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The Asia Pacific is a rich and dynamic region containing diverse cultures and rapidly modernizing countries. Pollution and environmental degradation caused by industrialization and urbanization, however, have emerged as one of the region’s most pressing issues. In recent years, countries in the Asia Pacific have embraced the principles of cleaner production to reverse this trend. Cleaner production is an integrated, preventive and proactive strategy that yields significant improvements in productivity and product quality as well as permanent, low-cost reductions in waste and pollution at their source of generation. Countries throughout the region are implementing innovative cleaner production policies and programs to find solutions to these pressing environmental challenges.
In 1997, the first regional conference of Asia Pacific Roundtable for Cleaner Production (APRCP) was held in Bangkok, Thailand. This widely acclaimed event brought together leaders from throughout the region. Participants in the conference agreed that the future actions were needed to ensure regular and ongoing mechanisms to share information on cleaner production strategies and techniques.
In 1998, the informal network that resulted from this landmark event evolved into a new organization – the Asia Pacific Roundtable for Cleaner Production (APRCP) – which was created to improve information and technology exchange, and sponsor regional events and training programs. Today, this network of leading public and private organizations that share a goal of accelerating cleaner production approaches within countries and throughout the region is growing rapidly.
In the spirit of the Bangkok conference, APRCP’s approach is to promote technology and information exchange, and to encourage cooperation and partnerships among government, industry, academic institutions and non-governmental organizations. APRCP’s mission is to provide leadership and support that will enhance information flow and human resource development, and will strengthen public-private partnership to stimulate the promotion and implementation of cleaner production strategies and technologies in the region.
As a new international non-governmental and non-profit membership organization, APRCP is refining the mix of tools and activities it will utilize. An organizational charter now exists to guide APRCP’s direction and future activities. APRCP publishes a quarterly newsletter that highlights regional cleaner production initiatives and provides up-to-date news and information. APRCP is also actively encouraging the use of Asia Pacific Cleaner Production Network (APRP-net), a promising new e-mail discussion group administered by the Thailand Environment Institute. This tool allows organizations from across the region to share cleaner production-related information quickly and easily.
And, as the name suggests, the APRCP (today known as APRSCP or Asia Pacific Roundtable for Sustainable Consumption and Production) hosts regional Roundtable conferences. After the First APRCP in 1997 in Bangkok, the second regional conference for APRCP was held in Brisbane, Australia on April 21-24 1999 and the third was held in Manila, Philippines on 28 February – 02 March 2001, the Fourth in Chiang Mai, Thailand last January 20-22, 2003, and the Fifth was in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. the 6th (or 1st APRSCP Conference) was in Melbourne, Australia from 10-12 October 2005. As for its latest Conference, this took place on 25-27 April of this year (2007) in Hanoi, Vietnam. For additional information about this exciting event (and other past Roundtable Conferences) please click here...
APRSCP has embarked on its first major membership drive. Membership is open to all organizations or individuals involved or interested in advancing the application of cleaner production approaches.
The Membership Registration Fee shall be:
- US$50.00 if paid or remitted INDIVIDUALLY to APRCP (because bank remittance and receiving fees deducted total US$25 per remittance).
The annual membership (payable to “APRSCP” by money order or check: ASIA PACIFIC ROUNDTABLE FOR CLEANER PRODUCTION, US$ Savings Account No. 0461-015081-200, Security Bank and Trust Company, EDSA Central Branch, Mayflower Building cor. Mayflower and United Streets, Mandaluyong City, Metro Manila, Philippines) may be submitted together with the APRCP Membership Application Form. In mid-1999, APRCP’s registration has been legalized as a non-profit, non-governmental organization.
Express your shared conviction for APRCP’s vision of an environmentally and economically healthy and prosperous Asia Pacific region by becoming a member today.
By becoming a Member, you and your organization will benefit immediately from the cutting-edge technology and information exchange provided by APRCP. Member organizations from around the region will likewise benefit tremendously by learning from each other’s successes and failures. Members will also enjoy discounts at APRCP-sponsored events and other conferences and training programs endorsed by APRCP.