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EDITORIAL   Build Expertise, Secure Livelihoods and Environment The saga of information technology era with fostering growth of electronics and electrical industry has boomeranged with heaps of archaic computers, laptops, mobile phones, televisions etc.. more ... Sustainable Urban Environment Upscaling Mechanisms for Solid Waste Management As a part of the technical support of GTZ to the JNNURM project, a team of National and International Experts more ... Status Report on Mandatory and Obligatory JNNURM Reforms Mandatory reforms are those reforms, which the Urban Local Body (ULB) / parastatal agency/ state government more ... Restoring Livelihoods for Upgrading Environmental Infrastructure The RELIVE project financed by the European Commission under its Asia Pro Eco IIB Post more ... Clean and Green Drive 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 more ... 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 more ...   Implementing Reforms Achieving Improved Urban Environment German Technical Cooperation (GTZ)-Advisory Services in Environmental Management (ASEM) on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), more ... Capacity Development for Sustainable Sanitation in India Two day workshop was organized from 2-3 March, 09 on Capacity Development for Sustainable Sanitation in India through Regional Nodes and Selected more ... 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 more ...   Closing the Loops, Reuse of Wastewater A pilot project of effluent treatment plant for hospital effluent has been constructed and is successfully more ... Regional Workshop on “The Laws, Environment and Sustainable Development”, Hyderabad A Regional workshop on The Laws, Environment and Sustainable Development, a third in its series (previous workshops held in Bangalore more ...   Bio-Medical Waste Management A gap analysis was carried out on the solid Bio-medical waste management system adopted in the hospital. more ... Sustainable Industrial Development Mainstreaming the Informal Sector The Informal sector plays a significant role in electronic waste management in India. This sector more ... Strengthening Environment Management Cells To strengthen the environment management system in the existing 32 Industrial Parks, , 6 junior more ...   Multiplier Effects: Replicating Eco Industrial Park Approach Taking cue from the ongoing efforts in Andhra Pradesh, the Department of Pharmaceuticals (DoP) of the more ... Research and Evaluation The work on baseline assessment, documentation and monitoring of climate benefits from various interventions planned more ... Environmental Performance Improvement in Large Scale Industries The work on environmental performance improvement in large scale industries has been started more ... Disaster Preparedness, Minimizing Threats GTZ ASEM, together with InWEnt, is supporting capacity development of the Disaster Management Institute (DMI) more... Continuous Improvement Process by Sustainable Technologies The ECOPROFIT approach is to set up a win-win model that strengthens industries (SMEs) economically by using more ... Strengthening Wastewater Management and Water Conservation Two German delegations comprising of eminent scientists and engineers visited Karnataka and had interactions with more ... 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 more ... 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, more ... Networking for Disaster Risk Reduction 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. more ... Exposure Tour and Training on Co-Processing of Hazardous Wastes, Switzerland Holcim Ltd. and GTZ have established a successful cooperation arrangement under a Private Public Partnership (PPP); agreement supported by the more ... Kick–off Workshop on “E – Waste Inventorisation in KMA, West Bengal” German Technical Cooperation (GTZ)-Advisory Services in Environmental Management (ASEM) on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation more ...	Sustainable Consumption and Consumer Protection Empower Consumers Safeguard Consumers Interest The first phase of the project started in the year 2007 & completed in March 2009. The second phase was more ... Establishing Consumer Advice Centers To empower consumers to take informed decisions consumer advice centers (CAC) will be set up in each one of five selected more ... Signing of a MoU between FICCI & GTZ A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed on the 18March, 09 between Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) more ... Jago Grahak Jago The consumers in rural areas were made aware of consumer courts, precision of weights and measures and consumer redressal through "Jago Grahak Jago" more ... Sustainable Environmental Governance Setting up a National Institute – National Environment Protection Training and Research Institute GTZ ASEM is assisting MoEF in the transformation process of the existing EPTRI, Hyderabad to National more ... Natural Resource Accounting in Andhra Pradesh Under the project "Natural Resource Accounting for the State of Andhra Pradesh", a draft report has been prepared by the Environment Protection Training Research Institute (EPTRI) more ...   Cross Linking & Information Dissemination The findings of the “Natural Resource Accounting for the State of Andhra Pradesh” more ...   Draft Electronic Waste (Management & Handling) Rules, 2009 Draft legislation for the Environmental Sound Management of Electronic Waste has been prepared by GTZ-ASEM more ... Sustainable 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 more ... 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 more ... Cross Cutting   HRDP Enhancing Skills and Knowledge The HRD Programme of ASEM enhanced the capacities and skills of 688 experts from the more ... HRDP/ SID – Past Events The events conducted during the period January – June, 2009 as per the approved HRDP Operation Plan, 2009 are listed in the Table more ...   HRDP/ SCCP – Past Events The events conducted during the period January – June, 2009 as per the approved HRDP Operation Plan, 2009 are listed in the Table more ...     Climate Change E-Governance India, with technical cooperation of GTZ (German Technical Cooperation), is the first country to launch an online registration more ... Regional Seminar on Energy and Climate Change in Cold Regions, Leh The seminar on “Meeting the challenge of development in energy-related projects and climate change adaptation strategies: Impacts and best more ... Capitalizing the Carbon Market 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). more ...   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) more ...	NEWS SNIPPETS A school with difference Together for urban development GHMC bags environment award                                 read more.. MESSAGES I am happy to know that Advisory Services in Environmental Management (ASEM) is launching the first issue of the E-Newsletter of ASEM. Hem Pande Joint Secretary Ministry of Environment Forests Government of India                                 read more... .................................................. This year GTZ-ASEM is launching a biannual e-newsletter in order to provide information on the efforts of the Indo-German Environment Programme that focus on                                 read more... Dr. Juergen Bischoff GTZ-ASEM Director ASEM INTRODUCTION ASEM – Addressing Challenges, Providing State-of-Art Technical Solutions Read more UPCOMING EVENTS 11th December09 - Awareness program on enviornment & Hazard Management ,Hyderabad .................................................. 15-16th December, 09 International Conference on Electronic Waste Management, New Delhi CONTACT US Contact us at: http://www.asemindia.com ABOUT GTZ The Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH was established by the German government in 1975. Read more FEEDBACK