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6th High Level Seminar on Environmentally Sustainable Cities Concept Note and Programme
5rd Feb 2015
6th High Level Seminar
on Environmentally Sustainable Cities
PROGRAMME (As of 5th Feb. 2015)
DAY 0 (Sunday, 8 Feb. 2015)
18:00 – 19:00
Preparatory Meeting (for organisers and key partners)
International Forum on “FutureCity” Initiative in Malaysia Welcome Dinner
20:00 – 21:30
For invited participants only
DAY 1 (Monday, 9 Feb. 2015)
07:30 – 12:30
Registration
Field Trip
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08:30 – 12:30
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Option A:
o Johor Bahru City Centre and Nusajaya (Flagship A and B)
o Themes: Heritage and Culture
Option B:
o Kg. Sg. Melayu (Flagship B)
o Theme: Ecotourism and Community Environmental Conservation
12:30 – 14:30
Lunch Break
14:30 – 15:15
OPENING SESSION
Opening Speech
YB. Datuk Halimah Mohd Sadique, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Urban Wellbeing,
Housing and Local Government, Malaysia
Mr. Soichiro Seki, Vice-Minister for Global Environmental Affairs, Ministry of the
Environment, Japan
Official Opening Ceremony
Keynote Presentation
YBhg. Datin Paduka Dr. Dahlia Rosly, Director General, Federal Department of Town and
Country Planning, Peninsular Malaysia, Ministry of Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local
Government, Malaysia
15:15 – 15:45
15:45 – 17:15
Photo Session, Coffee Break and Press Conference
PLENARY 1 THE ASEAN ESC COMMUNITY: BEYOND 2015
Objectives:
To discuss proposed directions for strengthening regional cooperation activities on ESC,
particularly under the 18-country EAS EMM framework, by building on the achievements
and synergies of: (i) the High Level Seminar on ESC; (ii) ASEAN ESC Model Cities Program
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and (iii) core initiatives of the ASEAN Working Group on ESC, such as the ASEAN ESC
Indicators and ASEAN ESC Awards.
Chairs:
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Overall Chair (Prof. Ryokichi Hirono, Seikei University)
Overall Co-Chair (YBhg. Datin Paduka Dr. Dahlia Rosly, Director General, Federal
Department of Town and Country Planning, Peninsular Malaysia)
Panelists: (t.b.c)
 Ms. Natalia Derodofa, Senior Officer, Environment Division, ASEAN Secretariat
 Dr. Vann Monyneath, Chair, ASEAN Working Group on Environmentally
Sustainable Cities (AWGESC)
 Brunei Darussalem - Mr. Shahrom Suhaimi, Commissioner of Town and Country
Planning, Department of Town and Country Planning, Ministry of Development
 Cambodia – Mr. Pak Sokharavuth, Deputy Director of the Pollution Control
Department, Ministry of Environment
 Indonesia – Ms. Inar Ichsana Ishak, Senior Advisor for the Minister of Environment
 Lao PDR – Mr. Sengdara Douangmyxay, Deputy Director, Urban Planning Division,
DHUP, Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MPWT)
 Malaysia – Dr. Shamsaini Shamsuddin, Director, The National Land Use
Information Division, Federal Department of Town and Country Planning,
Peninsular Malaysia
 Myanmar – Mr. Aung Thu Kyaw, Assistant Director, Environmental Conservation
Department, Ministry of Environmental Conservation and Forestry
 Philippines – Ms. Corazon Davis, Assistant Secretary for Administration and
Finance, Department of Environment and Natural Resources
 Singapore – Mr. Tan Junyuan Christopher, Deputy Director, Environmental Policy
Division, Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources
 Thailand – Mr. Suphot Tovichakchaikul, Deputy Permanent Secretary, Office of the
Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment
 Viet Nam – Mr. Do Nam Thang, Vice Director, International Cooperation
Department, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment
 Comments by other EAS countries
17:15 – 17:30
INTRODUCTION TO THE THEMATIC SESSIONS
Chairs of the Thematic Sessions briefly introduce their sessions to the participants
Welcome Dinner
20:00 – 22:00
Co-Hosted by the Ministry of Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government, Malaysia
and the Ministry of the Environment, Japan
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DAY 2 (Tuesday, 10 Feb. 2015)
07:30 – 8:30
08:00 – 09:00
Friends of the Chair’s Meeting
Draft skeleton is presented for brief discussion
Registration
THEMATIC SESSIONS
09:00 – 12:30
Thematic Session A: ASEAN
ESC Cities Part 1
(Orchid 1)
Thematic Session B:
Capitalizing on
Opportunities for Air
Quality Action
Thematic Session C:
Decarbonising Cities
(Orchid 2)
(Orchid 3)
Chair: Dr. Vann
Monyneath, Chair,
AWGESC
Co-Chair: Hon. Gerardo P.
