ASEM Eco-Innovation Center

Roadmap towards Sustainable Development Annotated 25 Jun 2012
'11 ASEM Eco-Innovation Consulting Guideline_Indonesia_Seah.pdf '11 ASEM Eco-Innovation Consulting Guideline_Indonesia_Ostec.pdf 25 June, SEOUL – World leaders converged last week in Brazil two decades after the first Earth Summit in the city. Unless leaders decided on fundamental changes during the three-day summit, negotiators and civil society expected at least a roadmap on institutional reforms and goals. To complement the UN talks, two expert panels organised by the Asia-Europe Environment Forum and its partners explored solutions from the ground up. ‘While global efforts are being discussed, national mechanisms have gone farther for environmental justice in countries like Hungary,’ said Dr. Sándor Fülöp, Hungarian Deputy Commissioner for Fundamental Rights who was also once Ombudsman for Future Generations. ‘At the national level, moreover, sustainable development needs to be mainstreamed in over-all development planning through genuine teamwork among government agencies and civil society stakeholders,’ said Prof. Cielito Habito. Habito, from the Philippines, was the Chairman of the first national council for Sustainable Development created in Asia immediately after the Rio summit in 1992. ‘Regional organisations fulfill a key role supporting efforts of member countries to tackle common issues more effectively, by facilitating cooperation and knowledge sharing and allowing long-term networking to take root’ remarked Dr. David Stanners, the European Environment Agency’s Head of International Cooperation. ‘Regional bodies support national and sub-national efforts through development financing and capacity building,’ stated Dr. Nessim Ahmad, a director for Regional and Sustainable Development at the Asian Development Bank. The Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) and its partners mapped national and regional mechanisms in Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) countries in a new study Global Architectures for Sustainable Development Delivery. ‘ASEM heads of state and government will convene this November in Laos, where global affairs such as the Rio+20 outcomes are expected to be advanced,’ commented Ms. Sol Iglesias, Director for Intellectual Exchange at ASEF. The study is an initiative under the Asia-Europe Environment Forum, a strategic partnership of the ASEF, the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies of Japan, the Hanns Seidel Foundation and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida). The Rio+20 side events were organised with the Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe, the Earth Council, the Regional Resource Centre for Asia and the Pacific at the Asian Institute of Technology, and the ASEM SMEs Eco-Innovation Center. Also, ASEM SMEs Eco-Innovation Center (ASEIC) was introduced on the global stage. Mr. Sang-Hun Lee, Director of Green Growth Team at SMBA of Korea, gave a presentation on ASEIC projects such as Green Knowledge Sharing, ASEM SMEs Eco-Innovation Index (ASEI), Eco-Innovation consulting, Green Appropriate Technology, Global EI Forum, etc. Especially, Director of ASEIC, Mr. Sean Kim, put an emphasis on ASEI, which was launched this year, explaining it would quantitatively and qualitatively measure the level and status of eco-innovation of SMEs in Asia and Europe, and was expected to inspire as bottom-up projects for spreading out the eco-innovation of SMEs in ASEM member countries. Its first outcome will be released in coming November at a forum co-hosted by ASEF and ASEIC tentatively in Singapore.

Roadmap towards Sustainable Development Annotated

25 Jun 2012

'11 ASEM Eco-Innovation Consulting Guideline_Indonesia_Seah.pdf '11 ASEM Eco-Innovation Consulting Guideline_Indonesia_Ostec.pdf

25 June, SEOUL – World leaders converged last week in Brazil two decades after the first Earth Summit in the city. Unless leaders decided on fundamental changes during the three-day summit, negotiators and civil society expected at least a roadmap on institutional reforms and goals. To complement the UN talks, two expert panels organised by the Asia-Europe Environment Forum and its partners explored solutions from the ground up.

‘While global efforts are being discussed, national mechanisms have gone farther for environmental justice in countries like Hungary,’ said Dr. Sándor Fülöp, Hungarian Deputy Commissioner for Fundamental Rights who was also once Ombudsman for Future Generations. ‘At the national level, moreover, sustainable development needs to be mainstreamed in over-all development planning through genuine teamwork among government agencies and civil society stakeholders,’ said Prof. Cielito Habito. Habito, from the Philippines, was the Chairman of the first national council for Sustainable Development created in Asia immediately after the Rio summit in 1992.

‘Regional organisations fulfill a key role supporting efforts of member countries to tackle common issues more effectively, by facilitating cooperation and knowledge sharing and allowing long-term networking to take root’ remarked Dr. David Stanners, the European Environment Agency’s Head of International Cooperation. ‘Regional bodies support national and sub-national efforts through development financing and capacity building,’ stated Dr. Nessim Ahmad, a director for Regional and Sustainable Development at the Asian Development Bank.

The Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) and its partners mapped national and regional mechanisms in Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) countries in a new study Global Architectures for Sustainable Development Delivery. ‘ASEM heads of state and government will convene this November in Laos, where global affairs such as the Rio+20 outcomes are expected to be advanced,’ commented Ms. Sol Iglesias, Director for Intellectual Exchange at ASEF.

The study is an initiative under the Asia-Europe Environment Forum, a strategic partnership of the ASEF, the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies of Japan, the Hanns Seidel Foundation and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida). The Rio+20 side events were organised with the Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe, the Earth Council, the Regional Resource Centre for Asia and the Pacific at the Asian Institute of Technology, and the ASEM SMEs Eco-Innovation Center.

Also, ASEM SMEs Eco-Innovation Center (ASEIC) was introduced on the global stage. Mr. Sang-Hun Lee, Director of Green Growth Team at SMBA of Korea, gave a presentation on ASEIC projects such as Green Knowledge Sharing, ASEM SMEs Eco-Innovation Index (ASEI), Eco-Innovation consulting, Green Appropriate Technology, Global EI Forum, etc. Especially, Director of ASEIC, Mr. Sean Kim, put an emphasis on ASEI, which was launched this year, explaining it would quantitatively and qualitatively measure the level and status of eco-innovation of SMEs in Asia and Europe, and was expected to inspire as bottom-up projects for spreading out the eco-innovation of SMEs in ASEM member countries. Its first outcome will be released in coming November at a forum co-hosted by ASEF and ASEIC tentatively in Singapore.

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