11th High Level Seminar on Sustainable Cities Programme

DAY 1: Tuesday, 29 September 2020
Philippine Time: PHT (UTC+8) / Japan Standard Time: JST (UTC+9)
Opening Session
Moderator: Dr. K. Nagulendran
Chair of ASEAN Working Group on Environmentally Sustainable Cities (AWGESC);
Deputy Secretary General (Environment), Ministry of Environment and Water, Malaysia
10:00 PHT
11:00 JST		 Opening Remarks
  • Mr. KONDO Tomohiro, Vice Minister for Global Environmental Affairs,
    Ministry of the Environment, Japan
  • Atty. Jonas R. Leones, Undersecretary for Policy, Planning and International Affairs,
    Department of Environment and Natural Resources, the Philippines
10:15 PHT
11:15 JST		 Messages from Cities “Sustainable and Resilient Cities in New Normal”
  • Mr. KATAYAMA Kenya, Mayor, Niseko Town, Hokkaido
  • Mr. SHIMIZU Hayato, Mayor, Saitama City (Video Message)
  • Ms. Andrea Valentine A. Villaroman, Head, Environmental Protection and
    Waste Management Department, Quezon City Government

The speech of Mr. Chansouk PHANDOLAK. Mayor, Luang Prabang, Lao PDR is cancelled According to circumstances.
10:50 PHT
11:50 JST 		Presentations and Discussion
  • Mr. Curt Garrigan, Chief, Sustainable Urban Development Section, Environment and Development Division,
    United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)
  • Mr. Saiful Adib bin Abdul Munaff, Director of Sustainable Cities, Malaysian Green Technology Corporation, Malaysia
  • Dr. Pornpimol Varathorn, Director of Public Participatory Promotion Bureau,
    Department of Environmental Quality Promotion, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Thailand
11:15 PHT
12:15 JST		 Closure of the Session
Thematic Session
Segment 1: Progress of the SDGs at Local Level
Moderator: Dr. Premakumara Jagath Dickella GAMARALALAGE
the IGES Centre Collaborating with UNEP on Environmental Technologies (CCET)
13:00 PHT
14:00 JST
  • Mr. Pak Sokharavuth, Deputy Director General, General Directorate of Environmental Protection,
    Ministry of Environment, Cambodia
  • Ms. MURAKAMI Emiko, Director of Business Promotion Division, Asian Center for Low Carbon Society, City of Kitakyushu
  • Mr. Novrizal Tahar, Director of Solid Waste Management, Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Indonesia
  • Mr. Nguyen Huy Hoang, Director of Planning and Finance Department,
    Viet Nam Administration of Seas and Islands, Viet Nam
  • Mr. IWASAKI Fusanori, Executive Assistant to President, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA)
  • Mr. Omar Siddique, Economic Affairs Officer, Environment and Development Division UN ESCAP, and
    Ms. Miho Hayashi, Programme Manager, CCET/IGES
  • Mr. Kanchit Manoonphol, Deputy Mayor, Nakhon Si Thammarat City Municipality
14:00 PHT
15:00 JST		 Break (5 min.)
Segment 2: Climate related Initiatives
Moderator: Mr. Emani Kumar
ICLEI Deputy Secretary General and Regional Director, ICLEI South Asia Secretariat
14:05 PHT
15:05 JST		 Framing Presentation by Moderator
  • Mr. SHIBUYA Jun, Deputy Director, Environmental Strategy Division, Environmental Policy Bureau,
    Ministry of the Environment, Japan
  • Mr. Albert A. Magalang, Chief, Climate Change Division, Environmental Management Bureau,
    Department of Natural Resources and Environment, the Philippines
  • Mr. MICHIGAMI Ryutaro, Deputy Director for International Cooperation Environment Bureau, Osaka City, Japan
  • Ms. Erni Pelita Fitratunnisa, Head of Environmental Management and Cleanliness of Environmental
    Management Agency - Jakarta City
  • Dr. KANG Sang In, Chief Research Fellow, Korea Environment Institute (KEI)
15:05 PHT
16:05 JST		 Closure of the Session
DAY2: Wednesday, 30 September 2020
Philippine Time: PHT (UTC+8) / Japan Standard Time: JST (UTC+9)
Closing Session: Solidarity for sustainable and resilient city in the New Normal
Moderator: Dr. Junichi Fujino
Programme Director; City Taskforce, IGES
9:00 Manila
10:00 Tokyo		 PART 1. Presentations
  • Ms. Thuy Trang Dang, Senior Urban Development Specialist, Urban Development and Water Division,
    Southeast Asia Department, Asian Development Bank
  • TPr. Annie Syazrin Ismail, Senior Assistant Director, Planning Department, Shar Alam City Council, Malaysia
  • Mr. Angsutorn Wasusun, Investment and International Affairs Department, the Eastern Economic Corridor Office, Thailand
  • Ms. Soumya Chaturvedula, Deputy Director, ICLEI-South Asia Secretariat
Moderator: Ms. Yatsuka Kataoka
Joint Programme Director; City Taskforce, IGES
10:00 PHT
11:00 JST		 Part 2. A way forward: future directions of HLS
  • Engr William P Cunado, Director, Environmental Management Bureau,
    Department of Natural Environment and Natural Resources (DNER)
  • Dr. K. Nagulendran, Chair of ASEAN Working Group on Environmentally Sustainable Cities (AWGESC);
    Deputy Secretary General (Environment), Ministry of Environment and Water, Malaysia
  • Dr. Vong Sok, Head of Environment Division, Assistant Director of Sustainable Development Director -
    The ASEAN Secretariat
  • Mr. Phothala SOUKSAKHONE, Deputy Head of Environmental Promotion Division,
    Department of Environment, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Laos
  • Mr. KONDO Tomohiro, Vice Minister for Global Environmental Affairs, Ministry of the Environment, Japan
10:30 PHT
11:30 JST 		Closure of the Session