[sustran] FW: [cai-newsletter] CLEAN AIR INITIATIVE NEWS (Issue Number 2, A pril 2002)

[Paul Barter]

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CLEAN AIR INITIATIVE NEWS - No. 2 (April 2002)

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second issue of Clean Air Initiative News. This e-newsletter provides you
with updates on CAI activities.

To read this issue online, please visit:
http://www.worldbank.org/cleanair/global/newsletter2.html
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In this issue:

CAI Communications
1. Visit our CAI website
2. Register for Discussions and Updates
3. Announcements Welcome!

ASIA (CAI-Asia)
4. Regional Workshop on Transport Planning, Demand
   Management and Air Quality
5. Concluding Workshop on Reducing Vehicle Emissions
6. Upcoming Regional Workshop on Household Energy, Indoor
   Air Pollution and Health
7. Upcoming Stakeholder Workshop on Asia Regional Air
   Quality Training Consortium
8. APMA Project and CAI-Asia Cooperation
9. Join the Email-based CAI-Asia Discussion Group

LATIN AMERICA (CAI-LAC)
10. Urban Air Quality Management Distance Learning Course
11. The International Conference for Cities "URBIS 2002"

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA (CAI-SSA)
12. Sub-regional Conferences on Phase-out of Leaded Gasoline
     - Dakar, Senegal (March 26-27, 2002)
     - Cotonou, Benin (April 11-12, 2002)
     - Nairobi, Kenya (June 5-6, 2002)
13. Working Paper Number 6: Proceedings of the National
    Conference on Phase-out of Leaded Gasoline

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C A I   C o m m u n i c a t i o n s
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1. Visit our CAI website

We invite you to explore the Clean Air Initiative website.
See our Calendar of Events, register for updates, find information on air
quality topics, and join our on-line or email discussions at:
http://www.worldbank.org/cleanair

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2. Register for Discussions and Updates

Register for regional discussions and updates like this newsletter. Complete
the on-line form at:
http://info.worldbank.org/etools/CAI_reg/registration.asp

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3. Announcements Welcome!

We welcome your announcements about upcoming air quality related events and
activities for our Calendar of Events
(http://www.worldbank.org/cleanair/global/calender.htm). To post an
announcement, send us an email: Clean_Air at worldbank.org

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4. Regional Workshop on Transport Planning, Demand Management
   and Air Quality

The 4th Regional Workshop organized under the Reducing Vehicle Emissions
project of Asian Development Bank (ADB) was held at ADB headquarters in
Manila, Philippines from February 26 to February 27, 2002. The workshop
Transport Planning, Demand Management and Air Quality was attended by 150
participants, representing government, the vehicle and oil industry,
transport associations, research organizations, multilateral institutions,
and civil society.

One of the main workshop recommendations called for policies that reduce
demand for private car travel (measured in
vehicle-km) and promote the use of public transport. Dealing with air
pollution from mobile sources requires an integrated approach involving good
transport planning, including Travel Demand Management (TDM) and Transport
Systems Management (TSM). The most effective TDM policies are those that are
successfully able to address the time and locational aspects of congestion.

Workshop presentations are available online at:
http://www.adb.org/Documents/Events/2002/RETA5937/Manila/

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5. Concluding Workshop on Reducing Vehicle Emissions

The 5th and final workshop under the Reducing Vehicle Emissions project of
Asian Development Bank was held at the ADB headquarters, from February
28-March 1, 2002. This concluding workshop brought together the lessons
learned from previous regional workshops held in New Delhi, Hanoi,
Chongqing, and Manila. Action plans from China, India, Indonesia, and Viet
Nam were also presented. About 150 representatives from government, the fuel
and vehicle industry, research institutions, and civil society attended the
concluding workshop.

Workshop presentations are available online at:
http://www.adb.org/Documents/Events/2002/RETA5937/Manila/final.asp

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6. Upcoming Regional Workshop on Household Energy,
    Indoor Air Pollution and Health

A regional workshop on Household Energy, Indoor Air Pollution (IAP) and
Health will be held in New Delhi, India from May 9 to 10, 2002. This
workshop is organized by The World Bank Institute (WBI), East Asia
Environment and Social Development Unit (EASES), and the Tata Energy
Research Institute (TERI) and co-sponsored by CAI-Asia in collaboration with
a number of Indian government agencies.

