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SPG/10/10
Group (IWG). Hangzhou, China
Nearly twenty scientists and administrators from Southeast Asian countries and
China met during the 6th IOC/WESTPAC International Scientific Symposium to
further discuss the Terms of Reference (hereinafter referred to as ToR) for the
Southeast Asia Global Ocean Observing System (SEAGOOS). The ToR was drafted by
Dr. Liew Soo Chin, National University of Singapore, based on the agreement made
during the 1st Consultative Meeting in Kuala Lumpur, in October 2003. During the
2nd Consultative Meeting, experts discussed how SEAGOOS would operate under the
framework of IOC/WESTPAC and suggested that modifications be made to the
drafted ToR.
7-8 June 2004. SARCS Meeting and MAIRS SEA-RAP Initial Planning Meeting.
Chung-Li, Chinese-Taiwan
The annual meeting of the Southeast Asia Regional Committee for START (SARCS)
was held at and sponsored by the National Central University in Chung-Li, Chinese-
Taiwan; it was hosted by the Secretariat Office. Participants of the meeting included
committee members from eight Southeast Asian countries, local guests and Hassan
Virji, Deputy Director of the International START Secretariat. During the meeting,
the committee reviewed and discussed past regional activities carried out by the
SARCS Secretariat, SEA START RC and SARCS Science Coordinator. In addition, the
leaders of five regional projects, strongly related to SARCS, gave updates on the
progress of their projects. Potentially new regional activities were also discussed and
coordinators for each activity were assigned. The coordinators role is to develop
proposals which are to be submitted to appropriate funding agencies, such as the
APN.
In conjunction with the SARCS meeting, SARCS members and local experts also
discussed and agreed on the outline of sections and chapters of the Rapid
Assessment Project (RAP) for Southeast Asia. This will be an important step
towards the research framework of the Monsoon Asia Integrated Regional Study
(MAIRS). The APN allocated funds to provide partial support to the MAIRS RAP in
Southeast Asia.
29-30 July 2004. APN CAPaBLE CB-01 Synthesis Workshop on the Study of
Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources and Rain-fed Agriculture
Production. Vientiane, Lao PDR
This synthesis workshop marked the conclusion of the first phase of the APN
CAPaBLE CB-01 Project, “Building Capacity of Mekong River Countries to Assess
Impacts from Climate Change: Case Study Approach on Assessment of Community
Vulnerability and Adaptation to Impact of Climate Change on Water Resources and
Food Production”. From January 2004, a series of training workshops, pilot research
studies, using the tools and real data of studied areas in Lao PDR, Thailand and Viet
Nam, conferences and capacity building activities, were arranged.
This workshop was organised by the APN LIAISON OFFICE/SEA START RC and locally
hosted by the Science, Technology, and Environment Agency (STEA) of Lao PDR.
The main objective of the project was capacity building. Capacity building not only
initiated the establishment of scientific capacity for Laos, Thai, and Vietnamese
scientists on the assessment methodology for the impact of climate change, but also
through the projects, it aided in the development of a collaborative network of
scientific communities for future cooperation on the study of climate change impacts,
at the regional scale.
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