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INSIGHT, Jun '02 Edition
"Operationalising APREN": New Information
System in the Works
In recent years, policy-makers have recognised the urgent need to improve the
acquisition, formatting and dissemination of information on the development,
promotion and transfer of ESTs, both within and among Asia-Pacific countries. In
response to this need, IETC UNEP-ROAP (Regional Office for Asia-Pacific) and the
Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) recently held a regional workshop in
Bangkok, Thailand, for local governments.
 Based on discussions and
recommendations made at the 1st and 2nd UNEP IETC - Global Environment Centre
Foundation (GEC) International Seminars on EST-IS held in Jakarta (1998) and
Bangkok (2001), participants this spring recommended the formation of an interim
task force to develop a proposal for the establishment of an Asia Pacific
Regional Environmentally Sound Technology Information Systems Network (APREN).
The Bangkok workshop, held in March, also offered participants a chance to
understand and comment on IETC's new development: ESTIS. (See: INSIGHT March
2002). Ways to operationalise ESTIS at the country level were discussed, and
participants were given a hands-on session on how to use ESTIS, with an
introduction and discussion of the new system.
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 Publications
Last March, UNEP IETC, in cooperation with Sumida City, Japan, and a
citizens' group, People for Promoting Rainwater Utilisation, published a Booklet
on Rainwater Harvesting and Utilisation. For more information on this
publication, please e-mail UNEP IETC: ietc@unep.or.jp |
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