APFED Booklet on Good Practices and Innovative Activities 2005 ...

Foreword
Yoriko Kawaguchi
Member of the House of Councillors, <strong>APFED</strong> Chair
The <strong>APFED</strong> Award and <strong>APFED</strong> Showcase Programmes were launched
in 2006 as a part of the three programme pillars of the second phase of
<strong>APFED</strong> (<strong>APFED</strong> II) that I had the pleasure of presiding over for the past five
years. The Award Programme was designed to commend good practices in
promoting sustainable development, while the Showcase Programme was
designed to enable stakeholders to experiment with innovative activities
for promoting sustainable development. I am sure that the enthusiasm and
ingenuity of the people and communities exemplified in the success stories
contained in this booklet will not fail to inspire readers to pursue their own
innovative action towards sustainable development for the people and
environment of our planet.
Emil Salim
Advisory Council to the President, <strong>APFED</strong> Member
<strong>APFED</strong> supports the promotion of macro-policy transformation and
stakeholder capacity development to complement the Policy Dialogue,
Knowledge Initiative and Showcase programmes supported by NetRes.
I commend the Government of Japan, particularly the Ministry of the
Environment, for its continuous support of <strong>APFED</strong> over the last decade.
This spirit of cooperation and partnership, as harnessed through <strong>APFED</strong>,
will need further bolstering to achieve sustainable development in the
years ahead. I believe that all the <strong>APFED</strong> work that has been carried out this
time, as exemplified in this booklet, will remain useful as a guide for future
endeavours towards achieving sustainable development.
Hironori Hamanaka
Chair, IGES Board of Directors, <strong>APFED</strong> Member
<strong>APFED</strong> has provided a valuable opportunity for IGES to support multifaceted
sustainability policy activities in Asia and the Pacific. Further, IGES
has benefited from <strong>APFED</strong> as it served as secretariats for both <strong>APFED</strong>
and NetRes - the Asia-Pacific Regional Network of Policy Institutions for
Environmental Management and Sustainable Development. I would once
again like to extend my deep appreciation to all <strong>APFED</strong> members, who
demonstrate such dynamism and compassion in their work, as well as
our partners and the Government of Japan, particularly the Ministry of the
Environment, for their unfailing and generous support in our collective
endeavour towards achieving sustainable development.
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