet-Asia

• PCD Thailand now functioning as CATNet Asia
  secretariat
• In 2003, three courses were developed and one
  delivered
• In 2004 additional courses to be developed and
  delivered, in addition to delivery of 2003
  courses.
• Strengthen organizational set-up of CATNet Asia
  as a program of CAI-Asia
• Coordinate with other groups conducting AQM
  training

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CATNet Asia Distance learning

• Distance Learning Course coordinated by World
  Bank Institute. First course delivered in
  Philippines.
• Preparations ongoing for 2004 delivery of DL in
  China, Vietnam, Pakistan and Bangladesh
• World Bank to set up 50,000 pilot fund to
  support delivery of DL course in individual
  countries.

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Fuel Quality Strategy Development

• In 2003 hands-on training program was developed
  and delivered on Fuel Quality Strategy for
  regulators from Bangladesh, Sri-Lanka, Vietnam,
  Indonesia and Philippines
• CAI-Asia will continue to follow up with
  International Fuel Quality Center on the action
  plans formulated in the training in Sydney,
  Australia
• CAI-Asia will follow up with Environment
  Australia to investigate the possibilities to
  repeat the training course for other countries
  not included in the 2003 training

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Strengthening I/M in Asia

• Inspection and Maintenance (I/M) of in use
  vehicles is weak in several countries in Asia.
• Objective of this new activity in 2004 is to
  strengthen the capacity of regulators in a number
  of selected countries in Asia to regulate I/M
  programs
• Activity to be implemented through CAI-Asia
  members from I/M sector, CITA and Global Road
  Safety Partnership.

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Part 3

• Regional Cooperation and Harmonization

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Coordination of Regional Networks

• Currently over 12 regional initiatives and
  networks on AQM in Asia.
• In 2003 CAI-Asia has started to develop contacts
  with most
• CAI-Asia, based on its scope and objectives,
  geographical coverage, resources and
  institutional setting well suited to act as
  coordinator of networks
• CAI-Asia website to document different
  initiatives and networks
• CAI-Asia will organize annual coordination
  meeting with other network/initiatives
• CAI-Asia will strive towards joint work-plans,
  through MoUs

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Strategic Framework For Air Quality Management

• Joint APMA CAI-Asia Strategic Framework on Air
  Quality Management in Asia completed in 2003
  through 4 country consultations and one regional
  policy dialogue and circulation of the document
  to relevant groups
• Final draft Strategic Framework to be presented
  at side event at UNEP Governing Council/ Global
  Ministerial Environment Forum in March 2003 in
  Korea

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Manila Policy Dialogue on Environment and
Transport

• CAI-Asia was represented in the Environmentally
  Sustainable Transport workshop, organized by
  Ministry of Environment in Nagoya (March 2003)
• CAI-Asia in discussion with MoE on coordination
  and cooperation with respect to the Manila Policy
  Dialogue on Environment and Transport, which is
  expected to result in the establishment of a
  forum on Transport and Environment as well as
  other follow-up activities
• To limit overlap and duplication CAI-Asia will
  work towards a MoU with MoE, Japan and the United
  Nations Center for Regional Development

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Oil Industry CAI-Asia Dialogue on Cleaner Fuels
in Asia

• Oil industry Dialogue, established in July 2003,
  brings 12 oil companies together to discuss
  cleaner fuels for Asia
• In 2004, Dialogue will make a start with the
  implementation of ToR, first phase of Dialogue to
  be completed in August 2004
• Dialogue will be expanded to include automobile
  and motorcycle manufacturers

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Part 4

• Promotion of formulation and Implementation of
  Air Quality Management Strategies

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Local networks

• In 2003 a start was made with establishment of
  local CAI-Asia networks in Philippines,
  Indonesia, Sri-Lanka and China
• In 2004 substantive additional priority will be
  given to establishment of local networks to
  ensure a more substantive involvement of local
  CAI-Asia members
• CAI-Asia will make use of projects by ADB, WB,
  US-AEP/USAID to set up capacity for the
  facilitation of local networks in amongst others
  PRC, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Vietnam, Sri-Lanka
• Restructured CAI-Asia website will be used for
  community building

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Facilitate air quality management strategies

• CAI-Asia did not provide direct assistance in
  2003 for formulation of air quality management
  strategies
• In 2004 more proactive approach in which CAI-Asia
  secretariat will work more actively with its
  (development agency) members to mobilize support
  for formulation of AQM strategies. It is expected
  that ADB assistance will be available for about
  8-10 cities
• In addition cooperation with other initiatives
  will also result in more attention for AQM
  strategies at city level

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ASEAN Sustainable Cities

• CAI-Asia participated in 2003 in the development
  of work-plan for the Asean Working Group on
  Environmentally Sustainable Cities (air quality
  component)
• CAI-Asia expected to draw up a Memorandum of
  Agreement with Secretariat to provide further
  support to the implementation of the AQM
  component of the Asean Working Group on
  Environmentally Sustainable Cities

