1. law, govt and politics
2. legal issues
3. human rights

ACRONYMS & ABBREVIATIONS
ACHR
ADB
ACVN
AIILSG
APEC
ASAG
AWAREE
BMA
BRTS
C2C
CBO
CCCI
CCI
CDIA
CDRI
CIFAL
CLAIR
DENR
DRR
EE
EMI
GIS
GHG
GDLN
HELP-O
HEPCO
HFA
ICLEI
ICT
IGES
IEC
ITTO
IUTC
JICA
KLRTC
KMC
LRT
Asian Coalition for Housing Rights
Asian Development Bank
Association of Cities of Vietnam
All India Institute of Local Self Government
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
Ahmedabad Study Action Group
AWAReness on Environmental Education
Bangkok Metropolitan Administration
Bus Rapid Transit System
City to City (Cooperation)
Community-Based Organisation
Cities Climate Change Initiative
Clinton Climate Initiative
Cities Development Initiative for Asia
Climate Disaster Resilience Initiative
Centre International de Formation des Autorités/Acteurs Locaux
(International Training Centre for Local Authorities/Actors)
Council of Local Authorities for International Relations of Japan
Department of Environment and Natural Resources of the
Philippines
Disaster Risk Reduction
Environmental Education
Earthquakes and Megacities Initiatives
Geographic Information System
Green House Gas Emissions
Global Distance Learning Centre
Human & Environment Links Progressive Organization
Hue Urban Environment and Public Works State Company
Hyogo Framework for Action
International Council of Local Environmental Initiatives
Information and Communication Technology
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)
Information Education and Communication
International Tropic Timber Organization
International Urban Training Center
Japan International Cooperation Agency
Kuala Lumpur Regional Training Centre
Kathmandu Metropolitan City
Light Rail Transit
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MaRGG
MAUC
MCGM
MCDCC
MDGs
MMRDA
MOC
MRT
MuAN
NAPA
NAMAs
NGO
NMC
NPO
NRW
PIEDAR
PDAM
PHC
PPBI
PURSUE C2C
Management Resources for Good Governance, Sri Lanka
Mongolian Association of Urban Centres
Municipal Corporation of Great Mumbai
Makati City Disaster Coordinating Council
Millennium Development Goals
Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority
Memorandum of Cooperation
Mass Rapid Transit
Municipal Association of Nepal
National Adaptation Programmes of Action
Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions
Non-Government Organization
Negombo Municipal Council
Non Profit Organization
Non-Revenue Water
Pakistan Institute for Environment Development Action Research
Water Utility (Perusahaan Daerah Air Minum)
Public Health Center
Phnom Penh Biogas Initiative
Partners United for Realising A Sustainable Urban Environment
through City-to City Cooperation
SDI
Seoul Development Institute
SHRCD
Seoul Human Resource Development Centre
SPARC
Society for Development Studies
SWM
Solid Waste Management
TAS
Technical Advisory Service
TCDC
Technical Cooperation between Developing Countries
TDLC
Tokyo Development Learning Centre of the World Bank
UCLG
United Cities and Local Governments
UNESCAP
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the
Pacific
UNHABITAT United Nations Human Settlements Programme
UNCRD
United Nations Centre for Regional Development
UNISDR
United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
UNITAR
United Nations Institute for Training and Research
VAW
Violence Against Women
WATSAN
Water and Sanitation
WTO
World Toilet Organization
Note:
* All case studies presentations and photos are available at: www.citynet-ap.org/mediaroom/resources/
* Presentations in some of the chapters have been excluded for technical reasons. If you
would like to request specific presentations, please contact CITYNET Secretariat.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The 9th edition of Cluster Updates Winter 2010 covers the programme activities of four
clusters Climate Change, Infrastructure, Disaster and MDGs carried out from September
2010 to February 2011. This edition has been reformatted from the previous cluster
update of CITYNET. The Secretariat has expected many comments or feedback from the
members; this time only few comments were received from Dhaka (the Executive
Committee member, the Lead City of Climate Change and the Presidency City of
Bangladesh National Chapter), MuAN (the Secretariat of the National Chapter of Nepal)
and HELP-O.
