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APRCP Regional Conferences

  • First APRCP - Held in Bangkok, Thailand on November 12-14, 1997 by Royal Thai PCD, Thailand Over 250 participants from 26 countries attended Laid groundwork for APRCP to evolve into an ongoing regional entity Amplified the region’s awareness and commitment toward CP
  • Second APRCP- Held in Brisbane, Australia on April 21-24, 1999 at the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre. Following the success of the Thailand conference, the Roundtable centered around the theme: “Global Competitiveness Through Cleaner Production.”
  • Third APRCP - At EDSA Shangri-La Hotel in Mandaluyong City, Philippines last Feb.28- March 2, 2001. Taking-off from the success of the First and Second Roundtables, this event aimed to meet the challenges of CP in the New Millennium
  • Fourth APRCP - With the collaborative efforts of our Indonesian and Thai organizers, the 4th APRCP embodied the spirit of cooperation that was a key to ensure its success
  • Fifth APRCP - recently held in Kuala Lumpur with the theme "Moving CP Towards Sustainable Development"
  • "Doing Sustainable Business in the Asia Pacific Region"--this was the central theme for the Asia Pacific Roundtable for Sustainable Consumption and Production Conference. The APRSCP Conference, which made its 6th run, was held at the Melbourne Exhibition and Convention Centre in Melbourne, Australia from October 10-12,2005. It was likewise the first Sustainable Consumption and Production Conference since the APRCP changed its name to APRSCP.
  • “Sustaining Asia-Pacific Development” was the main focus of those who attended the 7th APRSCP Conference, held jsut recently in Hanoi, Vietnam--just last 25-27 April 2007 to be precise.

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Founding Members (in alphabetical order)

  • Abeyserkera, Nihal - Sri Lanka
  • Castillo, Olivia - Philippines
  • Chiu, Shen-yann - Taiwan
  • In-na, Yuwaree - Thailand
  • Lee, Hi Sun - Korea
  • Lin, C.M. - Hongkong
  • McDonald, Kevin - USA
  • Pringle, Joe - USA
  • Susilo, Kasru - Indonesia
  • Tan Suat Eam, Jenny - Malaysia
  • Van Nhan, Tran - Vietnam

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The Movers--International Organizations:

  • Asian Development Bank (ADB) - Warren Evans
  • US-AEP - Richard Sheppard
  • Thailand Pollution Control Department - Yuwaree In-na
  • UNEP - Jacqueline Aloisi de Larderel/ Niclas Svenningsen
  • United Nationa Industrial Development Organiaation (UNIDO) - Mr Heinz Leuenberger
  • NIKE - Phil Berry

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Present Structure

APRSCP Board of Advisors

J. Warren Evans
World Bank
Richard Sheppard
Former US-AEP Deputy Director, U.S.A.
Niclas Svenningsen
Untied Nations Environment Programme (Personal Capacity)
Guenter Tharun Ph.D.
InWent Capacity Buildng International, Germany
Chandak Surya
Untied Nations Environment Programme, Japan
Peter Mueller-Rockstroh Ph.D.
Former ASEAN Regional Coordinator, InWEnt
Conchita Silva
Louis Berger
Nessim Ahmad
Asian Development Bank
Zhang Yue
BROAD Air Conditioning
Marcel Engel
World Business Council for Sustainable Development
Bernard Amadei
Civil Engineering Dept., University of Colorado
Heinz Leuenberger
UNIDO Austria
Nguyen Khac Tiep
UNIDO Regional Office in Bangkok
Dato Wee Kiat
WBCSD Malaysia
Dr. Fritz Balkau
UNEP Paris
Yuwaree In-na
UNEP Regional Resource Center for Asia and Pacific, Thailand
Mr. Isa Karmisa
Deputy Minister for Infrastructure & Capacity Building/Minister of Environment, Indonesia
Liana Bratisida
Asst. to the Minisiter of Environment, Indonesia
Wei Zhao
UNEP, Thailand
Arab Hoballah
UNEP, France

APRCP Board of Trustees

Olivia la O' Castillo - PRESIDENT
Asia Pacific Roundtable for Sustainable Consumption and Production
Nihal Abeysekera - VICE PRESIDENT
APRSCP
Jenny Tan Suat Eam - TREASURER
Environmental Management and Research Association of Malaysia
(in alphabetical order)
Eiichiro Adachi
Japan Research Institute
Chaiyod Bunyagidj
Thailand Environmental Institute
Anthony Chiu
Philippine Pollution Prevention Roundtable/Philippine Institute for Industrial Engineers
M. Nihal R. Cooray
Small and Medium Enterprise Developers, Sri Lanka
Ms. Lakshmi Dhewanthi

Mr. Christopher Juniper

Meenakshi Kakkar
Indian Steel Corporation
Ms. Ratih Loekito

Mr. Frank Mueller

Robert Pagan
University of Queensland, Australia
Tran Van Nhan
Vietnam Cleaner Production Center
Ms. Vu Tuong Ang
Vietnam Cleaner Production Center
Ms. Ambreen Waheed

Changhua Wu
Country Manager-China ENSR International

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Reasons for CP Roundtables

Foster regional cooperation and improved knowledge about CP
Facilitate information sharing about CP technologies, programs, policies, and others
Strengthen partnerships of national, regional and international programs to advance the principles of CP
Establish a network across the globe

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Communications

Mostly and regularly by electronic communications.
At least once a year in between Roundtables face to face meeting.

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Impact

IMPACT
Advancing Nationally / Regionally
Local Roundtables
All Stakeholders
Legislative

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Recommendations

FULLY COMMITTED AND
HAS THE DRIVE /
DETERMINATION / NETWORKING
AND COLLABORATION

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