The Clean & Green Drive - SAKARMA was launched
in Tirupati by GTZ-ASEM in cooperation with the
Tirupati Municipal Council and the local NGOs on the
10 January, 2009 and ended on 16th March 2009 by
making a tremendous impact on Tirupati. This drive
was a part of the comprehensive plan to keep the
city clean by involving stakeholders ranging from the
Tirupati Municipal Corporation, Tirupati Tirumala
Devesthanam - Temple Trust, to the local NGOs and
the community in segregation of waste at the doorto-
door level. The aim of the drive is to spread
awareness on door-to-door segregation of waste and
emulate the successful model for segregation of
waste in the entire city.
Sustainable Urban Environment / Capacity building and awareness
Developing Harmonious and Sustainable Cities in India
The Association of Municipalities and Development Authorities (AMDA) in cooperation with UNHABITAT,
Nairobi and GTZ-ASEM, New Delhi
organized a two day National Seminar on 'Developing
Harmonious and Sustainable Cities in India for a
Better Urban Future' on 20-21 March, 09 at India
Habitat Centre, New Delhi. The broad objectives of the
Seminar were to highlight the importance of
sustainable urban development in making our cities
harmonious, sharing best urban practices and take
forth various initiatives by the central, state and local
government. The seminar covered important themes
like promoting social equity and inclusiveness in cities,
establishing economically productive and equitable
cities, harmonizing built and natural environment of
Indian cities and preserving the historical roots of
Indian cities. The recommendations of the workshop
were developing three-pronged strategy for harmonization of cities namely, Synergy between
urban, regional and local planning; Social harmony within cities to have social justice and equity
through low-cost infrastructure and service; and Harmony between built and natural
environment covering sustainability of ecosystems and cost effective environmental solutions.
Read more: http://www.amdaindia.org/Proceedings_17.08.09.pdf
"A world that urbanizes cannot claim to be harmonious if some groups concentrate resources and opportunities while others remain impoverished and marginalized. Urbanization does not necessarily mean unrestrained economic growth that generates poverty and exclusion," Dr. M. Ramachandran,
Secretary,
Ministry of Urban development.
Sustainable Urban Environment / Urban Environment Accords and Awards
German Technical Cooperation (GTZ)-Advisory Services in Environmental Management
(ASEM) on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ),
ICLEI-South Asia and United States – Department of State in partnership with National Institute
of Urban Affairs (NIUA) jointly organized one and half day international workshop on “Including
Clean Technology and Efficiency Measures while Developing Infrastructure Projects for
Improved Urban Environment” at Coimbatore on 13-14 March 2009. The workshop included:
Present the Assessment of the Urban Environment Accords supported by the GTZ India;
Inauguration of the Renewable Energy andEnergy Efficiency Resource Center for Coimbatore under the Local Renewable Model Communities Project;
Launch of Urban Climate Project: Building Clean and Efficient Cities funded under the Asia Pacific Partnership program by the US department of State;
Discussions & deliberations on energy status, Kyoto protocol, CDM and post 2012 climate negotiations under the Climate Roadmap project supported by British High Commission.
The urban environment accords (UEAs) look at implementing reforms/projects to achieve
improvements at the city level in seven areas including energy, waste reduction, urban design,
urban nature, transportation, environmental health and water. In 2008, GTZ-ASEM together with
ASEM Vol. 1, Issue 1, 2009
ICLEI-South Asia had undertaken the first ever review of the status of UEA implementation
covering all 16 Indian cities. GTZ-ASEM together with ICLEI-South Asia awarded three cities for
their performance on environmental and sustainability issues under the Urban Environmental
Accords (UEA) for Improved Urban Environment. The Municipal Corporation of Ahmedabad
received the first prize, Hyderabad was second prize winner and Bhopal was the third winner
among the top performing cities according to the review conducted last year as part of this
program.
Sustainable Urban Environment / Sustainable Sanitation in India
Capacity Development for Sustainable Sanitation in India through Regional Nodes and Selected Pilot/ Demonstration Project
Two day workshop was organized from 2-3
March, 09 on Capacity Development for
Sustainable Sanitation in India through
Regional Nodes and Selected Pilot/
Demonstration Project to promote sustainable
sanitation in urban areas as a response to
National Urban Sanitation Policy issued in
November, 2008 to tackle the sanitation
problems in urban India. The objective of the
workshop was to promote Sustainable
Sanitation through knowledge dissemination
by establishing regional nodes and through
selected pilot and demonstration projects.
During the course of the workshop, concepts
for 5 different regional nodes (Pune, Nagpur, Bangalore, Mamallapuram and Nashik) and 2
plans for pilot and demonstration projects (one in Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and
other under Indcare, New Delhi) were presented.