The Secretariat also appreciates every member for their contributions and wishes their
active participation for the clusters activities and continued role of the cluster
committee in ensuring the effectiveness and efficiency of the clusters. The Secretariat
hopes that more members will submit feedback for the next cluster update to be
released in August 2011.
CITYNET CLUSTERS
CITYNET Clusters were set up in 2003, reorganised in 2007/2008 and officially reformed
in September 2009. The current Clusters consist of four: Climate Change, Disaster, Infra,
and MDGs. Previously existing sub-clusters under the Enviro Cluster were integrated into
Climate Change and the components of ICT Cluster were included in all four Clusters.
Each Cluster is headed by a Cluster Committee Chair, also known as the Lead City and
supported by the Co-Chair, known as the Co-Lead City/Organisation. Each Cluster
consists of 4-6 members who will carry out the responsibilities listed in the guidelines
which include regular reporting of the activities, monitoring, evaluating, advising and
organising meetings.
The lead and co-lead cities are as follows:
Clusters
Climate Change
Disaster
Cities
Lead City
Co-Lead City/
Organisation
Infra
MDGs
Dhaka
Makati
Seoul
San Fernando
Jakarta
Banda Aceh
AIILSG
Open
CLIMATE CHANGE CLUSTER
Sanitation Workshop in Palembang
CITYNET International Sanitation Workshop was held on 29-30 November 2010 in
Palembang, South Sumatra of Indonesia. The event was organised by CITYNET and
supported by Asian Development Bank (ADB), UN-HABITAT, and UNITAR. The Workshop
was attended by many Indonesian participants along with some international participants
from countries like Bangladesh, Nepal, India, Thailand, the Philippines, USA and so on.
The main objective of the workshop was to bring together stakeholders from around Asia
and share their ongoing projects and programmes and also discuss on future endeavours.
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Addressing Climate Change in CHANGWON
In an effort to build momentum for region-wide support to cities addressing climate
change impacts, the CCCI-Asia/Pacific regional partners met in Changwon to share
methodologies, tools and good practices to strengthen both policy dialogue and collective
action by bringing together regional support programme pilot cities and their partners
from national government, NGOs, and academia. During the discussions with UNHABITAT,
GTZ, RMIT, AIT, Rockefeller and other partners an assessment of opportunities for
climate change mitigation was undertaken, including comparisons of methodologies,
indicators and regional agendas related to city vulnerability and adaptation.
Eco Tank Project
Eco-tank projects funded by Prince Albert of Monaco II Foundation through UNITAR are
continuing to be reviewed by CITYNET. As reported previously, the installation in
Palembang has been completed. San Fernando is currently working to install the tanks in
the proposed areas and is expected to complete by the end of February. The city is also
conducting surveys to get the baseline data of water samples for comparison at a later
stage. Eco-tank project has stalled for over a year now in Negombo citing various
bureaucratic, technical and weather related issues. The originally proposed location has
also been changed recently from the fish market to a bus terminal (under construction).
Communication made in early 2011 with the mayor of Negombo indicated that he will
complete the project by the end of March 2011. Upon completion of all three projects,
the three cities are expected to report on the analysis of the effectiveness of the tanks.
Biogas Project in Negombo
Municipality of Negombo and HELP-O is implementing a community biogas program in Don
Bosco Tsunami Housing Scheme with the support of CITYNET UNITAR and French
Government. Under this program two biogas units have been constructed. During this
period HELP-O was able to conduct one awareness program for the grass root level
community about the value and benefits of the biogas at Don Bosco Community Centre.
By the end of March they will finish another Biogas construction and will arrange the
awareness programmes for the community and Municipal Officers. To know the update of
the project activities, future plan and challenges please read the project summary below.
DISASTER CLUSTER
Climate and Disaster Resilience Initiative (CDRI) in Asia-Pacific
CITYNET and partners have carried out various programmes to help create a safer and
more resilient cities in Asia and Pacific region. Led by Makati City, the lead city of
Disaster Cluster of CITYNET, the Climate Disaster Resilience Initiative (CDRI) programme
was applied in eight cities with a further 92 cities as its goal. CDRI is a tool to assess the
level of resilience by looking at five dimensions: natural, physical, social, economic, and
institutional dimensions. CDRI is useful to help monitor the progress through a
participatory approach, with several departments and various stakeholders involved in
the process.
