[sustran] FW: [cai-newsletter] CLEAN AIR INITIATIVE NEWS (Issue Number 1, J anuary 2002)

[Paul Barter]

A new newsletter from the World Bank. 
Paul

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CLEAN AIR INITIATIVE NEWS (Issue Number 1, January 2002)

Welcome to the first issue of Clean Air Initiative News! This e-newsletter
will keep you updated on the Clean Air Initiative, including global and
regional activities.

What is the Clean Air Initiative?

The Clean Air Initiative (CAI) is a partnership that advances innovative
ways to improve air quality in cities around the world by sharing knowledge
and experiences. The CAI is a global program currently active in four major
regions of the world: Asia, Europe & Central Asia, Latin America, and
Sub-Saharan Africa.

We encourage your feedback! Please explore the website:
http://www.worldbank.org/cleanair and give us your comments by sending an
email: Clean_Air at worldbank.org

To register for regular updates on the Initiative, including this
newsletter, please complete our on-line registration form, available on the
website: http://www.worldbank.org/cleanair


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In this issue:

1. Global Communications
a) Our Evolving Clean Air Initiative Website: Your Feedback Needed!
b) Register to Receive Email Updates, Including this Newsletter
c) Join the Discussion Forum and ListServs 
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2. Asia (CAI-Asia)
a) Urban Air Quality Management Distance Learning Course
b) Upcoming Regional Workshops: Transport Planning, Demand Management and
Air Quality; and Concluding Workshop on Reducing Vehicle Emissions
c) Regional Workshop on Strengthening Inspection & Maintenance
d) Regional Workshop on Reduction of Emissions from 2-3 Wheelers
e) Join the Email-based CAI-Asia Discussion Group 
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3. Europe and Central Asia (CAI-ECA)
a) Launch Conference Report Available (English and Russian)
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4. Latin America (CAI-LAC)
a) CAI-LAC wins DaimlerChrysler Environmental Leadership Award
b) Urban Air Quality Management Distance Learning Course
c) City-specific Workshop, São Paulo 
d) City Representatives Meeting, Buenos Aires
e) CAI-LAC Progress Report Available (English, Spanish and Portuguese)
f) InfoPool for Clean Transport Technologies
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5. Sub-Saharan Africa (CAI-Africa)
a) Sub-regional Conference on Phase-out of Leaded Gasoline
b) National Conference on Phase-out of Leaded Gasoline
c) Dakar Conference Proceedings Available (English and French)

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1. Global Communications

a) Our Evolving Clean Air Initiative Website: Your Feedback Needed! 

Our website is developing a new look! We invite you to explore the site,
using the topic and region pulldown menus at the top of each page. See our
calendar of events, register for updates, find updated information on air
quality topics, and join our on-line or email discussions.

We welcome your comments on content, navigation, and design of the site.
Feedback received by February 15, 2002 will be used to make additional
improvements to the site!   We are continuing to add new content, and
links to other websites, so let us hear from you.
Visit the site at: http://www.worldbank.org/cleanair

b) Register to Continue Receiving Updates (Including this E-newsletter) 

Please take a moment to register for our regional discussions and to
continue receiving this newsletter.  The registration form can be found on
the website at: http://www.worldbank.org/cleanair or you can send a blank
email to: join-cai-newsletter at lists.worldbank.org

c) Join the Discussion Forum and ListServs

The Clean Air Initiative Discussion Forum and ListServs aim to ensure open
and free channels of communication for people and organizations working on
or interested in improving air quality in cities around the world.

The following discussions and ListServs are currently available and more
will be added in the future based on user interests.  You can access these
discussions at: http://www.worldbank.org/cleanair/global/disforum/index.htm

c-1) Hot Topics!

We want to use the Clean Air Initiative website Discussion Forum as a
platform to discuss "Hot Topics" - challenging issues in urban air quality
management. Let us hear what YOU think are the Hot Topics.  The discussions
will be moderated, summarized, and made available on the website. If you do
not want to have your suggestions posted on the website, please send an
email to: Clean_Air at worldbank.org

c-2) Open Discussion for CAI-Asia (ListServ) 

Share your ideas and experiences through email exchanges with others
interested in CAI-Asia topics and issues. If you want to join the CAI-Asia
discussion group, please send a blank e-mail to:
join-cai-asia at lists.worldbank.org

c-3) Discussion on Santiago Plan 

Give your feedback on the measures proposed by the Air Pollution
Decontamination Plan for Santiago de Chile. You can also send us an email
(if you don't want your comments posted on the website):
Clean_Air at worldbank.org

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2. Asia (CAI-Asia)

a) Urban Air Quality Management Distance Learning Course

An Urban Air Quality Management course for practitioners and policy makers
is being designed for Asian cities. The first offering of this course will
be May-June, 2002.

b) Upcoming Regional Workshops

The regional workshop on Transport Planning, Demand Management and Air
Quality (February 26-27, 2002) will be the fourth workshop organized by
ADB's regional technical assistance project RETA 5937: Reducing Vehicle
Emissions. For more information, visit:
http://www.adb.org/Documents/Events/2002/RETA5937/Manila/

The regional workshop will be followed by the Concluding Workshop on
Reducing Vehicle Emissions (February 28-March 1, 2002). For more
information, visit:
http://www.adb.org/Documents/Events/2002/RETA5937/Manila/final.asp