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Sustainable Sanitation Alliance (SuSanA) is a dynamic network of organizations working on joint road map for promoting sustainable sanitation systems and contributing to achievement of MDGs. It is motivated by the UN's decision to declare 2008 as the International Year of Sanitation (IYS), a number of organizations active in the field of sanitation decided in 2007 to form an open network on Sustainable Sanitation to support the IYS. Key issues addressed by thematic working groups are innovative technological interventions, productive sanitation system, community and rural sanitation, planning of sustainable sanitation in cities, capacity building, hygiene and health, food security, O & M, Gender issues, emergency and reconstruction situations, cost and economies, renewable energy, groundwater protection and climate change, business orientation, marketing and public awareness
Reade More: http://www.susana.org/
Eco-City Eco-Business Partnership Programme in India
A workshop on the Eco-city Eco-
Business Partnership Programme was organized at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi on 25th
May 2009 for deliberations among all the stakeholders on the proposed action plan for the cities
participating in the programme. The participants were from Ministry of Environment and Forests,
UNIDO, Vienna City Administration, GTZ-ASEM and the cities proposed to be adopted under the Eco-Business Partnership
Programme. The scope of
this workshop was to
contemplate and analyze the
action plan template which
has been prepared by UNIDO and pave the way for further action in the cities.
Read More: http://www.hrdpnet.
in/e8451/e8981/e9908/e11767/e11892
Dr. J. Bischoff, Director,
GTZ-ASEM
suggested the 'triple-win' approach for improving the urban environment through Eco-Business. The approach firstly includes increased reputation for good environmental management and economic development of the cities with greater private investment. Secondly, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) would get a boost through eco-business resulting in big employment generation and thirdly the corporate sector would join hands with the Government set-up for a more coordinated environmental improvement in the cities.
Sustainable Industrial Development/ IEeWASTE
Exposure Visit on Dismantling for Informal Sector
The delegation of 8 members from informal sector were sent for an Exposure Visit and Study Tour on dismantling practices in Europe as a stepping stone towards holistic management of ewaste. The participants are also looking forward to set up a Model Workshop in Delhi as a pilot, showcasing the best practices in electronic waste collection, segregation, disassembling and dismantling by "informal sector".
Sustainable Industrial Development/ Eco Industrial Estates in Andhra Pradesh
Combat Climate Change, Act Now
GTZ-ASEM experts participated in the World Environment Day event on June 5, 2009 at Hyderabad together with WWF and APIIC. On the occasion, an exhibition was set up showcasing the need to combat climate change and the benefits from the ongoing efforts for developing Eco Industrial Parks in Andhra Pradesh.
One of the objectives of the iDRM programme is to establish networks of training providers for capacity building and information sharing through iDRM web platform. Series of regional networking workshops were organized at Nagpur (12-14June, 09), Bangalore (31Jul y-1August, 09) and Jaipur (7-8 August, 09) The workshops were designed to achieve objectives of the iDRM project through compilation of "Capacity Building Programmes through Networking using the web platform" by using existing reading material and documents on the subject by involving modern principles of teaching and skills training from various experts institutions and individuals. The institutions which provide the details of their training programmes, course material, and a short description about their institute will be treated as partners and full support will be given to the partners who contribute to the web platform.
Read more: http://www.hrdpnet. in/e8451/e8981/e9908/e11766/e15258
SEG/ GTZ Summer School
Sustainble Innovations in India
The GTZ Summer School "Sustainable Innovations in India" was a 4-week programme aiming to fill the gaps between science and practice by offering an interactive learning dialogue for PhD-students and young professionals from Government Institutions and NGOs from all over India. It is part of the UN Decade "Education for Sustainable Development"(ESD)-project, "Between Lecture Hall & Projects Works", GTZ-Berlin. This year GTZ Summer School was conducted for the fifth time, after being held in Vietnam, Egypt, Brazil and Peru. The program incorporated the thematic areas like learning and communication stability, globalization and governance, urban sustainability, climate change adaptation and mitigation and water resource management.
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RECOMMENDATIONS FROM GTZ SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAMME
We recommend to consider the convergence of life styles and livelihood security to be an integral part of sustainable development planning and implementation at all levels.
SEG/ Capacity Building and Awareness
Regional Workshop on “The Laws, Environment and Sustainable Development”, 25-26 April, 2009 at Hotel Taj Deccan, Hyderabad
A Regional workshop on The Laws, Environment and Sustainable Development, a third in its
series (previous workshops held in Bangalore and Chandigarh) was jointly organized by Law
Alliance and GTZ. The technical sessions of the workshop covered topics related to contribution
of law to environmental sustenance, irrigation infrastructure and environmental issues,
management, distribution and access of water resources, population - environment nexus,
emerging technologies and environmental protection, legal issues of sustainable development
and environmental policy and ground realities. The workshop included eminent speaker’s viz.
Honorable Judges of Supreme Court of India, Andhra Pradesh High Court and Delhi High Court
with around100 participants representing mainly the judiciary and law fraternity of India.