Makati and Kyoto University Collaborate for CDRI Profiling at the Community-Level
Makati and Kyoto University’s Graduate School for Global Environmental Studies conducts
CDRI profiling covering all the 33 barangays (communities/villages) of Makati as part of
its Climate Action Plan (CAP) implementation. The overall objective of the project is to
develop a holistic urban resilience scenario of the City from the community-level
perspective. Specifically, the project aims to enhance community resilience after
evaluating through accomplishment of the CDRI survey questionnaire; assess the current
condition of the barangays giving much focus on their environment and vulnerability to
possible disaster-related risks through conduct of town watching activity; and identify
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measurable implementation measures and specific actions within timeframes through
conduct of an action planning workshop. The project is being implemented in September
2010 until March 2011.
Results of the above activities will serve as a viable input for the formulation of the
City’s Comprehensive Climate and Disaster Risk Management Master Plan which is also
identified as one of the priority areas and specific actions in the CAP. Through CITYNET’s
TCDC program, the project is hoped to be replicated to other member cities especially
the members of the Disaster Cluster in the form of Technical Advisory Services (TAS),
study visit and City-sharing.
UNISDR Campaign on Building Resilient Cities
UNISDR has launched the 2010-2011 World Disaster Reduction Campaign “Making Cities
Resilient.” The Campaign addresses issues of local governance and urban risk, while
drawing upon previous ISDR Campaigns focusing on safer schools and hospitals. The
campaign also draws on sustainable urbanisation principles developed during the UNHABITAT World Campaign 2009-2013. With a slogan of “MY CITY IS GETTING READY!”
CITYNET is one of the main partner organisations of this Campaign. Through Disaster
Cluster of CITYNET, CITYNET has been advocating disaster risks reduction (DRR) amongst
local governments to help cities mainstreaming DRR in the city planning and
management. As of December 2010, the CITYNET members, namely Dhaka, Barisal,
Mumbai, Guntur, Kathmandu, Makati, Colombo, Galle, Kandy, Bangkok and
Vishakhapatnam have already signed up and participated in the Campaign actively.
CITYNET is inspiring more cities from its member cities to participate the campaign for
bringing the benefits of new partnerships, higher profile nationally and internationally, as
well as political leadership and innovation to save lives and livelihood through proper
planning and preparedness, sustainable urbanization with broad based participation, and
social, environmental and economic gains. If your city is interested in getting involved in
the campaign please visit: www.unisdr.org/campaign.
INFRA CLUSTER
Seoul International Program on Sustainable Urban Transportation Policy
On 11-14 October, Seoul Metropolitan Government hosted the Second CITYNET
International Program on “Sustainable Urban Transportation Policy” for Asian cities.
The theme – sustainable transport in Asia – is extremely significant as more CITYNET
members are faced with underdeveloped public transport systems, uncontrolled traffic
volumes and an increasing number of vehicles on the roads. Many Asian cities experience
bad traffic that not only cause economic losses, but also affects people’s health.
CITYNET has been advocating sustainable urban development of Asian local governments
over the last 20 years. The programme highlighted the efforts of Seoul and fellow Asian
local governments in promoting sustainable transportation in order to enhance quality of
life. The University of Gadjah Mada of University provided technical support to the
programme.
C2C: Officials from Palembang to be sent to Seoul for training
Local Government transport officials from Palembang City Hall will be sent for training
early this year to Seoul Metropolitan Government for further training as part of the
ongoing C2C cooperation on transportation planning between the two cities. Previously
exchange visits by technical experts from Seoul and Palembang occurred within the C2C
framework in order to share Seoul’s experience in transportation planning, in particular
the BRTS. Three experts from Seoul who visited Palembang have completed their report,
outlining their recommendations for the City of Palembang’s new bus system. The
recommendations include traffic and parking management, bus operation as well as roadlane separation of roads. The report is available in the link of Cluster Update.
