Regional Cooperation - Public Goods
Agenda

Registration

Welcome Remarks

1. Robert Chua, Director of Technical Cooperation Directorate (TCD), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Singapore (GOS)
2. Raymond Renfro, Director, Capacity Building and Training, Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)
• Opening Remarks [PDF 71KB | 3 pages]
3. Clay Wescott, Principal Regional Cooperation Specialist, Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Video Presentation of TCD Activities

Introduction to the Workshop

Presenter:
Toru Tatara, Special Adviser to the Dean, Workshop Coordinator, ADBI

Photo Session/Coffee Break

Session 1: Preventing infectious diseases through regional cooperation - case studies on SARS, Avian Flu, and HIV-AIDS
Facilitator: Principal Regional Cooperation Specialist, ADB

Lessons learned and renewed approach to the regional health problems: Singapore's response against SARS and measures against Avian Flu

Presenters:

1. Presentation: SARS and Singapore [ PDF 627.8KB | 26 pages ]
   Steven Ooi Peng Lim
   Deputy Director (Disease Control)
   Current Operations Division, Ministry of Health, GOS
2. Presentation: Preventing Avian Flu in Singapore [ PDF 758.8KB | 27 pages ]
   Tay Choon Nghee
   Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority, GOS

Lunch

WHO /ADB's response to regional outbreak of communicable diseases in Asia - lessons learned and capacity strengthening

Presenter:

• Presentation: SARS-Avian Flu: Regional Outbreak Response - From lessons learned to capacity strengthening [ PDF 124.1KB | 34 pages ]

Gerald Dziekan, ADB Consultant, Communicable Disease Surveillance and Response, Regional Outbreak Response Team, Western Pacific Regional Office, World Health Organization (WHO)

Session 2: Regional features and characteristics of labor mobility, and cross-border movement of migrant workers - case studies and analyses
Facilitator: Toru Tatara, Representative of the ADBI

Current features and characteristics of cross-border movement of migrant workers and its impact on public health in Asia

• Policy responses in country of origin to regulate illicit migration and human trafficking
• Implications of workers migration on the spread of infectious diseases
• Streamlining measures for border control on labor migration and illegal human trafficking
• Protecting human rights of migrant workers in the recipient countries

Speaker/ Presenter:

1. Ricardo Cordero, Project Director for Labor Migration, International Organization for Migration (IOM) (on Labor Mobility in South-East Asia)
2. Jaime Calderon, Project Coordinator for Migration and Health Representatives, IOM Regional Center, Bangkok, Thailand (on Public Health Implications of Population Mobility)

Singapore policies and measures on labor mobility and immigrant workers from the region and skills requirements

Speaker/ Presenter:

Ho Siong Hin
Divisional Director, Foreign Manpower Management Division
Ministry of Manpower, GOS

Country Presentations

• Indonesia: Labor Mobility on Indonesian Overseas Force Placement [ PDF 221KB | 16 pages ]
• Philippines: Impact of Labor Migration on Communicable Diseases : A View from the Philippines [ PDF 167KB | 6 pages ]
• Thailand: Labor Movements in Thailand: Principle Changes and the Three Pillars Management Solution [ PDF 137KB | 9 pages ]

Group discussions and wrap-up

Session 3: Renewed approach to urban waste water management in Asia and the Pacific - Overview and the case study in Singapore
Facilitator: Charles Andrews, ADB

Successful waste water management in Asia and the Pacific

Speaker/ presenter:

1. Charles Andrews, Principal Water Supply And Sanitation Specialist, ADB
2. Ramasamy Meiyappan, Senior Manager, Sewerage Department, Public Utilities Board (PUB), GOS

Country Presentations

Lunch

Field visit (Waste Water Management Project in Singapore and Sentosa Island)

Session 4: Protecting shared natural resources - case studies on the Clean Air Initiative (CAI), Asia and the GMS Atlas
Facilitator: Clay Wescott, Principal Regional Cooperation Specialist, ADB

Air quality improvement initiative in major urban areas in Asia (CAI Asia)

Speaker/ Presenter:
Corny Huizenga, Consultant for CAI Asia, ADB

Break

Open discussion

Lunch

Session 5: Protecting cross-border shared natural resources in Asia - case study on the Greater Mekong Subregion
Facilitator (to be confirmed): Representative of Ministry of Environment (MOE), GOS

New challenges and measures to protect shared environmental resources - case presentation on the GMS Environment Atlas - its process and policy implications

Speaker/ Presenter: Robert Everitt, Environment Specialist, ADB (lead author of GMS Atlas)

Session 6: Action Plans to Better Manage Regional Public goods
Co-facilitators: Clay Wescott, Principal Regional Cooperation Specialist, ADB and Toru Tatara, Special Adviser to the Dean, ADBI

Break-up session : How to better manage regional public goods - recommendations and action plans for policy makers

Presentations of group recommendations

Lunch

Session 7: Evaluation of the Workshop
Facilitator: Toru Tatara, Special Adviser to the Dean, ADBI and Workshop Coordinator

Evaluation and next steps

• Overall Summary and Assessment of the Workshop
• Critical Success Factors for Regional Cooperation
• Relevance of the Subjects and Topics
• Next Steps upon Return to Home Country

Post-workshop essays by participants

Session 8: Closing Session - Presentation of certificate and closing remarks

Closing remarks by GOS and ADBI

Presentation of Certificates by GOS and ADBI