SEG/ Natural Resource Accounting in Andhra Pradesh
International Conference on Energy and Environment Politics in India and China
The findings of the Green Accounting project in India as well as the process were presented during an International Conference at the University of Muenster, "Energy and Environment Politics in India and China". The possibility of including the project as a case study in a book project were also explored during the conference.
Regional Seminar on Energy and Climate Change in Cold Regions, 21-24 April, 2009 in Leh (Ladakh, India)
The seminar on "Meeting the challenge of development in energy-related projects and climate change adaptation strategies: Impacts and best practices in cold regions of Asia" was jointly funded and organized by European Commission, French Environment and Energy Management Agency, German Technical Cooperation, Ensemble Foundation and Energy Environment Solidarity. The objective of the seminar was sharing successful experiences and best practices on policies concerning social, economical and environmental impacts of energy-related projects and adaptation to climate change in cold areas of Asia. The sessions included plenary sessions on impacts of energy projects in development, climate change adaptation strategies of local communities and catalyzing resources for clean energy mechanisms. Representative from Nepal, Bhutan, India, Afghanistan, Pakistan, China, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan took part in this event.
Climate Change / Capitalizing the Carbon Market
Cross Cutting/ Climate Change
The workshop on 'Capacity Building in Clean Development Mechanism', 5-6 March 2009 at Jammu was organized by GTZ and State Forest Research Institute (SFRI). The workshop imparted knowledge and potentials related to CDM in the sectors like Energy, Municipal Solid Waste and Forestry and strengthened capacity of the State in making viable CDM projects for procuring carbon emission reduction (CER) under Kyoto Protocol. The workshop resulted in formulation of a CDM operational plan with State Forest Research Institute (SFRI), J&K which includes development of two Programme of Activities (PoA) Project Idea Notes (PINs), planning of one workshop for policymakers and technical people in J&K and two Small Scale (SSC) CDM project PINs.
Read more: http://jknationalconference.org/Newsbrief.asp?id=201
Climate Change / Building Capacities, Tapping CDM Potential
Carbon Bazaar 2009
In order to strengthen the CDM Market and establish direct linkages between the buyer and sellers, BMU (Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und Reaktorsicherheit) German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety has extended support for Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and Joint Implementation (JI) initiative. In order to facilitate this objective GTZ Climate Change Mitigation, New Delhi, India in collaboration with Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India organized Carbon Bazaar, 2009 on 28-29 April, to take CDM to the next level in carbon trading in India.
The Carbon Bazaar 2009 offered a platform for interaction between carbon market developers, investors, buyers and sellers, public & private sector units facilitators, Chambers of Commerce, State and Central Government policy makers, consultants, technology providers to strengthen direct linkages. It had 3 components namely Conference, Business to Business Meeting and Exhibition. The event had an overwhelming participation of over 700 delegates in two days. The B2B Meetings resulted in 19 projects out of 82 to enter into a MoU with buyers, investors and technology transferors from different parts of the world.
PPP/ Exposure Tour and Training on Co-Processing of Hazardous Wastes
Overseas Training on Co-Processing of Hazardous Waste material in Cement Production; 11-15 May 2009
Holcim Ltd. and GTZ have established a successful cooperation arrangement under a Private Public Partnership (PPP); agreement supported by the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) since 2003. The objective of this partnership is to ASEM Vol. 1, Issue 1, 2009 contribute towards a more ecological and economical management of selected waste materials in developing countries and countries in transition by elaborating internationally recognized Guidelines for co-processing of waste materials in cement kilns as an alternative form of waste treatment, promoting the dialogue between public authorities and private enterprises and raising awareness and building technical know-how in participating countries. However, the implementation of this know-how requires capacity building of the involved stakeholders and decision makers in order to achieve the full benefit of co-processing. An exposure tour was organized for Public Authorities at national, regional and local levels and NGOs dealing with the issue of waste management and co-processing by University of Applied Sciences, Northwestern Switzerland.
The two main objectives of the training course was to provide an introductory training modules covering the entire range of co-processing (all
8 modules) to experts related to the subject on a national or international level and to test the training kit with regards to its structure & content with feedback from the participants on improvements.
Alternative Fuel and Raw Material (AFR) can play an important role in contributing towards
reducing fossil fuel use and costs with sustainable usage of natural resources, lowering CO2
emission, enhanced waste management and reduced pressure on landfill. The use of AFR in
energy intensive industries is called co-processing. The versatility of cement production
process enables the safe use of by-products from other industries as raw materials, fuels or
constituents of cement. To promote co-processing of waste in cement kilns GTZ and Holcim
Group Support Limited established a strategic alliance for preparing internationally recognized
Guidelines on “Co-Processing of Waste Materials in Cement Production”. The general
principles for co-processing are promoting waste hierarchy concept by environmentally sound
resource recovery options, additional emissions and negative impacts on human health to be
avoided, high quality cement production, industries engaged in co-processing should comply
environmental and safety norms and country specific requirements needs to be reflected in the
regulations.
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