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Country Safeguard Systems South and Southeast Asia Subregional Workshop

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Country Safeguard Systems South and Southeast Asia Subregional Workshop

23 August 2016 to 25 August 2016

Eighty participants from 13 DMCs in South and Southeast Asia attended the Country Safeguard Systems Subregional Workshop in Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam on 23-25 August 2016. The workshop was organized by Asian Development Bank's Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department with support from the South Asia Department and the Southeast Asia Department under TA 7566 for Strengthening and Use of Country Safeguard Systems (CSS). It featured CSS developments and highlighted the progress of work on Powergrid Indiaís agency-level and Indonesiaís national and sectoral-level CSS applications.

Program and Learning Materials: 
Date Session / Activity Presentation Material Speaker(s)
23 Aug 2016 Plenary Session 1: Updates on Safeguard Policy and Strengthening of CSS Country Safeguard Systems: Sharing ADB Experience
This presentation gives an overview ofADB's actions on strengthening CSS in the region. 		Indira Simbolon
23 Aug 2016 Plenary Session 1: Updates on Safeguard Policy and Strengthening of CSS Implementation of Use of Country Safeguard Systems in Power Grid (A Case Study)
This presentation gives an overview of the strengthening process of agency-level safeguards in India. 		R. K. Srivastava
23 Aug 2016 Plenary Session 2: Strengthening Legal Policy Frameworks for Safeguards Indonesia Land Acquisition Law: Benchmarking To International Safeguard Standards
This presentation gives an overview of the Land Acquisition Law in Indonesia. 		J.P. Tamtomo
23 Aug 2016 Plenary Session 2: Strengthening Legal Policy Frameworks for Safeguards Environmental Safeguard: Under Draft Environmental Code of Cambodia
This presentation gives an overview of the Environmental Code and New EIA Law in Cambodia. 		H.E. E Vuthy
23 Aug 2016 Plenary Session 2: Strengthening Legal Policy Frameworks for Safeguards Land Acquisition, Resettlement and Rehabilitation Policy for Infrastructure Development Project in Nepal
This presentation gives an overview of the Land Acquisition, Resettlement and Rehabilitation Policy in Nepal. 		Laxmi Subedi
23 Aug 2016 Parallel Sessions: Strengthening the Safeguard Delivery Process
23 Aug 2016 Parallel Session A: Environmental Safeguard Translocation of Fauna and Flora affected by the Proposed Per Aru Reservoir Project: Potentials for Institutionalization in Sri Lanka
This presentation gives an overview of the environmental effect of Proposed Per Aru Reservoir Project in Sri Lanka. 		Devaka K Weerakoon
23 Aug 2016 Parallel Session A: Environmental Safeguard Nepal: National Pollution Control Strategy and Action Plan (NPCSAP)
This presentation gives an overview of the preparation approach of NPCSAP (National Pollution Control Strategy and Action Plan) in Nepal. 		Surendra Raj Pant
23 Aug 2016 Parallel Session A: Environmental Safeguard Indonesian EIA Laws & Regulations: EIA Laws and Regulations: Some On-the-Ground Challenges in Environmental Monitoring
This presentation gives an overview of some on-the-ground challenges of Environmental Impact Assessment Law in Indonesia. 		Erik Teguh Primiantoro
23 Aug 2016 Parallel Session B: Social Safeguard Valuation for Compulsory Land Acquisition for Public Use
This presentation gives an overview of the experiences and challenges in Land and Asset Valuation in Indonesia. 		Okky Danuza
23 Aug 2016 Parallel Session B: Social Safeguard Reducing the Gaps between the ADB Safeguard Policy and Involuntary Resettlement Safeguard System in Sri Lanka
This presentation gives an overview of the lessons from Southern Transport Development Project in Sri Lanka which can support and strengthen the capacity... 		Amarasena Gamaathige
23 Aug 2016 Parallel Session B: Social Safeguard Sharing Good Practice and Lessons Learned on Income Restoration Programs for Expressway Projects
This presentation gives an overview of the challenges and lessons on Income Restoration Programs in Vietnam. 		Pham Tho Quang
23 Aug 2016 Plenary Session 3: Initiatives in Country Safeguard Systems Mainstreaming Biodiversity Conservation into Country Safeguard System
This presentation gives an overview of the Biodiversity Impact Assessment Guidelines and Biodiversity Offsets Implementation Road Map in Vietnam. 		Pham Anh Cuong
Date Session / Activity Presentation Material Speaker(s)
25 Aug 2016 Plenary Session 6: Next Steps and Synthesis Indonesia: Country Safeguard Review on Equivalence and Acceptability
This presentation gives an overview of the Acceptability Assessment of implementing the CSS Legal Framework. 		Dewo Broto Joko Putranto

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