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Countr Safe uard S stems

RegionalWorkshop

PromotingEffectiveEnvironmental

ComplianceandEnforcementinAsia

UsingSouth

South

Cooperation

Dr.PeterN.King

18April2012

The views in this presentation are the views of the author and do not necessarily reflect theviews or policies of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), or its Board of Governors, or thegovernment they represent. ADB does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in

this presentation and accepts no responsibility for any consequence of their use.Terminology used may not necessarily be consistent with ADB official terms.


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AsianEnvironmentalComplianceandEnforcementNetwork

Establishedin2005withassistance

improvecompliance

with

environmentallawsinAsia

Memberagenciesfrom16countries:Cambodia,China,India,Indonesia,

Maldives,Nepal,Pakistan,

Philippines,Singapore,SriLanka,

Recognizedasaninnovativeplatformforfacilitatin ositivechan e

throughmembercooperation


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1. Memberdrivengovernance

2. Effectivemodel

for

south

south

cooperationviamembertomember

twinningpartnerships

3. Twinningpartnerships

can

bridge

to

byMDBs(e.g.,ADB,WorldBank).

4. Importantplatformforsupporting

globalmessaging

on

enforcement

to

enablebetterimplementationof

.


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w nn ng

out

out

artners ps

Approach:focusedtechnicalexchangebetweentwomember

agenciesperclearworkplanswith

Resourcepartners:Australia,China,

Japan,Korea,

Malaysia,

New

Zealand,

SingaporeandUnitedStates

Results:Improvedlaws,policies,

Timeframe:918months

Costs:$50,000inprograminputsplussecretariatsupport


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r g ngto

roa er

apac ty

n t at ves

WestBengalPollutionControlBoardhasestablishedinnovativecomp anceass stancecenters npr or tysectorsw t

facilitatedassistance

from

the

Philippines

and

Thailand.

ManagementProject(CBIPMP) $75millionprojectthatbuilds

onAECEN

results

to

replicate

centers

in

other

states.

TwinningbetweenMalaysiaandNepalonEIAbridgestoWorld

BankStrategicEnvironmentaland

SocialAssessment

(SESA)

project

CollaborationwithADBonEIAcapac y u ngsuppor s

countrysafeguards

initiative.


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em er

r ven

pproac

(i) Identifymemberpriorities;

(ii) Conductrapid

assessment

to

definecapabilitiesandneeds;

(iii) Organizeregionalworkshopsto

validateassessmentfindingsand

(iv) Establishtwinningpartnerships

toreplicateinnovation;and

(v) Furtherreplicateresultsvia

disseminateorreplicationtools.


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MemberPriorityFocusAreas

Selfmonitoringandselfreporting

Permitting,monitoring

and

inspection

Compliancepromotion

en orcemen

Landcontaminationmanagement

Public

artici ation

Environmentaladjudication

Environmentalimpactassessment

Economicinstruments

Enforcementresponse


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2010Partnerships

Japan Thailand:

Soil

contamination

management

Malaysia Nepal:EIAforhydropower

Australia Vietnam:Selfmonitoringandreporting

Australia

Thailand:

Environmental

adjudication 2011Partnerships

Korea Vietnam:Soilcontaminationmanagement

UnitedStates India:Enforcementcapacity

UnitedStates China:Permitting

Philippines Indonesia:Environmentaladjudication


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2012 Partnerships

China Lao PDR: Improved EIA legislation ADB EIA Compendium and Clearinghouse


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ep cat on v a w nn ng: omp ance ss stance enters

2007:ThailandreplicatesenvironmentalcomplianceassistancecentersECAC orpig armst roug exc angewit U.S.EPA.

2007:Philippines

replicates

ECACs

from

U.S.

EPA

for

pig

farms

and

slaughterhouses.

2008 2010:ThailandexpandsECACtonewgeographicareasandnewsectors.

cooperationwithThailand,PhilippinesandU.S.

2010 2011:WestBengalexpandsECACtochemicalssectorswith

Wor

Ban

inancing. 2011:AndhraPradeshcooperateswithWestBengaltoexplore

establishingnewECACsunderWorldBankproject.

2011:AECENmembersestablishTaskForcetodevelopECACtoolkit

andcooperate

with

Hong

Kong

Compliance

Assistance

Center.


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Twinningisnotsufficientnorfast

andresource

gaps

in

Asia.

Somememberneedsremainunfulfilledduetoresource

constraintsofthenetwork.

constantlyworkingtodevisenew

waystoreplicatesuccessesand

r ngresu s

osca e.

Approachesandtoolsinclude:toolkitsand uidelines trainin

andnetworking;taskforces;

knowledgemanagement.


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50+ improved policies, laws, regulations or plans onenvironmental compliance and enforcement

Over 3,000 practitioners trained from over 50organizations on environmental compliance andenforcement

-strengthened capacity

.and country partners

-and member countries


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Strengthened an environmental

Catalyzed development of new

and practices in Indonesia

Established com lianceassistance centers in Thailand,Philippines and India

Established new policies andprocedures for industrial self-

Minh City, Viet Nam


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Created new systems and

practices for hydropower in Nepal.

Established new soil contaminationmanagement frameworks andsystems in Thailand and Vietnam.

e pe esta s an operat ona zespecialized environmental courtsand benches in Philippines, Thailand

and Indonesia.

Supported better implementation of

comparing with Japan.


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:

AECENisawellestablishednetworkofAsiasenvironmental

agencies

and

has

built

up

confidence

and

trust

over

the

past

7

years; Improvedenvironmentalgovernanceperformanceremainsa

,

betterthanothersinsomeareas;

Membersand

other

country

partners

are

prepared

to

work

together

onaSouthtoSouthorpeertopeerbasisandthisisthemostcost

effectivewayofstrengtheningnationalcapacity;

Withoutadditionalresources,however,thiscooperationwillmove

tooslowly

to

meet

the

urgent

and

outstanding

needs;

and

Bridgingtomultilateraldevelopmentbankprojectscapacity

isanimportantwaytoreplicatethisapproach.


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