Problem overview:
Integrating all Stakeholders: Mitigation of industrial air pollution is not only the responsibility of industries, but it also involves the various stakeholders e.g. the government, experts, local communities and NGOs to take part in brainstorming of finding the desirable solutions for pollution abatement.
Training and Educational Initiatives: Industries are learning the various options for air pollution abatement e.g. Environmental Management System (EMS), Clean Technology (CT), through exchange of experience programmes and training of consultancy firms.
Background in summary:
Project Goal: Utilization and preservation of the environment and natural resources in such a way as to ensure their contribution to economic and social development as well as to increasing the quality of life of the Thai people.
Project Purpose: Encourage Thai industrial companies to increase the use of environmental friendly technologies as well as adopt measures to avoid air pollution.
Project Implementation: The project started in October 2000. The initial phase of the project focused on project planning such as defining project tasks i.e. expected results and project activities, which are elaborated below.
Project tasks:
Task/Result 1: Government, non-governmental organizations and industries jointly establish regulations, instruments and implementation procedures that will effectively encourage industries to prevent and control air pollution.
Task/Result 2: Adopting the participatory and target group oriented approach to solve industrial air pollution problems.
Task/Result 3: Experiences from the application of environmental management systems and cleaner air technologies in selected industries are promoted.
Task/Result 4: Specialized consultancy services for industrial air pollution prevention and control are to be made available.
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Good practice rating:
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Sustainability
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Efficiency
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 Improvement in either the environment of economic condition with no harm to the other. |
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Cost efficient. |
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Sustainable over time (not one-off) |
Process |
| Adaptability |
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Participation of the community |
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Location adaptability (can the project be done in other places?) |
2 |
Participation of resource owners/users |
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Socio-cultural adaptability. |
2 |
Partnerships between various actors (Governments, NGO, Academia, Private) |
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Level of development adaptability. |
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Degree of coordination and cooperation between government departments. |
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Style of government adaptability. |
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Ability to attract political interest/support |
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Degree of decentralization adaptability. |
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Procedures for feedback and review. |
Comments on this example:
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Sustainability of the project:
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Improvement in either the environment or economic condition with no harm to the other: If successfully implemented, the project should be sustainable over time. However, more information needs to be sought out on the progress of this project. With only the information available above, it is difficult to determine whether the efforts put in by the government, industries and other stakeholders resulted in any environmental improvement, or at least, reduced emission.
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Adaptability of the project to other situations:
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The project should be adaptable to other countries despite geographical and socio-economic differences. However, the style of government may be difficult for replication as not all governments adopt the participatory approach in decision-making.
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Integrating all stakeholders: The "Prevention and Control of Industrial Air Pollution Project" is a good example of integrating stakeholders in decision-making and implementation. It understands the concept that 'environment' has a broad scope and many parties could be affected by its change in condition. In this respect, the project adopted a participatory approach where all related parties from national government down to local communities can take part in decision-making, such as, establishing regulations, instruments and implementation procedures for encouraging industries to prevent and control air pollution.
Training and educational initiatives: It is cost effective that Thailand applied the 'exchange of experiences' programme as one training method of the project. Industries can share their experiences and learn from other's experiences through organized conferences.
Today, exchange of experience programmes are becoming widely used through out the world as a training and capacity building method. Information on exchange of experiences is widely available and easily accessible in a cost-effective manner not only for environmental issues but also for many other areas. The Internet, for instance, is a common mean for accessing the data bank on exchange of experiences information.
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Literature or other written project review references
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Source of Information: |
Department of Industrial Works
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Contacts: |
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Submitted by: |
Ms Payouw Kummook
Scientist
Department of Industry
Ministry of Industry
Bangkok
Thailand
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