Newsletter
Issue 41
April - June 2017
 
 
Dear Readers,
 
We have changed the newsletter format for better readability, so you can easily browse through the topics of your interest.
 
Also, GIZ Training Services Bangkok has interesting new courses lined up on regional, technical and methodological know-how for sustainable development http://training.thai-german-cooperation.info/index.php/training.

For more regular updates, please visit us at: www.thai-german-cooperation.info and www.facebook.com/gizthailand.

Best regards,
Your newsletter team
 
 
HIGHLIGHT
 
 
EU, Thailand marks World Environment Day
“Climate Change, We Change”
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
EU Joins with the Ministry of Transport and GIZ to Organise Activities on World Environment Day on the Theme “Climate Change, We Change”
 
Sustainable Freight Transport and Logistics in the Mekong Region
 
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Agriculture & Food Safety
 
 
 
‘I eat, therefore I am’ new Facebook page suggests alternatives on how we eat responsibly
 
Please Like, Comment, Post and Share
‘I eat, therefore I am’ is the name of the new Facebook page created by the ASEAN Sustainable Agrifood Systems project for environmentally friendly consumers ...
 
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ASEAN Sustainable Agrifood Systems (ASEAN SAS)
 
 
Food security recommendations to be submitted to the ASEAN ministerial meeting
 
Some 40 participants made up of policy-makers, experts, government and private sector agencies and Civil Society Organizations (CSO) in food security and sustainable agriculture from ASEAN countries ...
 
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ASEAN Sustainable Agrifood Systems (ASEAN SAS)
 
 
 
‘Public-Private Partnership is like a soccer game’ and it takes a whole team to score
 
With the global population estimated to reach 9 billion by 2050, addressing challenges in the agricultural sector to feed the growing population requires greater combined efforts from both the public and private sectors ...
 
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ASEAN Sustainable Agrifood Systems (ASEAN SAS)
 
 
Rice nutrition improvement shall continue in Indonesia
 
According to the 2013 Indonesian Basic Health Research of the Ministry of Health, 37.1 per cent of pregnant women ...
 
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Better Rice Initiative Asia (BRIA): High-Quality Rice for Southeast Asia
 
 
 
Thai Rice NAMA project selected for full proposal
 
“The Rice Department, which is responsible for the sustainable development of the rice sector, will participate in and support the implementation of Thai Rice NAMA.” – Mr. Anan Suwannarat, Director General, Rice Department, Thailand ...
 
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Better Rice Initiative Asia (BRIA): High-Quality Rice for Southeast Asia
 
 
Climate Change
 
 
 
Sustainable consumption and production practitioners and policy experts list out potential Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions
 
Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) practitioners and policy experts from Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand attended a regional workshop on SCP-related Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (SCP NAMAs) on 26-28 April ...
 
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Advancing and Measuring Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) for a Low-Carbon Economy in Middle-Income and Newly Industrialised Countries (Advance SCP)
 
 
Advance SCP joins Kalikasan GP3 Conference launch in the Philippines
 
KGP3 2017 aims to bring together businesses, government agencies, environmental advocates, and practitioners and serve as a platform to discuss current trends and open opportunities for partnership ...
 
Read more
 
 
Advancing and Measuring Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) for a Low-Carbon Economy in Middle-Income and Newly Industrialised Countries (Advance SCP)
 
 
 
Thai provinces meet to learn about 3 pilot provinces’ renewable energy scenarios
 
Ambitious renewable energy targets are a centrepiece of Thailand’s sustainable development. Implementation of these targets will happen on the ground, in each province and municipality ...
 
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Support to the Development and Implementation of Thai Climate Change Policy
 
 
Thai cooling sector receives training on handling hydrocarbon refrigerants from German experts
 
On 9 March, the Thailand Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Action (RAC NAMA) project held a seminar on the safe handling of hydrocarbon refrigerants in Bangkok ...
 
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Thailand Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Action (RAC NAMA)
 
 
 
17 provinces and 32 municipalities in Thailand have developed climate change action plans
 
An event marking the successful implementation of the Thai Climate Change Policy at a subnational level through the Support to the Development and Implementation of the Thai Climate Change Policy (CCA) ...
 
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Support to the Development and Implementation of the Thai Climate Change Policy (CCA)
 
 
Energy
 
 
 
Solar-powered Koh Jik phases out diesel
 
As the sun rises over the horizon, the morning TV news drifts from houses, a radio station hums in the background and the fragrance of freshly steamed rice from rice cookers ...
 
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Renewable Energy Project Development Programme (PDP) in South-East Asia
 
 
Economics & Employment
 
 
Vietnam and Thailand plans to cooperate on improving medicines
 
From 19-21 April 2017, the Thai-German Trilateral Cooperation Programme organised an Appraisal Mission for the Vietnamese-Thai-German Trilateral Cooperation on the subject ...
 