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KLRTC Training Course XXI on “Sustainable Urban Transportation in the Asia Pacific
Region
KLRTC Training Course XXI on “Sustainable Urban Transportation in the Asia Pacific
Region” will be held from April 11–13, 2011, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This course’s
theme is focused on the financing aspects of urban transport. KLRTC XXI on Sustainable
Transport aims to share the lessons learnt on meeting the transport challenges through
best and failure practices applied in this region. The Training will also be the platform
for local governments to network and develop C2C cooperation to put the lessons learnt
into practice. The Training will include lectures/presentations from experts, field trips,
and working group discussions.
MDGs CLUSTER
Stand-Up Campaign-2010
The 2010 Stand-Up Against Poverty Campaign, 17-19 September, drew record setting
numbers, with over 3,000 events in more than 120 countries and 173 million participants.
For the second year in a row, the Philippines topped the list of participating countries
with over 36 million participants taking part in a multitude of events over the three day
campaign with the help of CITYNET member cities in the region. This year, CITYNET
members Makati City, Sukabumi, and Balikpapan City lead the way by organising various
events bringing attention to the 2015 deadline for the MDGs.
The City Government of Makati organised sporting events and concerts, as well as noisemaking activities in schools throughout the region to raise awareness of the MDGs.
Balikpapan City also set up events to bring awareness to poverty and the MDGs in
association with local government officials, school systems, and police and military
forces promoting cooperation across organisations and communities. The events were
covered by local and national news agencies in an attempt to raise the level of awareness
in the region. Meanwhile, Sukabumi organised free check-ups for mothers and children,
information sessions calling attention to the MDG of eliminating gender disparity, and a
car free day to reduce exhaust levels in the city. CITYNET hopes other member cities will
follow the example of this year’s member city participants and join next year’s
Campaign.
On MDGs and Linking Asian Cities to the UN
Over 70 participants from across Asia-Pacific including active participation from CITYNET
member cities convened in Shanghai on October 8-9 during the World Habitat Week to
share and discuss ideas on the MDGs and strategically working with the UN. This meeting
was part of an initiative by the UN Advisory Committee of Local Authorities (UNACLA) of
UN-HABITAT, in cooperation with CITYNET, UCLG-ASPAC and the China Association of
Mayors. The meeting closely followed the MDGs Summit in New York, and looked at
practices, challenges and opportunities, leading to concrete strategies for action.
Active discussion on the practicalities of MDGs, cooperation with UN Cities, strengthening
networks and C2C cooperation within CITYNET were all among the major outcomes of a
key meeting entitled “Linking Asian Cities to the UN.”
CITYNET’s, active participation included those from ACHR, AIILSG, Bharatpur, Hai Phong,
Lalitpur, MuAN, Phnom Penh, Rajshahi, San Jose, Sukabumi, Surabaya and Sylhet. Also in
attendance, Ligao City, one of CITYNET’s newest members as well as representatives
from Thane, India invited by MCGM, the host of the CITYNET Satellite Office. Despite
notable progress on the MDGs (the reduction of child mortality rate in Bangladesh,
poverty reduction in Philippines, for example) members expressed frustration at the lack
of resources, bureaucracy, loss of cultivation areas for agriculture lack of information
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and the need for better coordination and support to from national governments and UN
agencies.
NATIONAL CHAPTER ACTIVITIES
A National Chapters Conference was held in Palembang, Indonesia on December 1, 2010
in conjunction with the International Sanitation Workshop. Representatives from
Bangladesh, Indonesia, and Nepal presented the status of their ongoing activities and
plans. NC Bangladesh continues to develop a holistic rainwater harvesting and compost
plant, as well as its waste bin distribution programme. NC Indonesia reported a number
of improvements in its pilot project on waste management at the local hospital in
Sukabumi. Meanwhile, NC Nepal is developing its joint project with Tansen Municipality
on school sanitation, including the implementation of concrete toilets and a two day
school sanitation training workshop at the Janahit Primary School. All chapters agreed
that they will prepare a business plan and submit it to the CITYNET Secretariat by June
this year.
National Chapter Project 2010
(To know the members feedback, comments and suggestions please see project wise
summary below and follow the link to get the full report of project). Each NC has
received USD 4,000 from CITYNET to implement their proposed projects.
