CIDA-AIT Partnership 2003-2008

Southeast Asia Urban Environmental

Management Applications (SEA-UEMA) Project
 Project Goal and Purpose

Goal
To improve urban environmental conditions in SEA
region.

Purpose
To attain improved implementation and sharing of
sound UEM policies and good practices
 Project Focus

The SEA-UEMA Project specially focuses on the

problems of working and living environment in Asian
cities, such as:

• poor water supply and sanitation,

• inadequate solid waste management, and
• deteriorating air quality.
Cross Cutting Themes:
Gender Equality
and
Environment
 Geographical Coverage

Lao PDR

Thailand Vietnam

Cambodia Philippines

Malaysia

Indonesia
Timor-Leste

Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Philippines,

Thailand, Timor-Leste and Vietnam
 Some Details of the Project

 Project period: 2003-2008

 CIDA’s grant: CAN$ 9.5 million
 AIT’s contribution (in-kind): CAN$8.3
million

Two Prong Funding Approach

1. Scholarships for UEM Graduate Education

2. Funding for UEM Applications and Networking
 Major Partners for Implementation of
the Project (other than CIDA)
 AIT alumni
 UEM graduate network
 Three UEM sub-sector networks that include
national/regional partners
 Canadian Universities, research institutions, and
professional organizations with experience in UEM
applications
 Universities, research institutions and professional
organizations in the region
 City / local authorities in the region
 Environmental Protection Agencies
 UEM-related CBOs/NGOs and women organizations
 Facilitating Partners for the Project

 Cambodia
 Royal University of Phnom Penh (RUPP)
 Indonesia
 Urban and Regional Development Institute (URDI)
 Lao PDR
 Urban Research Institute (URI)
 Malaysia
 Socio-economic and Environmental Research Institute (SERI)
 Philippines
 Local Government Development Foundation (LOGODEF) Inc.
 Vietnam
 National Institute for Urban and Rural Planning (NIURP)
 Canada
 Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM)
 Other Key Non-facilitating Partners
 Indonesia
 Gadja Madah University, Yogyakarta
 Institute of Technology, Bandung
 Lao PDR
 Souphanavong University, Luang Prabang
 Malaysia
 Malaysian University of Science & Technology
 Philippines
 Local Government Academy
 Thailand
 Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology, Bangkok
 Phuket Municipality, Phuket
 Vietnam
 Ho Chi Minh University of Technology
 Educational Activities

 Master program
 Doctoral program
 Post-doctoral fellowship
 Tracer study of UEM Alumni
 UEM Applications & Networking

 UEM Sub-sector Networks & Professional

Support Program (SNP)
 Alumni Demonstration Projects (ADP)
 Joint Action Research (JAR)
 Application of Research Results and Lessons
Learned (ARL)
 Expected Results of the Project

Output Results

a) Increased expertise/knowledge among

project beneficiaries

b) Increased pool of male and female UEM

specialists, researchers and advocates

c) Functioning of UEM sub-sectors involving

UEM alumni and stakeholders

d) Increased stakeholders’ capacity to integrate

gender equality into UEM
Expected Results of the Project (Contd.)

Outcome Results
a. Local adoption and implementation of UEM
solutions in the selected sub-sectors within
selected communities, benefiting urban poor
and women in particular
b. More active, effective, and gender sensitive
interventions by civil society organizations,
academic, and research institutes in policy
formulation of the selected UEM issues
 Expected Results of the Project (Contd.)

Outcome Results (Cont'd)

c. UEM lessons and good practices identified, shared

and applied through stakeholder participation and
South-South cooperation
d. Improved understanding and application of gender
equality considerations by UEM academics,
researchers, policy makers and implementers
UEM Sub-sector Networks and Professional
Support Program (SNP)

 Building and functioning UEM sub-sector

networks
Water and sanitation
Solid waste management
Air pollution
 Conducting professional training programs
 Organizing policy forums
UEM Sub-sector Networks and Professional
Support Program (SNP)
 Current Status
 150 Individual network members from 12 countries
representing 3 UEM sub sectors

 107 Institutional network members

 National Governments
 Local authorities
 Environmental Agencies
 Development/Policy organizations
 Academic institutions
 NGOs/CBOs
 Women organizations and
 International and Private companies
 Alumni Demonstration Projects (ADP)

 50-60 demonstration projects over 5 years

 to be carried out in selected urban areas of

alumni/networks members’ home countries

 based on UEM good practices in the three key

environmental sub-sectors
Alumni Demonstration Projects (ADP)

 Current status
1st round 8 projects awarded and
completed

2nd round 11 projects awarded (5

completed)

3rd round 7 ADP projects awarded

 Joint Action Research (JAR)

 Over 5 years of the project period

15-20 bigger scale collaborations to be

carried out with regional/ national

institutions and Canadian partners; and

65 small-scale JAR with graduate students

 Joint Action Research (JAR)

 Current status

1st round 5 JAR projects awarded & completed

2nd round 6 JAR projects awarded

3rd round 6 projects will be awarded

 Applications of Research Results and
Lessons Learned (ARL)

 Dissemination of research results, lessons

learned and UEM good practices (through
conferences, policy dialogs, seminars,
workshops, and printed/audio visual media)
 To support the applications of the research
results through pilot projects
 Exchange of UEM expert visits
 Participation in international/regional
conferences
 Applications of Research Results and
Lessons Learned (ARL)

Upcoming publications (by December 2007)

 Proceedings of Policy Dialogs
In Cambodia (Khmer language)
In Penang (English)
 Good Practices in UEM – Volume 1
 Proceedings of the Pre-event in BAQ 2006
 Joint Action Research Monographs
 UEM Student Research Monographs
 Proceedings of the First Policy Forum
 Newsletter Vol. 8, Issue 3, December 2007
Thank you!