Read more
 
 
Thai-German Trilateral Cooperation Programme
 
 
 
A new Lao - Thai - German cooperation on supreme audit
 
The Support to Financial Audit for the State Audit Organisation of Lao PDR project held a kick-off ceremony and 1st Project Steering Committee (PSC) meeting on 28 February 2017 ...
 
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Thai-German Trilateral Cooperation Programme
 
 
3rd mission of Thai-German Sufficiency Economy and Business Promotion in Timor-Leste
 
It has been 15 years since Timor-Leste gained its independence. Since then, more than 2 billion USD of foreign aid has flooded in along with endeavors to tackle the socio-economic problems ...
 
Read more
 
 
Thai-German Trilateral Cooperation Programme
 
 
Environment & Natural Resources
 
 
 
Thai Water sector, stakeholders and the civil society agree to adopt Sediment Trap measures and the development of wetland in Tha Di, Nakhon Si Thammarat
 
What is adaptation? For some people, this question can be hard to understand as they don’t realise ...
 
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Improved Management of Extreme Events through Ecosystem-based Adaptation in Watersheds (ECOSWat)
 
 
Thai Royal Irrigation Department requests experts to evaluate The Royal Initiative, Huai Ta Poe Reservoir Project in relation to Ecosystem-based Adaptation measure
 
One of the late King’s initiated projects, the Huai Ta Poe reservoir is in a healthy condition and a good example of Ecosystem-based Adaptation. This was confirmed by German experts from ...
 
Read more
 
 
Improved Management of Extreme Events through Ecosystem-based Adaptation in Watersheds (ECOSWat)
 
 
 
Thailand and Germany in partnership for Integrated Disaster Risk Management and Assessment Strategy
 
The Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) organised a Workshop and Training on Integrated Disaster Risk Management and Assessment Procedures for Thailand ...
 
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Global Initiative on Disaster Risk Management (GIDRM)
 
 
Urban & Industrial Development
 
 
Chulalongkorn University’s architecture students learn to design home’s own low-cost power plant with German experts
 
On 14-15 March 2017, students of architecture at Chulalongkorn University attended a second workshop on Nexus Plus Energy Buildings organised by GIZ Nexus Project ...
 
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Integrated Resource Management in Asian Cities: the Urban NEXUS
 
 
 
Chiang Mai Municipality, 13 other organisations and GIZ join hands to rehabilitate Mae Kha Canal
 
Chiang Mai Municipality and thirteen other organisations and Integrated Resource Management in Asian Cities: The Urban Nexus Project signed a Memorandum of Cooperation for the rehabilitation of the Mae Kha Canal on 17th March 2017 ...
 
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Integrated Resource Management in Asian Cities: the Urban NEXUS
 
 
Mongolian government visits India for sustainable water and waste water management peer to peer learning
 
A Mongolian team led by Mr. T. Gantumur, General Manager of Ulaanbaatar (UB) City and Head of the Mayor’s Office, 6 representatives of UB City Municipality ...
 
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Integrated Resource Management in Asian Cities: the Urban NEXUS
 
 
 
50 experts meet to step up fuel efficient transport in ASEAN
 
The ASEAN region took a step towards more fuel efficient transport during a productive second forum of the ASEAN Fuel Economy Platform, held in Bangkok on 28 March 2017 ...
 
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Energy Efficiency and Climate Change Mitigation in the Land Transport Sector in the ASEAN Region (TCC)
 
 
ASEAN region continues progress towards Harmonised Sustainable Transport Indicators
 
With a growing vehicle fleet that is already Asia’s second largest, the ASEAN region faces a host of related pressures including climate change, air pollution and traffic congestion ...
 
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Energy Efficiency and Climate Change Mitigation in the Land Transport Sector in the ASEAN Region (TCC)
 
 
Good Governance
 
 
 
Myanmar, Laos, Thailand and other 20 countries attend meeting on tackling illicit drug issues in the Golden Triangle
 
The Global Partnership on Drug Policies and Development (GPDPD) attended a meeting on assistance for the “Plan for Tackling Illicit Drug Production and Trafficking in the Golden Triangle” on 2 March 2017 ...
 
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Global Partnership on Drug Policies and Development (GPDPD)
 
 
Others
 
 
 
The Sector Network Transport, Environment, Energy and Water in Asia launches new website
 
When it comes to providing seamless support for our members working across borders, the Sector Network Transport, Environment, Energy and Water in Asia (TUEWAS) ...
 
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The Sector Network Transport, Environment, Energy and Water in Asia (TUEWAS)
 
 
UPCOMING TRAINING COURSES
 
 
 
9-11 August 2017
 
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14-18 August 2017
 
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