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Inception Meeting for NEASPEC Project on Implementing the Regional Master Plan for the Prevention and Control of Dust and Sandstorms in North-East Asia

19 April 2011
Ulaanbaatar and Zamyn-Uud, Mongolia
Inception Meeting for NEASPEC Project

Co-organizers: UNESCAP Subregional Office for East and North-East Asia (SRO-ENEA), the Ministry of Nature, Environment and Tourism of Mongolia and Mongolian National Committee to Combat Desertification 

19 Apr 2011
Opening Session
  • Welcome address and opening speech
    • Ministry of Environment, Nature and Tourism, Mongolia
  • Introduction to goals and objectives of the meeting
    • Mr. Sangmin Nam, Secretariat of NEASPEC  
Session 1: Review of subregional cooperation on combating desertification in North-East Asia with focus on Mongolia
    • Bilateral and multilateral activities on combating desertification in Mongolia and the way forward, National Committee to Combat Desertification, Mongolia
    • Current status and potential areas of collaboration on combating desertification between China and Mongolia, State Forestry Administration, China
    • Activities of Civil Society Organizations on combating desertification in Mongolia, Green Asia Network
    • The work of UN and international organizations on combating desertification in Mongolia, UNDP Mongolia Office
Tea Break
Discussion
  • What are the lessons from the existing bi-/multilateral cooperation?
  • What are the potential areas and desirable approaches for scaling up bi-/multilateral cooperation?
  • What mechanisms should be required to facilitate effective and efficient subregional cooperation?
Session 2: Overview of policy aspects and technical approaches to combating desertification
  • Policy tools, strategies and approaches to combating desertification in China: local, provincial, national levels, Mr. Wang XinPing, Cold and Arid Regions Environment and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Mongolian national programmes and strategies on combating desertification, members of Mongolian delegation
  • Technical tools and approaches to combating desertification in China, with focus on Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of China, members of Chinese delegation
  • Technical tools and approaches to combating desertification in Mongolia, with focus on Gobi Desert region, members of Mongolian delegation
Tea Break
Session 3: Modality and approaches of the NEASPEC Project on Implementing the Regional Master Plan on Prevention of Dust and Sandstorms in North-East Asia, NEASPEC secretariat
  • Introduction to pilot project activity in Zamyn-Uud
  • Discussion of the training programme component

 -      Open discussion

Wrap-up of the day