Sub-regional Environmental Monitoring and Information System-II (SEMIS-II) is a Technical Assistance (TA) program being implemented by The Asian Development Bank (ADB) in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme, Environment Assessment Programme for Asia and the Pacific (UNEP/RRC.AP). The project is co-financed by ADB (through the Japan special fund and the government of Norway) and UNEP/RRC.AP

The overall goal of the project is to help GMS governments to make informed decisions regarding sustainable development through integrated economic and environmental planning. SEMIS-I provided mechanisms for sharing of information on environmental and natural resources issues. SEMIS-II will build on this mechanism to undertake pilot demonstration projects using data and information for integrated economic and environmental planning. The key objectives of SEMIS-II include:

1) Increase the capacity of national governments to make informed decisions regarding development investments relating to sustainable utilization of natural resources;

2) Enhance the ability of GMS national governments to conduct integrated economic and environmental planning with relevant data;

3) Assess the availability of useful and relevant data for planning purposes;

4) Increase and strengthen the capacity of national governments to collect data; and

5) Conduct, store, manipulate, and share actual integrated planning information using the data collected in pilot projects for some "hot spot" areas, such as those identified in TA 5783--REG: Strategic Environmental Framework for the GMS.

The duration of the project is 24 months starting August 2000.

For Details:

Mr. Dingding Tang
ADB		 Surendra Shrestha
UNEP RRC.AP
Dr. Rajendra P. Shrestha,
Project Coordinator
UNEP RRC.AP,
   

Asian Institute of Technology
P.O. Box 4, Klong Luang,
Panthumthani 12120,
Thailand
Tel: 66 2 524-5365,
Tel (d): 66-2 524-6236,
Fax: 66 2 516-2125
Email: rajendra@ait.ac.th

What’s New?

January 2003

Final workshop for the SEMIS-II
The final workshop for the SEMIS-II, Subregional Final Workshop, was held in UNRP RRC.AP on 23rd January 2003.Workshop was organized to discuss on the overall achievements and attainments of the project among the Donor agency ADB, Implementing Agency NEP.RRC.AP and the GMS governments officials.

This workshop was attended by the representatives from ADB, Focal Point officers and National Coordinators for the SEMIS-II project from each of the GMS countries. From UNEP RRC.AP, Mr. Surendra Shrestha, Director of UNEP.RRC.AP, Dr. Rajendra Shrestha, Project Coordinator of SEMIS-II, Mr. Tin Aung Moe and Mr. Abhijit Patil, members of the SEMIS-II team were also attended. Project coordinator presented about the achievements and major attainments of the project and Mr. Tin Aung Moe presented about the Remote Sensing, GIS and spatial database development and related matters along with the SEMIS-II project. Project consultants group for the IEEDP and Data Guidelines were attended and presented about the IEEDP activities and Guideline on Geospatial Data Collection and Management.

All of the country representatives participants enthusiastically discussed about their opinions and views on the project and expressed their appreciation on ADB and UNEP.RRC.AP for financing and conducting the project. ADB and UNEP.RRC.AP also stressed on the active participation and supports from all of the GMS member countries especially to the focal agencies for their collaboration and coordination.The workshop was successfully concluded on evening.

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