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As a follow-up to the outcome of the Manila Policy Dialogue in January 2004, the First Meeting of the Regional EST Forum in Asia was held on 1-2 August 2005 in Nagoya, Japan under the over all framework of the International Conference on Environment and Transport in Aichi and in conjunction with WORLD EXPO-2005. The meeting was organized UNCRD in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment Japan and Nagoya International Center (NIC), supported by Asian Development Bank (ADB), Swedish International Development Agency (Sida), and World Health Organization (WHO).


Objectives

• Officially launch the Regional EST Forum in Asia through the adoption of the Aichi Statement by participating countries
• Follow-up on the status of preparations for the National EST Strategies-cum-Action Plans in Lao PDR, Viet Nam, and Cambodia
• Provide strategic guidance to Asian countries and facilitate exchange of information in terms of tools, policy instruments, including best practices, relevant in the context of promoting EST in Asia vis-a-vis National EST Strategy formulation
• Discuss and explore potential networking and partnerships among the on-going regional and international initiatives related to environment and transport in Asia

Participants
List of Participants
Government representatives from 14 countries (Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Canada, China, Indonesia, Japan, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam), International Experts and Representatives from International Organizations participated in the meeting.


Agenda
Meeting Agenda

Presentation	Name	Affiliation/Title
Opening Remarks	Mr. Kazunobu Onogawa	Director, UNCRD
	Mr. Kazuhiko Takemoto	Director-General, Environment Management Bureau, Ministry of the Environment, Japan
	Mr. Takayasu Tsukamoto	Deputy Mayor of Nagoya City
Keynote Address	Mr. Loh Ah Tuan	Chairman, ASEAN Working Group on Environmentally Sustainable Cities (AWGESC) / Deputy CEO/Director-General, Environmental Protection Division, National Environment Agency, Singapore
Introducing UNCRD’s Initiative on EST and the Objectives of the Regional EST Forum Chair: Mr. Kazunobu Onogawa, Director, UNCRD	Choudhury Rudra Charan Mohanty	Environment Programme Coordinator, UNCRD

Previous/Latest Meetings

Regional EST Forum in Asia
Tenth Regional EST Forum (2017)
Ninth Regional EST Forum (2015)
Eighth Regional EST Forum (2014)
Seventh Regional EST Forum (2013)
Sixth Regional EST Forum (2011)
Fifth Regional EST Forum (2010)
Fourth Regional EST Forum (2009)
Third Regional EST Forum (2008)
Second Regional EST Forum (2006)

Manila Policy Dialogue on Environment and Transportation in the Asian Region (2004)

Regional EST Forum in Latin America
First Regional EST Forum in Latin America

Asian Mayors' Policy Dialogue for Promotion of EST in Cities
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