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 "Strategic Environmental Framework (SEF) for the Greater Mekong Sub-Region (GMS)"

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The Strategic Environmental Framework for the Greater Mekong Subregion - TA No. 5783 (the SEF Project) was executed by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), with co-financing by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC). The six countries of the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS), Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, People’s Republic of China (PRC), Thailand and Vietnam, participated in the SEF Project through ‘Technical Assistance Implementing Agencies’ (normally the national agency responsible for environment or natural resource management) and multi-sectoral national steering committees (comprised of representatives of government agencies responsible for environment, infrastructure development, planning, and others). The SEF Project was implemented with consulting inputs from the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), in collaboration with the UNEP Regional Resource Centre for Asia and the Pacific (UNEP RRC.AP) and the Mekong River Commission (MRC).

The aim of the SEF Project was to provide a platform for guiding investment decisions in the transport, water resources development and environmental sectors in the GMS. Its ultimate goal was to ensure these investments are environmentally and socially sustainable. It involved four broad phases:

1. Inception Phase (November 1998 - September 1999);
2. Analysis Phase (October 1999 - July 2000);
3. Production Phase (August 2000 - December 2000); and
4. Communication Phase (January 2001- April 2001).

These phases involved a broad range of consultations with a spectrum of stakeholders and decision-makers in the region.

The main deliverables from the project include:
* Main report:
Volume I: Strategic Environmental Framework for the Greater Mekong Subregion (pdf)
Executive Summary (pdf)
* Background reports:
Volume II: Regional Issues and Emerging Trends: environmental, socio-economic and institutional (pdf)
Volume III: GMS Hotspot Profiles (pdf)
Volume IV: SEF Case Study Reports (pdf)
* Computer tools:
Prototype SEF 1.0 Software CD ROM (contains all main reports, background reports and computer tools)
Project Office:
SEF-GMS Project Office
UNEP RRC.AP
Asian Institute of Technology
P.O. Box 4, Klong Luang
Pathumthani 12120, Thailand

Tel: +66 (0)2 5245369
Fax: +66 (0)2 5162125, 524 6233
Email: vmathur@ait.ac.th