BANGLADESH
ƒ Rooftop Gardening, Composting and Rainwater Harvesting Pilot Project:
Bangladesh National Chapter is moving forward with a roof top gardening pilot
project in Dhaka to promote composting and rainwater harvesting.
INDONESIA
ƒ Hospital Waste Management Pilot Project: National Chapter Indonesia has
carried out and completed a pilot project on hospital waste management in
Sukabumi. The project report is attached.
NEPAL
ƒ School Sanitation Pilot Project: National Chapter Nepal has completed a school
sanitation project with Tansen Municipality. Toilet construction and sanitation
training for students are the main components of the project. The project report
is attached.
SRI LANKA:
ƒ Integrated Solid Waste Management System in Community Based Biogas in
Dehiwala Badowita Mt. Lavinia: National Chapter Sri Lanka has completed the
Biogas program in Dehiwala Badowita Mt. Lavinia which was supposed to be
located in Colombo. As Sri Lanka Chapter faced the difficulties to choose the
suitable place for the project because of land scarcity in Colombo, the project
was finally located at “Badowita” where the municipal council is implementing a
waste recycling program as well.
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Project Summary Report -Bangladesh
Project title
Project area
(within CN
Clusters)
Background of
the Project
Project
objectives
Cleaner and Greener City through roof top gardening, composting and
rainwater harvesting
Climate Change Cluster (Solid Waste Management Sub-cluster)
In 2010, CITYNET asked the National Chapters to submit a project proposal.
In response, Bangladesh National Chapter submitted a project proposal
named: Cleaner and Greener City: Through Rooftop gardening, composting
and rainwater harvesting. Under the close supervision of CITYNET National
Chapter, Bangladesh; the project work was contracted out to Urban Agro
Consultancy Firm who had an experience on roof top vegetable garden. The
project comprised of three components: Source segregation of waste at
household and recycle the household organic waste into compost, use the
compost in the roof top garden and install rainwater harvesting
arrangement for watering the garden. It is a close loop of household waste
management.
a. To do source segregation of household waste and recycle organic
waste into compost
b. To use compost in roof top garden as soil conditioner
c. To use rain water for watering the garden
d. To grow fresh vegetable and ornamental plants for household
consumption and beautification
¾ Constructed the beds by bamboo enclosure, and grew vegetables,
ornamental plants on the rooftop. Gradually expanded the
gardening area on the roof. Grew new vegetables for winter.
Achievements
(quantitative and
qualitative
aspects)
¾ Distributed two different color bins to households for source
segregation.
¾ Organic waste collected from households; composting started on the
rotary composter and already made 50 kg compost from the
collected waste. This compost has been used in the garden.
¾ Rainwater harvesting plant of capacity 2000 liters installed on the
roof top and captured water is used in the garden.
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Household waste can be managed at source through rotary
composter
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Rainwater can be collected and used at the roof top garden
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Fresh vegetables can be obtained from the roof top garden
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Explanation of the project objectives to the house owners is
essential for continuation of the project
Lessons Learned
Challenges
Some challenges at the beginning of the project:¾ Delivering waste into segregated way is new to the households and
they find it troublesome for them.
¾ At the beginning, households thought that their roof would be
damaged by damp and put extra weight by establishing rooftop
garden.
¾ Households perceive that installation of rotary composter on the
roof would create bad smell
¾ Outlets of the existing tanks were rehabilitated /reconstructed,
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which is disagreed by them.
Future Actions
Current situation:
¾ Source segregation of waste is practiced by the households and
compost is produced in the rotary composter and used in the
garden
¾ Rainwater is captured and used in the garden for watering
¾ Two different seasonal vegetables (summer and winter) grown in
the garden.
Future actions:
a) Practical demonstration need to be given to the households
b) Handing over the project to the households
c)
Recent Photos
(Before and After)
Feedback in your
own words
Operational manual can be prepared
d)
Advisory service can be provided to the households if required
e)
Continuation /Gradual expansion of the project is needed
Photo-1 (before the project)
Photo-2 (after the project)
As the project is a combination of rooftop gardening, composting and
rainwater harvesting, it can make a house clean and green. It can also
contribute to make a city clean and green by gradual expansion of the
project concept. Where there is scarcity of land in the urban areas for
gardening, fresh and organic vegetables is difficult to get in the kitchen
market, water shortage and solid waste collection is a problem,
implementation of this type project can be a potential solution of the
problems.
