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REGIONAL WORKSHOP ON
MAINSTREAMING ENVIRONMENT FOR POVERTY REDUCTION AND SUSTAINABLE
GROWTH IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
UN Conference Room, 26, 27, 28 March, 2007 (3 days) Bangkok,
Thailand
The Asia and the Pacific region has witnessed a rapid economic growth in the past decades and is predicted to be the engine of world’s growth in the 21st century. This growth has put an enormous pressure on the environment in the form of water shortage, air and water pollution, depletion of natural resources, biodiversity loss and land degradation. Poverty as a direct result of environmental degradation has been identified as a major obstacle towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) in the region. A number of strategies and policies have been put in place at the national level to address the economic, social and environmental developments. But, the environment pillar has been weak due to inadequate consideration and budgetary provisions for environment into policies and strategies. There is an expressed need to ensure the mainstreaming of the environment in the decision making process in order to sustain adequate supply of ecosystem services.
3-Day workshop on environmental mainstreaming for poverty reduction and sustainable growth in Asia and the Pacific is being organized by UNDP and UNEP in partnership with ADB and UNESCAP.
Key experts from Planning, Finance, and Environment Ministries of national governments, civil society organizations, business and UN Agencies and donor communities are being invited to attend the workshop. The objectives of the workshop are the following:
 Learn from country experiences the different planning traditions in mainstreaming environment into national development processes, budgets and economic decision making, sectoral plans and subnational processes;
Review approaches, methodologies and tools among practitioners, in particular on financing and investing in the environment;
Develop the set of generic guidance and approaches for mainstreaming environment in the development process at national and sectoral levels; and
Agree on future directions by submitting concrete recommendations and action plans for 2007-2008 for mainstreaming poverty reduction and sustainable growth in selected countries.
- Useful references
- Workshop Presentations
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