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Aug 18 2010

With assistance from the Australasian Environmental Law Enforcement and Regulations Network (AELERT), AECEN has established a twinning partnership between the Department of Natural Resources and Environment (DONRE) of Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) and the Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water (DECCW) of New South Wales, Australia. Focusing on industry self-monitoring, self-reporting and recordkeeping of environmental performance, the partnership has an objective to improve institutional capacity at DONRE through dialogue and technical exchanges, leading to the adoption of improved policies and practices for HCMC.

Jun 18 2010

As part of the twinning partnership between the Nepal Ministry of Environment (MOE) and the Malaysia Department of Environment (DOE), the Environmental Institute of Malaysia conducted a 10-day training from June 6-17, 2010 for Nepalese counterparts in Kuala Lumpur on improved EIA implementation.  The training focused on institutional reforms,  a new curriculum for training EIA consultants, EIA enforcement SOPs,  monitoring and environmental auditing. Participants, which included representtaives from the Nepal MOE, Ministry of Energy, Ministry of Forest and Soil Conservation, Nepal Electricity Authority, Department of Electricity Development, and Tribhuvan University, also visited the Selangor and Kenyir Dams.  Concrete outcomes of the training are drafts of criteria and curriculum for use in developing Nepal's own consultant registration mechanism.

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The Ministry of Environment (MOE) of Japan was formed in 2001 from the former Environmental Agency established in 1971. MOE is responsible for government-wide environmental planning and policies under the Basic Environmental Law of 1993. 

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Feb 26 2010

The Public Disclosure of Industrial Pollution (PROPER) approach in Indonesia aims at reducing industrial pollution via public disclosure. It was developed and tested by the country’s National Pollution Control Agency (BAPEDAL) together with the World Bank.