Contact Detail Name: Dr Tariq Bin Yousuf Designation: Focal Point, CITYNET National Chapter, Bangladesh Address: Nagar Bhaban , Dhaka City Corporation E‐mail& Phone:[email protected]; Mob: +88‐ 01817578326 Role in the project: Project Design and Supervision xiii
Project Summary Report - Nepal
Project title
Project area
(within CN
Clusters)
School Sanitation Improvement Project in Tansen Municipality
Janahit Primary School,
Tansen Municipality, Palpa, Nepal
a) The school has now two concrete toilets.
Achievements
(quantitative
and
qualitative
aspects)
b) This project has provided girl friendly sanitation in the school.
c) The parents of the students have also benefitted from this project.
d) The school has been declared the Open Defecation Free (ODF) zone.
e) Since this is a project with low budget and resources, it has great scope of
replication.
a) Even a small project can bring changes in the lives of many people.
Lessons
Learned
b) Environment, sanitation related projects work better when school children are
involved because they can also convince their parents and elders.
c) Pilot projects should be replicated in other sites as well.
Challenges
a) Since the money was not sent on regular basis, it was difficult.
Future Actions (Please assess the current situation of the activities and indicate the future
course of action)
a) The School Management Committee will be responsible for the maintenance of th
toilet.
b) The students will also contribute for the clean environment in and around th
premise.
c) Few more toilets need to be built in future.
Recent
Photos
(Before and
After)
Feedback in
your own
words
Photo-1 (before the project)
Photo-2 (after the project)
Please give your own feedback, ideas and opinions about the project.
The School Sanitation Improvement Project in Tansen Municipality is a small
project which would bring changes in the lives of many students especially girls
who have problems regarding sanitation. I think this would benefit them a lot and
girl absenteeism would also be reduced to some extent. Such projects should be
replicated in more municipalities.
Contact Detail Name: Sara Neupane Designation: Focal Person, CITYNET national Chapter‐Nepal Address: 190 Niketan Marg, Dillibazar, Kathmandu, Nepal E‐mail& Phone: [email protected], +977‐01‐4436725 Role in the project: Report writer xiv
Project Summary Report – Sri Lanka (HELP-O)
Project title
Project area
The community Biogas program in city of Colombo
Dehiwala – Mt Lavinia Municipal Council area.
a) Introduced the renewable energy source for 06 houses.
Achievements
(quantitative and
qualitative
aspects)
b) Provide the sustainable solution to 500kg waste problem in ground
level.
c) Reduce the methane gas emission to air by 6.78m3 daily.
d) Decrease the threat for diseases from 50 percent.
e) 06 more requests to community biogas units.
Lessons Learned
Challenges
Future Actions
1. Able to improve technical side and discover the newly technologies
when we construct biogas unit in high water table land.
2. Can apply biogas unit any kind of place and any kind of area and good
model to solve the waste problem and energy problem.
3. Importantly of integrated approach, such as through public private
partnership.
4. How to work and achieve our project goals with a team and respecting
to each other’s ideas through win-win approach.
5. Can develop a study center in Colombo city and through this biogas can
reduce the global warming and climate change threat.
1. Find a suitable place is Colombo city area.
2. Could not get UDA approval to construct biogas unit in Colombo City
area.
3. Had to shift the biogas unit to Colombo City to Dehiwala area.
4. First challenge is community clamor against the biogas with negative
ideas and lack of knowledge about biogas and benefits.
5. High water table and heavy raining season during the construction.
(Please assess the current situation of the activities and indicate the
future course of action)
a) Expand the biogas program and construct 05 more biogas.
b) Introduce the biogas units under loan basis.
c) Establish a learning centre with base this biogas.
d) Establish biogas company.
