Regional Workshop on Eco-Industrial Clusters: Policies and Challenges
Agenda

Registration

Welcome Remarks - Worapot Manupipatpong, Director, Capacity Building and Training, Asian Development Bank Institute

Keynotes: SME Clusters & Sustainability Challenges
Chair: Venkatachalam Anbumozhi, Capacity Building Specialist, Asian Development Bank Institute

• What do we mean by Eco-Industrial Clusters and why do we need them?
• Are there Industrial clusters in Asia?
• What is the status of Industrial Clusters in developing Asia and what are their local, regional and national contributions?
• What are their shortfalls in environmental, economic and social aspects?
• How are industrial Clusters and urban environmental issues interrelated?

Industrial Clusters and Eco-Restructuring of Asia: Overview and Scope of the Workshop
Venkatachalam Anbumozhi, Capacity Building Specialist, Asian Development Bank Institute

• Presentation: Industrial Clusters and Eco-Restructuring of Asia [ PDF 2.1MB | 39 pages ]
• Paper: Boosting the Environmental and Economic Competitiveness of SME Clusters in Asia: Policies and Challenges [ PDF 486.9KB | 15 pages ]

Group Photo Session

Coffee Break

City cluster economic development
Kyeongae Choe, Principal Urban Development Specialist, Asian Development Bank

• Presentation: City cluster economic development [ PDF 412.8KB | 7 pages ]
• Paper: City cluster economic development [ PDF 66.3KB | 3 pages ]

Eco-industrial clusters, cities, and the environment: developmental perspectives
Anthony Shun Fung Chiu, Professor, De La Salle University

• Presentation: Eco-Industrial Clusters, Cities, and the Environment: Developmental Perspectives [ PDF 975.5KB | 27 pages ]

Open Discussion

Lunch Break

Theme: Regional Experiences of EICs as Eco-Friendly Economic Zones
Chair: Chettiyappan Visvanathan, Professor, Asian Institute of Technology

• Impact of EIC initiatives on local, regional and national development
• Solid waste, pollution and emission management in Clusters
• Ensured business values and leveraged social values
• Policy lessons to learn and experiences to apply

Case Study 1: Japan
Tsuyoshi Fujita, Professor, National Institute for Environmental Studies

• Presentation: Eco-town development strategies in Japan and future contribution to Asian cities [ PDF 2.1MB | 12 pages ]

Case Study 2: People's Republic of China
Geng Yong, Professor, Chinese Academy of Sciences

• Presentation: Creating a low carbon eco-industrial cluster in China: A case of Shenyang [ PDF 5.5MB | 29 pages ]

Case Study 3: Philippines
Anthony Shun Fung Chiu, Professor, De La Salle University, Philippines

• Presentation: Eco Industrial Development An Assessment of the Initiatives Undertaken in the Philippines Industrial Clusters [ PDF 1.5MB | 74 pages ]

Open Discussion

Coffee Break

Business Seminar I: Doing business within Clusters: Innovations & Challenges
Mark Stoughton, Co-Director, The Cadmus Group

• Presentation: Business Seminar I: Doing business within Clusters: Innovations & Challenges [ PDF 891.9KB | 16 pages ]

Reception

Theme: Strategic Issues, Management & Leadership
Chair: Andreas Koenig, Eco-Industrial Development Council

Module 1: Improving the Environmental Performance of SME Clusters
Chettiyappan Visvanathan, Professor, Asian Institute of Technology

• Integrating upstream resource efficiency with downstream pollution control for improved environmental performance of Clusters?
• Downstream pollution control development trajectory. What is missing?
• What are the deficits in end-of-pipe pollution control measures
• Upstream resource efficiency improvement - Cleaner production in EICs
• Downstream improvement - industrial ecology, 3R concepts
• Efficiency improvement - concept of EIC that creates employment opportunities through new businesses.

• Presentation: Improving the Environmental Performance of SME Clusters [ PDF 2.2MB | 34 pages ]
• Worksheet: Module 1: Improving the Environmental Performance of SME Clusters [ PDF 82.3KB | 2 pages ]

Coffee Break

Module 2: Strategies that Work at EIC: Social Capital Creation
Venkatachalam Anbumozhi, Capacity Building Specialist, Asian Development Bank Institute

• Importance of inter-firm networks and bonding relationships
• Building sustainable resource recovery systems - Role of 3R- Reduce, Recycle and Reuse through knowledge networks.
• Physical infrastructure and role of community based organizations in skills creation
• Institutionalizing the informal sector - creating sustainable livelihoods

• Presentation: Strategies that Work at EIC: Social Capital Creation [ PDF 629.7KB | 19 pages ]
• Paper: An Assessment of Social Capital and Inter-firm Networks in a Wood Biomass Industrial Cluster [ PDF 232.3KB | 10 pages ]
• Worksheet: Module 2: Strategies that Work: Social Capital Creation [ PDF 125KB | 4 pages ]

Lunch Break

Chair: Geng Yong, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Module 3: Strategies that Work at EIC: Adapt Technological Systems
Chettiyappan Visvanathan, Professor, Asian Institute of Technology

• Importance of Technology in eco-products and process to foster resource recovery at cluster level.
• Leverage domestic technologies and indigenous knowledge
• Combining the complimentary capabilities of international technologies.
• Designing cluster specific technological management systems

• Presentation: Strategies that Work at EIC: Adapt Technological Systems [ PDF 2.2MB | 34 pages ]
• Worksheet: Module 3: Strategies that Work: Adapt Technological Systems [ PDF 81.6KB | 3 pages ]

