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ICTEAP
Key Focus Areas of the workshop:
The linkages between Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and environment have strong relevance for the Asia-Pacific region. The Global e-Sustainability Initiative (GeSI) of the ICT industry, with the support of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and International Telecommunications Union (ITU) needs to be strengthened through a regional initiative. |
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Encourage South-South cooperation in the region through dissemination of experiences, best practices, approaches, and technologies |
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Promote environmental rights / justice in the region, empower impoverished/underprivileged groups, transparent transactions, enable public access to environmental information systems and applications of ICT |
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Explore and popularise ICT-based applications for natural resources management as well as environmental management and initiation of pilot activities in the region |
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Enhance regional cooperation and networking on ICT and environment, including topics like eco-efficiency, cleaner production, sustainable consumption, public-private partnerships, etc. |
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Government: Regulatory bodies, policy-making agencies and promoters of technology in the field of environment management; |
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Industry: Corporate decision-makers, environment and technology directors, plant managers dealing with technology / environment / health and safety, and project developers; |
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Technology vendors and consultants: Equipment suppliers, technology promoters and integrators, and consulting service providers; |
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Financial institutions: Senior managers dealing with technology project evaluation, risk assessment, approval, and funding and monitoring in multilateral / bilateral / national FIs; |
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Development agencies: Non-governmental organizations, community-based organizations, training agencies and other relevant bodies. |
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| The outcome of the workshop was identification of the need to establish a regional funding mechanism, network with regional centers of excellence to achieve a sustained link between ICT and environment, and undertake capacity building through effective training and dissemination of information related to ICT and environment linkage. |
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