Recent Photos
(Before and After)
Feedback in your
own words
Photo-1 (before the project)
Photo-2 (after the project)
Please give your own feedback, ideas and opinions about the project
Through this program we could provide a sustainable solution to waste and
energy program with the involvement of many stakeholders. And this is a
good model that we can promote in future in any country of the world. For
a better waste management programme, community participation is
needed and we implemented good model and other cities can study this
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model.
With this biogas program waste became a valuable thing in the society
because they earlier thought waste is a miserable thing to them but that
view has been changed and waste became a resource for them. Now their
energy cost has reduced and they can start home gardening in their lands
and few spaces.
Contact Detail Name: Chathura Welivitiya Designation: Chairman / Chief Executive Address: No.364/18 A, Samagi Mawatha, Dangedara, Galle, Sri Lanka E‐mail& Phone: [email protected] , +94‐91‐4380121 Role in the project: Management the projects Provide the technical guidance for construction Participation as a resource person OTHERS
CITYNET Executive Meeting-2010
CITYNET Executive Committee members and observers gathered to discuss key issues at
the 27th Executive Committee Meeting held on 22 October, 2010 in Yokohama, Japan.
Participating members included Bangkok, Colombo, Dhaka, Mumbai, Kathmandu, Seoul,
Surabaya, Yokohama, AIILSG, and SDS.
The Executive Committee members discussed issues concerning the future direction and
activities of CITYNET, reactivating membership of Chinese cities, and the organisation’s
role in CITYNET Foundation and audit and budget for 2011. The Executive Committee
meeting also welcomed three new full members and two associate members. Also, the
committee ratified three appointments made this year by Secretary General Mary Jane
Ortega to the Secretariat, including the Deputy Secretary General representing SouthEast Asian sub-region, Ms. Aisa Tobing from Jakarta City Government. Although more
time was needed to further discuss the issues presented during the Executive Committee
Meeting, follow-up from the meeting has begun and CITYNET members will continue their
efforts to resolve all matters discussed at the meeting.
CITYNET would like to thank all Executive Committee members as well as UNESCAP,
UNITAR, ADB, ACHR and for their valuable participation.
CITYNET 27th Executive Committee Highlights:
1) New members:
Barisal, Bangladesh (full)
Ligao City, Philippines (full)
Solapur, India (full)
League of Cities of the Philippines (associate)
Office tape, Japan (associate)
2) Revision of the CITYNET FOUNDATION Articles of Incorporation and By-laws
3) Bangkok made co-lead of MDGs Cluster
3) Dhaka approved as the next venue for the 28th Executive Committee meeting
4) Aisa Tobing elected as Deputy Secretary General for South-East Asian subregion.
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5) Extension of Dato’ Lakhbir Singh Chahl’s term as Special Advisor until the next
General Council in 2013
Post-AWAREE Project Update on Environmental Education
On 28 October, 2010 representatives from four CITYNET members: Dhaka, Colombo,
Makati, and Yokohama – joined with representatives from JICA and the CITYNET
Secretariat to report and discuss the progress of ongoing projects and future plans during
the Post-AWAREE assessment TV conference. All members shared best practices and
challenges faced during the past year in hopes of improving the results of future projects.
Colombo reported success in promoting composting at a household level, particularly in
issuing composting bins and vegetable waste collection, as well its eco-park project.
Dhaka announced its progress in rain water harvesting and plans to analyse the results of
the project, as well as the rooftop garden and rotary composting project. Meanwhile,
Makati has successfully integrated climate change into the elementary education system,
and promoted awareness through the implementation of environmentally themed
holidays. Despite the many accomplishments, each city also reported various challenges
they consistently face, such as increasing public awareness and funding for large scale
operations.
Post-AWAREE cities also presented plans for future projects using previous best practices.
Colombo has begun ground level production of a biogas project that will take three to
four weeks to complete, but fears that public knowledge of the project is currently low.
Dhaka has plans to expand its rooftop garden, composting, and rainwater harvesting
projects, and also hopes to implement a solar-panel project for which a budget will be
proposed next year. Makati has proposed an international conference on climate change,
and a unique green urban design center to spread awareness in the local community.
CITYNET plans to continue monitoring the achievements in the Post-AWAREE plans.
Another follow-up Post-AWAREE conference is scheduled for May 2011.
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