For more details, see:
http://www.worldbank.org/cleanair/caiasia/announcement.html

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7. Upcoming Stakeholder Workshop on Asia Regional Air Quality
   Training Consortium

The US Environmental Protection Agency, the US-Asia Environmental
Partnership, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the World Bank are
organizing a stakeholder workshop May 28-31, 2002, at the ADB Headquarters
in Manila. This is a first step in developing a consortium that will provide
training and information to air quality professionals throughout Asia.

The workshop will focus on the structural design of the consortium, regional
training needs, and facilitator training for the World Bank's Urban Air
Quality Management Distance Learning Course, which is currently under
preparation and will be delivered in the second half of this year.

If you are interested in the proposed training consortium or
in participating in this workshop, please contact one of the following
persons: Jane Metcalfe, US EPA (metcalfe.jane at epamail.epa.gov); Mary
Zalesny, USAID (mzalesny at usaid.gov); Glynda Bathan, ADB (gbathan at adb.org);
and Paul Procee, WB (pprocee at worldbank.org)

For more details, see:
http://www.worldbank.org/cleanair/caiasia/announcement2.html

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8. APMA Project and CAI-Asia Cooperation

Discussions have taken place between CAI-Asia and the APMA project on
cooperation between the two initiatives and a possible merger could take
place in July 2003. Currently, the two are working closely together in areas
such as:

    - establishment of a regional network,
    - formulation of a benchmark report on air quality management
      in Asian cities,
    - development of a strategic framework for air quality
      management in Asia, and
    - the joint organization of a General Assembly/regional
      consultation in December 2002 in Hong Kong.

A formal cooperation agreement will bring together key development agencies
such as ADB, the World Bank, the Government of the Netherlands, the
Government of Japan, UNEP, WHO, Stockholm Environmental Institute (SEI) and
the Korea Environmental Institute (KEI) in the struggle against air
pollution in Asia.

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9. Join the Email-based CAI-Asia Discussion Group

An email-based discussion (ListServ) has been established for people
interested in air quality topics relevant to CAI-Asia. 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 by clicking
on the Discussion Space box.

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10. Urban Air Quality Management Distance Learning Course

The third edition of the distance learning course Urban Air Quality
Management in Latin American Cities  will be held from May 9 until June 27,
2002. The course is being developed by the World Bank in collaboration with
the US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), the Pan-American Health
Organization (PAHO/CEPIS), and the Association of Televisión Latin American
Educativa (ATEI) network. The target groups are policy makers as well as
administrative and technical staff in all major urban centers in the region.
The course will be delivered via satellite video-conferencing, internet, and
CD-Rom.

For more details and to register for the course, please visit:
http://www.worldbank.org/cleanair/cailac/cleanair/learningactivities/dist_le
arning/uaqm_course.htm

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11. The International Conference for Cities "URBIS 2002"

The International Conference for Cities "URBIS 2002" will be held in Sao
Paulo, Brazil from June 5-8, 2002.

For more details, see: http://www.prefeitura.sp.gov.br/Urbis2002/index.asp

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S U B - S A H A R A N    A F R I C A                    CAI-SSA
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12. Sub-regional Conferences on Phase-out of Leaded Gasoline
           - Dakar, Senegal (March 26-27, 2002)
           - Cotonou, Benin (April 11-12, 2002)
           - Nairobi, Kenya (June 5-6, 2002)

One of the most significant agreements that followed the regional conference
on lead phase-out, held in Dakar, Senegal in June 2001, was to phase-out
leaded gasoline in all Sub-Saharan African countries by 2005. As a result,
three sub-regional conferences were scheduled as a follow-up and in the
overall framework of CAI-SSA.

The first of these conferences was held in Dakar, Senegal, on March 26-27,
2002, where more than 200 participants from 25 countries, representing a
diverse range of national and local government agencies, academic and
research institutions, and nongovernmental and international organizations
attended. The second conference, which took place in Cotonou, Benin, on
April 11-12, 2002, was a joint effort by CAI-SSA and the Ministry of the
Environment, Housing and Urban Affairs of Benin.

One of the major outcomes of these workshops was an agreement to continue
the efforts initiated by the Dakar Declaration of 2001 and implementing
action plans for phasing out leaded gasoline in Sub-Saharan Africa.

The next conference will take place in Nairobi, Kenya on
June 5-6, 2002.

For more information on the sub-regional conferences,
please visit
http://www.worldbank.org/cleanair/caiafrica/africaenglish/what_is_new/what_i
s_new.htm


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13. Working Paper Number 6: Proceedings of the National Conference
    on Phase-out of Leaded Gasoline

This working paper of the proceedings from the Abuja, Nigeria, conference
held November 15-16, 2001, is now available in print form and will be linked
from the Clean Air Initiative website.


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