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Mayors of Asia Pacific Environmental Summit
(MAPES)

• CAI-Asia participated actively in 2003 in MAPES
  workshop in Hawaii in co-management of air track
• MAPES is of importance to CAI-Asia because of the
  emphasis on mobilizing leadership support for AQM
  at city level
• CAI-Asia will document the commitments on air
  quality made by the mayors and assist MAPES in
  monitoring the implementation
• CAI-Asia will continue to work with MAPES in
  providing support to cities working on air
  quality activities

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Part 5

• Pilot Projects

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Pilot Projects General

• CAI-Asia will continue most of its pilot projects
  from 2003 and start a number of new pilot
  projects in 2004
• Each pilot project will get a dedicated page on
  the CAI-Asia website
• CAI-Asia Secretariat, in coordination with
  managers of the pilot projects will focus on
  improved communication on pilot project
  activities and outputs to CAI-Asia membership at
  large and other interested parties

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Public Health and Air Pollution in Asia (PAPA)

• Organizational structure established for the PAPA
  project
• Inventory and analysis of (160) existing health
  effect studies in Asia carried out in 2003
• Proposals for in-depth health studies solicited
  and evaluated in 2003
• First group of in-depth city studies to be
  launched in 2003, as well as two special cohort
  studies
• Additional proposals to be reviewed with the aim
  to increase the number of city impact studies

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Diesel Emission Reduction Program

• Diesel Emission Reduction Program in Bangkok was
  launched in 2003
• Work ongoing on expanding the funding consortium
  World Bank, USAEP/USAID
• Key activities planned for 2004 include
• - vehicle stratified survey for in-use vehicles
• - test protocol for emission factors and test
  200 vehicles
• - develop easy to use policy model
• - draft Plan of Action
• - conduct in-depth stakeholder participation

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Diesel Emission Reduction Program in Bangkok

• Objective To develop a better understanding of
  the factors that influence vehicular emissions
  and to propose cost-effective control options in
  the context of the political economy of
  developing countries.
• The scope of work for this program includes
• Component 1 City-specific databases relating to
  diesel emissions from in-use vehicles
• Component 2 Analysis of policy and technical
  options to reduce diesel emissions
• Component 3 Selection of options, action plans
  and dissemination of findings

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Diesel Emission Reduction Program in Bangkok
Achievements in 2003

• Funding from ESMAP (250K), TFESSD (200K), US AEP
  (100K), PCD and LTD (lots of staff time).
  In-kind support from many
• Project kick-off meeting on June 16, 2003 100
  people attended
• PM 2.5 data for the last two years and Source
  Apportionment Study
• In-use vehicle data in Bangkok obtained from DLT
  - problems
• Stratified survey instrument and TOR ready
  January 2004
• Cooperation with Japanese POINT project initiated
  - ongoing
• Developing short test protocol - in process
• Web site and brochure for project in progress
• Hong Kong visit to learn - November and December
• Steering Committee composed of 24 agency formed
  and met
• Cooperation and support from external partners
  obtained in progress

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Diesel Emission Reduction Program in Bangkok
Plans for 2004

• Obtain additional funding from GEF, Private
  sector, etc. in the amount of 500K. Further
  in-kind support from many in Bangkok
• Work with POINT project
• Vehicle Stratified Survey to obtain on road
  vehicle data
• Agree on test protocol and conduct 200 emissions
  factor tests on various types of diesel vehicles
  for several technologies, types of repairs,
  maintenance, policies, etc.
• Develop an easy to use model for policy analysis
• Analyze the results and draft a plan of action
• Conduct in-depth discussions and workshop with
  various stakeholders
• Assist other cities with their diesel pollution
  reduction plans

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Emission Factor Development

• In 2003 a draft project proposal was formulated
  and circulated
• Purpose to arrive at realistic emission factors
  for Asian vehicles through better integration of
  existing efforts to develop emission factors as
  well as additional testing where required
• Zero phase launched to arrive at a fundable pilot
  program (SW C8 in BAQ 2003)
• Focus in 2004 on fund raising and implementation
  (including improved coordination of existing
  efforts related to emission factor development)

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Cleaner Fuels

• In 2003 a pilot study started on the impact of
  low and ultra low sulfur diesel on emissions of
  diesel vehicles
• This is a modeling study for Bangalore, Bangkok
  and Manila and a hypothetical city. Draft results
  presented in BAQ 2003
• For 2004 a study is proposed focusing on cleaner
  gasoline

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Sustainable Urban Transport in Asia

• CAI-Asia has received grant from Sida through ADB
  for the implementation of sustainable urban
  transport project with 4 components
• - Inventory of experiences and resources on SUT
  in Asia
• - Support for BAQ 2003/2004
• - City case studies in three cities
• - Development of sustainable urban management
  concept
• CAI-Asia will enter into partnership with EMBARQ,
  who will provide co-financing for the
  implementation of this subproject
• Reference group of experts to set up to function
  as technical oversight committee