Valmayor, Jr., Mayor, San
Carlos
Ms. Rosmarini, Secretary,
Environment Agency,
Balikpapan
Mr. Nuzul Nurcahyono, Head
City of Malang Environmental
Board, Malang City
Ms. Woranut Prihiran,
Assistant Director, Chiang Rai
Municipality
09:00 – 10:30
Mr.Anucha Srisutiruk, Deputy
Mayor, Phichit Municipality
Mr.Vijai Amaralikit, Mayor,
Panusnikhom Municipality
Chair: Ms Mary Jane
Ortega, Member, Board of
Trustees of Clean Air Asia
Chair: Dr. Tadashi
Matsumoto, Senior Policy
Analyst, Regional
Development Policy
Co-Chair: Mr. Boyd Jouman,
Division, OECD
Senior Vice President
(Environment), Iskandar
Co-Chair: Dr. Junichi
Regional Development
Fujino, Senior Researcher,
Authority
NIES
Ms. Kaye Patdu, Air Quality
Program Manager, Clean Air
Asia
Mr. Roland Haas, Programme
Director, GIZ
Dr. Zijuan Lan, Habitation and
Environment
Commission,Shenzhen
Municipal People's
Government
Mr.Srisuk Saenyotkham,
Mayor, Renunakhon
Municipality
Ms. Nakyung Hwang, Deputy
Director, Air Quality
Management Division,
Ministry of the Environment,
Republic of Korea
Acting Mayor Poonsak
Chotkamphonpong, Municipal
Clerk, Nongteng Municipality
Engr. Elisa P. Madrazo, City
Environment & Natural
Resources Office, Davao
Hon. Gerardo P. Valmayor, Jr.,
Mayor of San Carlos
Mr. Masashi Mori, Mayor of
Toyama
YBhg Datuk Ismail Ibrahim,
Chief Executive, Iskandar
Regional Development
Authority
Mr. Deosdino Chrishna
Swastama, Environmental
Rehabilitation Division,
Bandung City
Dr. Akira Ogihara, Manager,
Project and Research Section,
Urban and the Environment
Division, Kawasaki
Environment Research
Institute, Kawasaki City
Ms. Tassanee Artwichit,
Sanitary Technical Officer,
Department of Environment,
Bangkok Metropolitan
Adminstration
Mr. Toru Hashimoto, Director,
International Technical
Cooperation, City of
Yokohama
Ms. Cao Thi Lan Anh, Deputy
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Head, Legislation Division,
Department of Natural
Resources and Environment,
Haiphong
Mr. Kengo Ishida, Executive
Director, Asian Center for Low
Carbon Society, Environmental
Bureau, City of Kitakyushu
Mr. Dao Anh Kiet, Director,
Department of Natural
Resources and Environment,
Ho Chi Minh City
Mr. Makoto Mihara, City of
Osaka
Ms. Rotchana
Phouangmanivang, Head of
Environmental Division,
Department of Natural
Resources and Environment of
Vientiane Capital
Mr. Takuya Matsuura, Section
Manager, Environment Policy
Bureau, City of Kyoto
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee Break
Thematic Session D: ASEAN
ESC Cities Part 2 (Orchid 1)
Chair: Mr. Sengdara
Douangmyxay, Deputy
Director, Urban Planning
Division, MPWT, Lao PDR
Co-Chair: Mr. Yutaka
Fukase, Director, Global
Environment Department,
JICA
11:00 – 12:30
Mr. Khouankham
Vongkhamsao, Department of
Planning, MPI, Lao PDR
Mr. Vanhxay Phiomanyvone,
Deputy Director, Pollution
Management Division,
MONRE, Lao PDR
Mr. Sengdara Douangmyxay,
Deputy Director, Urban
Planning Division, MPWT, Lao
PDR
Mr. Thay Chantha, Director,
Department of Environment,
Pursat Province
Thematic Session E:
Governance and
Community Engagement
Chair: Mr. Abdul Jamil
Arshad, Director, Research
and Development Division,
Federal Department of
Town and Country Planning
Peninsular Malaysia
Co-Chair: Ms. Aisa Tobing,
Deputy Secretary General,
CITYNET
Dr. Azmizam Abdul Rashid.
