Project: for environment and sustainable development

Project title:

Integrating Environmental Considerations into Economic Policy Making Processes (phase I)

• About the project
• Meetings and workshops
• Publications

About the project

Duration of the project:

August 1996 - June 1998

Objectives:

To assist capacity building, policy formulation and implementation efforts to integrate environmental considerations into economic policy-making processes.

Participating countries:

East and South East Asia: China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Republic of Korea, Singapore, Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Thailand

South Asia: Bangladesh, India, Islamic Republic of Iran, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka

Pacific Islands: Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu.

The project targeted experts in various economic and environment related government ministries and in subregional organizations

Outcome:

• A series of 17 country-based studies on institutional arrangements and mechanisms at the national, local or sector level and A series of 9 country/sector studies on modalities for environmental assessments
• A series of 6 subregional synthesis papers, two per subregion for three subregions, one set on institutional arrangements and mechanisms and one set on modalities for environmental assessments. Each synthesis paper contains an analysis of commonalties and best practices as well as conclusions and recommendations relevant to the subregion;
• Two regional synthesis papers, one on institutional arrangements and mechanisms and one on methods for assessing natural resource endowments, each containing conclusions and recommendations on best practices applicable region-wide;
• Conclusions and recommendations of the expert group meetings are to be fed into training modules expected to be formulated as part of a follow-up project

Meetings and workshops

Subregional expert group meetings to exchange experiences, identify best practices and make recommendations on topics, content and format of training required

• For South Asia: in collaboration with South Asia Cooperative Environment Programme (SACEP), Colombo, Sri Lanka, 24-26 November 1997
• For Pacific Islands: in collaboration with ESCAP Pacific Operation Centre (EPOC), Port Vila, Vanuatu, 25-27 February 1998
• For East and Southeast Asia: in collaboration with the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), Manila, the Philippines, 30 March - 1 April 1998

Regional expert group meetings to consolidate outcomes of subregional expert group meeting into recommendations on best practices

• Bangkok, 20-24 July 1998

Publications

• Integrating Environmental Considerations into Economic Policy Making Processes: Background readings, vol. I (Institutional arrangements and mechanisms at national level) (1999) (ST/ESCAP/1944)
• Integrating Environmental Considerations into Economic Policy Making Processes: Background readings, vol. II (Institutional arrangements and mechanisms at local/provincial level) (1999) (ST/ESCAP/1960)
• Integrating Environmental Considerations into Economic Policy Making Processes: Background readings, vol. III (Institutional arrangements and mechanisms at sector level) (1999) (ST/ESCAP/1946)
• Integrating Environmental Considerations into Economic Policy Making Processes: Background readings, vol. IV (Modalities for environmental assessments) (1999) (ST/ESCAP/2003)

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