Both workshops will take place at the Asian Development Bank (ADB)
headquarters in Manila, Philippines.

c) Regional Workshop on Strengthening Vehicle Inspection & Maintenance,
Chongqing, China (November 7-9, 2001)

Organized by ADB and SEPA and co-sponsored by CAI-Asia and US Asia
Environment Partnership, this regional workshop aimed to provide a forum for
discussion between stakeholders in Asia on ways to reduce emissions from
vehicles, by strengthening vehicle inspection and maintenance regimes. A
total of 117 participants represented 11 Asian countries and many
international organizations and companies. The workshop program, copies of
all presentations, the workshop synthesis, and list of participants are
available at: http://www.adb.org/Documents/Events/2001/RETA5937/Chongqing/

d) Regional Workshop on Reduction of Vehicle Emissions from 2-3 Wheelers,
Hanoi, Vietnam (September 5-7, 2001)

The workshop was organized by the Asian Development Bank and Vietnam
Register with the support of the World Bank and the U.S. Asia Environment
Partnership through the Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities (CAI-Asia).
There were over 150 participants from more than 10 Asian cities and many
international organizations and companies. The workshop discussed the action
plan for controlling emissions from 2 or 3 wheelers in Asia. The workshop
program, copies of all presentations, the workshop synthesis, and list of
participants are available at:
http://www.adb.org/Documents/Events/2001/RETA5937/Hanoi/

The second coordination meeting of the Initiative's Working Group was held
immediately following the conference, on September 8. The CAI-Asia Charter
and Business Plan 2002 were discussed and adopted at the meeting. These
documents are posted on the CAI website:
http://www.worldbank.org/cleanair/caiasia/

e) Join the Email-based CAI-Asia Discussion Group (ListServ)

An email-based discussion (ListServ) has been established for those
interested in topics relevant to CAI-Asia (also see section 1 on Global
Communications). To join this email-based discussion, please send a blank
e-mail to: join-cai-asia at lists.worldbank.org or sign up on the CAI website
and click on the Discussion Space box.

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3. Europe and Central Asia (CAI-ECA)

Efforts are underway to take the CAI-ECA forward from the very successful
April 2001 Conference.

a) Launch Conference Report Available

The Conference report is now available in PDF format on the Clean Air
Initiative website in both English and Russian: 
http://www.worldbank.org/cleanair/caieca/index.htm

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4. Latin America

a) CAI-LAC wins DaimlerChrysler Environmental Leadership Award

At a recent ceremony at DaimlerChrysler's US Headquarters, the Clean Air
Initiative in Latin American Cities won the coveted Environmental Leadership
Award in the "Extraordinary Efforts for the Environment/Extraordinary
Environmental Responsibility" category.  For full details, please see What's
New on the website: http://www.worldbank.org/cleanair

b) Urban Air Quality Management Distance Learning Course 

The third Urban Air Quality Management Distance Learning course will be
offered May-June, 2002.

c) City-specific Workshop, São Paulo, Brazil (December 12-14, 2001)

This was the last workshop of Phase I of the Initiative in Latin America.
Phase II commences in 2002. The key objectives of the workshop were to raise
the level of awareness of the importance of air pollution in the
metropolitan area, obtain technical and institutional support for the
development of an action plan and identify municipal initiatives linking to
work currently being undertaken by CETESB. The program consisted of panel
discussions and mini-courses, with experiences from other Latin American
cities presented and discussed.

d) City Representatives Meeting, Buenos Aires (October 18-19, 2001) 

A meeting of city representatives was held in Buenos Aires on October 18,
2001, with a broader meeting of the CAI-LAC Steering Committee Working Group
held on October 19. Both meetings focused on discussions of Phase II of the
Initiative, including options for the transfer of the Technical Secretariat
from the World Bank to a regional institution in 2002.

e) CAI-LAC Progress Report Available 

The Clean Air Initiative in Latin American Cities Progress Report 2001 is
available in PDF format on the CAI website in English, Portuguese, and
Spanish: http://www.worldbank.org/cleanair/cailac/progress_rpts.htm

f) InfoPool for Clean Transport Technologies

The Information Pool provides comprehensive information on cleaner
vehicle/fuel technologies for urban buses and trucks.  It will be made
available on the CAI website, and will be continuously updated.

 
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5. Sub-Saharan Africa (CAI-SSA)

a) Sub-regional Conference on Phase-out of Leaded Gasoline, Benin (April
2002)

The Ministry of Environment, Habitat and Urbanism of Benin requested support
from the Clean Air Initiative to host a sub-regional conference (Benin,
Niger, Nigeria, and Togo) on the phase-out of lead from gasoline. The
conference will build on the outcomes of the recent national conference in
Nigeria.

b) National Conference on Phase-out of Leaded Gasoline, Nigeria (November
15-16, 2001)

Nigerian stakeholders organized a national conference with a view to phasing
out lead from gasoline by 2005. Nigeria is a key supplier of petroleum
products to the region.

c) Dakar Conference Proceedings Available

The conference proceedings from the Dakar Regional Conference on the
Phase-Out of Leaded Gasoline in Sub-Saharan Africa (June 26-28, 2001) have
been published in both English and French.  Presentations are available on
the Clean Air Initiative website, or paper copies may be ordered on request
by e-mail to: Clean_Air at worldbank.org

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For more information on any of these news items, please send us an email
at: Clean_Air at worldbank.org

We look forward to hearing from you!

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