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Additional Pilot Projects under consideration

• CNG Regulatory Framework (already in BP 2003)
• Air Quality Governance (continuation of ongoing
  NRDC/RFF project)
• Air Pollution and poverty

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Part 6

• CAI-Asia Workshops

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CAI-Asia workshops

• CAI-Asia will in 2004 be involved in different
  types of workshops
• Workshops where CAI-Asia will be requested to
  make presentation
• Workshops where CAI-Asia is providing limited
  support
• Workshops where CAI-Asia is main organizer

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Workshops where CAI-Asia is requested to make
presentation

• Decisions are made on case by case basis,
  priority is given to regional events or national
  events which are directly in line with the
  CAI-Asia Business Plan activities
• CAI-Asia has a general presentation on its
  activities which is available to all members for
  delivery
• CAI-Asia Secretariat is actively looking for
  additional CAI-Asia spokes persons

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Workshops where CAI-Asia is providing limited
support

• Support tied in with strategic priorities of
  CAI-Asia (thematic and geographic)
• CAI-Asia has limited funds available for such
  purposes, preference is in kind through provision
  of speakers and/or participants
• In case of CAI-Asia support CAI-Asia likes to
  have partial control of program
• Requests to be made well in advance (3 months)

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Workshops where CAI-Asia is main organizer

• Knowledge Management and Capacity Building,eg.
  CATNet, DL, specialized training courses.
• Regional Coordination and Cooperation, including
  the proposed coordination meetings in Manila,
  Japan, Europe and USA.
• Promotion of Formulation of Integrated Air
  Quality Management Strategies , eg. Proposed
  workshop in Shanghai, Kathmandu
• Pilot Project related workshops, eg. Sida
  project, PAPA project, Diesel emission reduction
  project

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BAQ workshop

• BAQ 2004 proposed in Delhi, 1-3 December 2004
  under auspices of MoEF and SIAM
• Candidate cities for BAQ 2005 are requested to
  submit statement of interest with CAI-Asia
  Secretariat

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Part 7

• CAI-Asia Funding

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Funding Arrangements

• CAI-Asia continues to work with a decentralized
  budget, whereby individual members take on
  responsibility for fund raising for individual
  pilot projects and activities
• Budgeting and planning system under development
  which will allow better costing of CAI-Asia
  activities, to be installed in time for
  evaluation in 3 rd. quarter 2004
• World Bank and ADB have been assigned by
  Executive Council as organizations authorized to
  receive funding on behalf of CAI-Asia. Grants
  channeled through ADB and World Bank follow WB
  and ADB procedures in procurement and reporting

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Funding Sources (1)

• Overall budget for CAI-Asia is about 2.5
  million and cost of combined Secretariat ADB and
  WB is about 0.5 million
• CAI-Asia has continued to receive substantial
  funding from World Bank its activities both in
  the form of cash (trust-funds Finland, Japan,
  Netherlands and Norway) and from the ESMAP
  program as well as in kind through staff inputs
  and travel (Cash and in-kind estimated at
  400,000)
• ADB has continued to fund CAI-Asia in the form of
  a Technical Assistance funded through the Japan
  Special Fund as well as in kind through staff
  input and travel (Cash and in kind estimated at
  250,000)
• US-AEP has provided generous funding for
  participants travel to a range of CAI-Asia
  activities as well as by implementing support
  activities in CAI-Asia countries. Also CATNet
  Secretariat in PCD Thailand is funded through
  US-AEP/USAID in partnership with US-EPA (Cash and
  in kind estimated at 200,000)

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Funding Sources 2

• CAI-Asia has been able to substantially broaden
  funding for its activities
• - 2 full private sector members ( 50,000)
  (from before 2003)
• - 11 associate private sector members ( 15,000)
  joined CAI- Asia in 2003
• - Grant from Hewlett Foundation ( 100,000)
  Oil Industry Dialogue
• - Grant from Australian Department on
  Environment and Heritage ( 65,000) Fuel
  Quality Strategies Training
• - Grant from Swedish International Development
  Agency ( 426,000) for sustainable urban
  transport in Asia program, with additional
  125,000 to follow from EMBARQ
• - Grant from Japan Petroleum Energy Center (
  75,000) for study on impact low and ultra low
  sulfur diesel
• - BAQ support and sponsorships 200,000
• In addition CAI-Asia members were able to
  leverage additional funds for pilot studies, eg.
  HEI - 800,000

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Funding Outlook 2004

• Funding for functioning of CAI-Asia Secretariat
  in ADB, WB and CATNet Secretariat in PCD,
  Thailand has been secured through ADB, WB and
  US-AEP/USAID- USEPA
• Funding for a substantial part of the BP 2004
  activities has been secured, while others are
  still under funded.
• More money is required ?

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BP 2004 Components and Funding (1)
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BP 2004 Components and Funding (2)
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BP 2004 Components and Funding (3)
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BP 2004 Components and Funding (4)