Principal Assistant Director,
Research and Development
Division, Federal Department
of Town and Country Planning
Peninsular Malaysia
Mr. Abdul Malek Jalil.
Director, National Food
Storage, FELDA
Tn. Hj. Nurazizi Mokhtar,
Director, Physical Planning
Division, Kuala Lumpur City
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Thematic Session F:
Resiliency
Chair: Ms. Milag San JoseBallesteros, Regional
Director for Southeast Asia
and Oceania, C40 Cities
Climate Leadership Group
Co-Chair: Ms. Lillian
Mercado, Deputy Regional
Director for Campaigns and
Policy, Oxfam Thailand
Engr. Gilbert C. Gonzales,
Regional Director, DENR
Region V, Legazpi
Gyesoo Jung, Assistant
Manager, Korea Environment
Corporation
Gyesoo Jung, Assistant
Manager, Korea Environment
Corporation
Mr. Vic Aquitania, Regional
Director, ICLEI South East Asia
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Ms. Nguyen Thi Thu Ha, Vice
Head, Environmental
Protection Agency, Da Nang
Council
Ms. Kim, Ju-ran, Team
Manager, Green City
Experience Center, Green City
Department, Gangneung City
Mr. Yutaka Fukase, Director,
Global Environment
Department, JICA
Ms. Lauren Sorkin, Platform
Director, 100 Resilient Cities
Mr. M. Dadang Basuki, Head
of Division, Division of
Monitoring and Recovery of
Environmental Quality,
Tangerang
Mr. Christopher Tan, Deputy
Director, Environmental Policy
Division, Ministry of the
Environment and Water
Resources, Singapore
12:30 – 14:30
Lunch Break
Friends of the Chair’s Meeting
13:30 – 14:30
14:30 – 15:00
15:00 – 15:15
Following the Thematic Sessions, the Secretariat gathers the key points for further
discussion regarding the Chair’s Summary
PLENARY 2: Reporting Back by Session Chairs
Chairs:
 Overall Chair (Prof. Ryokichi Hirono, Seikei University)
 Co-Chair (YBhg. Datin Paduka Dr. Dahlia Rosly, Director General, Federal
Department of Town and Country Planning, Peninsular Malaysia)
PLENARY 3: INTRODUCTION TO THE ASEAN ESC COOPERATION BAZAAR
PLENARY 4: ASEAN ESC COOPERATION BAZAAR (Exhibition Poster Session)
Objectives:
To further facilitate exchange and knowledge in a relaxed and informal session, the
Seminar will host a poster session which will invite posters from all of the ASEAN ESC
Model Cities, attending national governments, other cities as well as supporting
organisations and private companies.
15:15 – 16:45
ASEAN ESC Model Cities will detail their requests for assistance. Supporting Organisations
will fill out a form detailing how they can help ASEAN local governments realise their
visions. Other participants will be able to display their achievements and explore
collaborative opportunities in an informal setting.
Potential supporting organisations:
C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, CITYNET, Clean Air Asia, GIZ, ICLEI, IGES, JICA, OECD,
Oxfam Thailand, Rockefeller Foundation (100 Resilient Cities)
16:45 – 17:45
PLENARY 5: Discussion on Chair’s Summary
Chairs:
 Overall Chair (Prof. Ryokichi Hirono, Seikei University)
 Co-Chair (YBhg. Datin Paduka Dr. Dahlia Rosly, Director General, Federal
Department of Town and Country Planning, Peninsular Malaysia)
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CLOSING SESSION
17:45 – 18:00
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Dr. Vann Monyneath, Chair, ASEAN Working Group on Environmentally
Sustainable Cities (AWGESC)
Co-Chair (YBhg. Datin Paduka Dr. Dahlia Rosly, Director General, Federal
Department of Town and Country Planning, Peninsular Malaysia)
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