Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) Agenda

							                        Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS)
      Working Group on Environment 15th Annual Meeting (WGE AM 15)
                                2nd-3rd July, 2009, Bangkok, Thailand

                                             Agenda
Thursday, 02 July 2009
     TIME                              TOPIC                                   LEAD
09:00 – 09:30      Registration

09:30 - 10:15      Session I:      Welcome and Agenda Setting

09:30 – 10:00      • Welcome by Host Country                     Ms. Ampan Pintukanok
                                                                 Director, MNRE, Thailand

                   • Opening Remarks by Co-chair                 Mr. Pavit Ramachandran, ADB
10:00 – 10:15      • Agenda Setting                              Chair

10:15 – 12:15      Session II:     Phase II Development Process: GMS Perspectives

10:15 – 12:15      Presentation and Discussions on WGE           WGE Representatives
                   Perspectives on Current and Emerging
                   Environmental Priorities in the GMS
   10:15 – 10:30   Cambodia                                      Mr. Chuon Chanrithy, MoE
   10:30 – 10:45   PR China                                      Ms. Cui Dandan, MEP
   10:45 – 11:00   Lao PDR                                       Mr. Khampadith Khammounheuang,
                                                                 WREA
11:00 – 11:15      TEA/COFFEE
   11:15 – 11:30   Myanmar                                       Dr. San Win, NCEA
   11:30 – 11:45   Thailand                                      Dr. Songtam Suksawang, DNP
   11:45 – 12:00   Viet Nam                                      Ms. Huynh Thi Mai, MONRE
   12:00 – 12:15   General Discussions
12:15 – 13:15      LUNCH

13:15 – 17:00      Session III:    Phase II Development Process: Other Perspectives

13:15 – 14:15      Presentation and Discussion on Co-Financing   Sida, Finland, RNE
                   Partners’ Perspective on Current & Emerging
                   Environmental Priorities in the GMS
14:15 – 14:45      Presentation and Discussion on Eco-tourism    Mr. Zhou Bo, YEPB, PR China
                   and Poverty Alleviation Linkages in the GMS
14:45 – 15:15      Presentation and Discussion on Potential      Mr. Thierry Lefevre
                   Linkages and Synergies between ADB GMS        Deputy Team Leader, ADB GMS
                   RETA No 6440 (Package I) / RPTCC and          RETA No 6440
                   CEP-BCI
15:15 – 15:30      TEA/COFFEE
15:30 – 17:00      Presentation and Discussion on Current        Mae Fah Luang University
                   Research and Human Resources                  Research Students
                   Development in the GMS
   15:30 – 15:45   A System Dynamics Approach to Sustaining      Ms. Kong Rachana, Cambodia

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                   Fishery Resources and Enhancing the
                   Benefits for the Poor: The Case Study of
                   Trapeang Rung Commune, Cambodia
   15:45 – 16:00   Community-Based Water Resources                Ms. Noutthong Alounthong, Lao
                   Management for Livelihood Improvement and PDR
                   Poverty Reduction: Case of Lao Nya Village,
                   Lao PDR
   16:00 – 16:15   Value Addition Assessment of Non-timber        Ms. Bui Thi Ha Chau, Viet Nam
                   Forest Products for the Poor in the Context of
                   Biodiversity Conservation Corridor in Tabhing
                   Commune, Viet Nam
   16:15 – 17:00   General Discussions
18:30              Cocktail / Dinner Reception Hosted by Host Country


Friday, 03 July 2009
     TIME                               TOPIC                                  LEAD

08:45 – 10:15      Session IV:      Future Direction and Development Agenda for the GMS

08:45 – 10:15      Presentation and Discussion on Future          Representatives of Development
                   Direction and Development Priorities for the   Institutions in the GMS
                   GMS
   08:45 – 09:00   Presentation 1                                 Dr. Robert Mather, IUCN
   09:00 – 09:15   Presentation 2                                 Mr. Hiroto Mitsugi, JICA
   09:15 – 09:30   Presentation 3                                 Dr. Pornsook Chongprasith, MRC
                                                                  Secretariat
   09:30 – 09:45   Presentation 4                                 Mr. Stuart Chapman, WWF Greater
                                                                  Mekong Programme
   09:45 – 10:15   General Discussions
10:15 – 10:30      TEA/COFFEE

10:30 – 14:00      Session V:       Climate Change, REDD and PES

10:30 – 11:00      Presentation and Discussion of REDD R-PIN      Dr. Rungnapar Pattanavibool,
                   Approvals / Status of Drafting National        Department of National Parks &
                   Readiness Plan of Thailand                     Wildlife
11:00 – 11:30      Presentation and Discussion on Climate         Mr. Tan Liang, GEPB, PR China
                   Change and Co-benefits
11:30 – 12:00      Presentation and Discussion on ADB’s           Ms. Sununtar Setboonsarng, ADB
                   Climate Change Programs
12:00 – 13:00      LUNCH
13:00 – 13:30      Presentation and Discussion on Climate         Dr. Lisa Schipper, SEI
                   Change Impacts & Responses in the GMS          Dr. Kai-Kim Chiang, SEI
13:30 – 14:00      Presentation and Discussion on Payment for     Mr. James Peters, Winrock
                   Environmental Services                         International




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14:00 – 16:00      Session VI:   Finalization of WGE Statement

14:00 – 15:00      Discussions and Finalization of the WGE AM    WGE Representatives
                   15 Statement by WGE Members
                   (Closed Doors. Other participants are
                   requested to reconvene in the meeting hall
                   at 15:00 pm)
   14:45 – 15:00   TEA/COFFEE
15:00 – 15:20      Reading of the Statement of the 15th Annual   Chair / Co-chair
                   Meeting of the GMS-WGE
15:20 – 15:30      Confirmation of Date and Venue of the 4th     Chair / Co-chair
                   Semi-Annual Meeting of the WGE in 2009
                   (WGE SAM 4)
15:30 – 16:00      Closing Remarks                               Chair / Co-chair




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