Coffee Break

Module 4: Strategies that Work at EIC: Financing Eco-initiatives in SME Clusters
Shandre M. Thangavelu, Professor, National University of Singapore

• Innovative micro-financing models for industrial clusters
• Project financing for eco-industrial cluster initiatives
• Non-banking financial institution's lending for industrial cluster development
• Banking sector's interest in promoting social development through industrial clusters

• Presentation: Strategies that Work at EIC: Financing Eco-initiatives in SME Clusters [ PDF 2.7MB | 62 pages ]
• Worksheet: Module 4: Strategies that Work: Financing Eco-initiatives in SME Clusters [ PDF 85.5KB | 3 pages ]

Business Seminar II: Doing business within clusters: Adaptation and Scaling up
Manickam Govindaswamy, Chief Scientific Manager, Syngene International Limited

• Presentation: Doing Business Within Clusters: Adaptation and Scaling Up [ PDF 4.9MB | 43 pages ]

Theme: Managing Transformation- Enabling Policies
Chair: Teruo Ujiie, Capacity Building and Training, Asian Development Bank Institute

Overview of Cluster friendly industrial, resource conservation and regional developmental policies in Asia
Venkatachalam Anbumozhi, Capacity Building Specialist, Asian Development Bank Institute

• Presentation: Overview of Cluster Friendly Industrial, Resource Conservation and Regional Developmental Policies in Asia [ PDF 242.7KB | 10 pages ]

Toward establishment of a sound material cycle society
Kaoru Kobayashi, Director, Ministry of the Environment, Japan

• Presentation: Toward Establishment of A Sound Material Cycle Society [ PDF 1.1MB | 16 pages ]

Open Discussion

Coffee Break

3R policy and eco-town project in Japan
Takeshi Nagasawa, Deputy Director, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan

• Presentation: 3R Policy and Eco-town Project in Japan [ PDF 439.5KB | 14 pages ]

Open Discussion

Lunch, Preparations for field visit

Field Visit: Resource Recycling Cluster: Kawasaki Zero-Emission Industrial Complex
Ichiro Nagase, Director, Global Environment & Sustainability Office Environment Bureau, Kawasaki City

Business Seminar III: Doing business within a clusters: Partnerships and Networks
Akira Nieda, Director, Maniwa School of the 21st Century

• Presentation: Industrial Cluster Strategies for Effective Wood Resources Utilization in Maniwa, Japan [ PDF 1.4MB | 21 pages ]

Group Discussion: EIC as an Inclusive Business Development Model
Chair: Mark Stoughton, Co-Director, The Cadmus Group

Review of the Days 1-3
Venkatachalam Anbumozhi, Capacity Building Specialist, Asian Development Bank Institute

• Presentation: Review & Orientation for Day 4 [ PDF 80.7KB | 6 pages ]

Orientation of group discussion
Mark Stoughton, Co-Director, The Cadmus Group

• Presentation: Operationalizing the EIC as an Inclusive Business [ PDF 164.7KB | 5 pages ]
• Paper: Development Model: Orientation of group discussion [ PDF 94.9KB | 2 pages ]

Group Discussions:

• Opportunities for business: Profitability & growth
• Opportunities for planners: Resource maximization
• Opportunities for the poor: Wealth creation & value addition
• How to crack the codes of business success: Market orientation, Product differentiation, Supply chain management

Facilitators:
Group 1: Mark Stoughton
Group 2: Chettiyappan Visvanathan
Group 3: Shandre M Thangavelu

Group 1 Presentation
Shaping and incentivizing business behavior
Country representative

• Presentation: Group 1: Shaping and Incentivizing Business Behavior [ PDF 56.3KB | 6 pages ]

Group 2 Presentation
Role of national planner & regional governments in promoting EICs
Country representative

• Presentation: Group 2: Role of National Planner & Regional governments in promoting EICs [ PDF 39.4KB | 7 pages ]

Group 3 Presentation
Operating the EIC as an inclusive business development model
Country representative

• Presentation: Group 3: Operating the EIC as an inclusive business Development Model [ PDF 50.2KB | 5 pages ]

Open Discussion

Lunch Break

Panel Discussion: Policy Challenges, Risks and Opportunities
Chair: John West, Senior Consultant, Asian Development Bank Institute

• What are the policy priorities for local and national governments?
• How to leverage the strengths of the local resources?
• How to combine resources and capabilities with others?
• How to remove market constraints?
• How to engage other businesses in EIC initiatives?
• How to engage key stakeholders in policy dialogues with governments?

Ferda Gelegen, UNIDO

• Presentation: UNIDO ITPO Tokyo's Activities - With Focus on Eco-Town Promotion - [ PDF 939.8KB | 21 pages ]

Tomonori Sudo, JAICA

• Presentation: JICA ODA Assistance for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Energy Saving & Environmental Management [ PDF 535.3KB | 20 pages ]

Andreas Koenig, EIDC

• Presentation: Eco-Industrial Development [ PDF 3.6MB | 15 pages ]

Hari Srinivas, UNEP
Shaista Sohail, MOIP, Pakistan
Suthimol Kessomboon, BMA, Thailand
Kaouru Kobayashi, MOE, Japan
Shandre M Thangavel, NUS, Singapore

Concluding Remarks - Worapot Manupipatpong, Director, Asian Development Bank Institute