SWITCH-Asia Comprehensive Networking Event

“Achieving Sustainable Livelihoods in Asia through Sustainable Consumption and Production”

4 – 6 November 2015

The LaLiTHotel - New Delhi, INDIA

[Updated as of September 23]

DAY 1 – WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4
08:30 – 09:00 / Registration
OPENING SESSION
09:00 – 10:30 / Welcome and opening addresses
  • Representative from Indian Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
  • EU Ambassador to India
  • Mr.KavehZahedi, UNEP Regional Director
  • Mr.Thomas Wiley, Head of Sector, European Commission

10:30 – 11:00 / Coffee & networking break with group photo
11:00 – 12:00 / Keynote Speeches
12:00 – 12:30 / Press conference (invitation-based only)
12:00 – 12:45 / Meet & Greet Session
12:45 – 13:30 / Lunch break
Session 1: SCP, LIVELIHOODS AND POVERTY ALLEVIATION
13:30 – 15:00 / Impulse presentations and panel discussion
As a Programme funded by DG EuropeAid, SWITCH-Asia’s ultimate objective is to contribute to poverty alleviation and improved livelihoods. 2015 has been nominated as the European Year of Development highlighting different activities of the EU to promote development worldwide. Within this broader framework, this panel intends to explore how in promoting SCP, SWITCH-Asia projects contribute to poverty alleviation, both in urban and rural settings.
Moderator and speaker: Dr. Johann Hesse, Head of Cooperation at the EU Delegation to India
Panellists:
  • “Jute Diversified Products”, Bangladesh
  • “Sheep Wool for Building Material”, Mongolia
  • “Water Stewardship”, Pakistan
  • “Prospect”, Indonesia
  • “Agribusiness Access to Finance”, India
  • “Vertical Shaft Brick Kilns”, Nepal

15:00 – 15:30 / Coffee & networking break
Session 2: SWITCH-ASIA PROJECTS’ IMPACT ON SCP POLICY FORMULATION
15:30 – 17:00 / Impulse presentations and panel discussion: Outreach to and engagement of policy-makers and policy uptakes
This session will feature an introduction by the Regional policy support component led by UNEP to assess global to sub-regional policy trends and opportunities on SCP in the Asia regionin the context of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. In addition, it will feature sub-regional and country presentations by policymakers and nationally active SWITCH-Asia projects on SCP progress in policy and in practice.
Moderator/Speaker: Mr.Charles Arden-Clarke, Director, 10YFP
Panellists:
  • Mr. Sabin Basnyat, Resource Efficiency Coordinator, UNEP Regional Office for Asia-Pacific
  • Dr. Mohammad Kurshid, Secretary-General, SACEP
  • Mr.Adi N.Wardojo or Mr.MohdNazar, EPU, Malaysia
  • Ms.Sunita Singh, MoEFCC, India
  • Mr.Niels Busch, PSC Thailand
  • “Lead Elimination” SWITCH-Asia Project, Regional
  • SWITCH-Asia project “VA3”, China
  • SWITCH-Asia project “WEEE Recycle”, India

17:00 – 17:10 / Summary of Day 1 and outlook to Day 2
19:00 – 21:00 / NETWORKING DINNER WITH CULTURAL PERFORMANCE
DAY 2 – THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5
08:30 – 09:00 / Registration
09:00 – 09:15 / Opening remarks, outlook into Day 2 and session introduction
Session 3: SCP IMPACT ON CLIMATE CHANGEMITIGATION AND ADAPTATION
09:10 – 12:00 / Presentation session: Galvanizing action for climate resilient development
SCP practices are instrumental not only for climate change mitigation, but for a broader approach enabling climate resilient development.The session will feature expert speakers to provide an overview on the latest findings on climate change in Asia and how climate change is addressed in EU-India development cooperation. In addition, concrete examples will be provided on how small scale low-carbon technologies promoted by SWITCH-Asia projects and TERI’s Lighting A Billion Lives initiative benefit local communities, mitigate climate change and promote resilience.
This session is co-hosted by the German Development Institute (DIE) and The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI).
Introduction: Mr. Patrick Schroeder, SWITCH-Asia Network Facility: Southern-led climate initiatives - The role of non-state actors
Moderator/Speaker: Mr. Sander Chan, DIE
Panellists:
  • Ms.HenritteFaergemann, Climate Change Counsellor, EU Delegation India (tbc)
  • Indian government representative (e.g Ministry of Power) (tbc)
  • Mr. ShobhakarDhakal, Asian Institute of Technology and IPCC
  • Lighting a Billion Lives presentation by TERI (tbc)
  • Mr.MukeshGulati, MSME Clusters, India

10:30 – 11:00 / Coffee & networking break
Presentation of the winning photos of the “Clean & Green India” 2015 photography competition by the Asia Society for Societal Improvement & Sustainable Transformation (ASSIST).
11:00 – 12:00 / Panel discussion: Climate change action by businesses through sustainable consumption and production
Climate actions undertaken by businesses are crucial element for any successful mitigation strategy. The panel will feature representatives from large businesses and SWITCH-Asia projects working with SMEs to discuss how large companies and SMEs can cooperate effectively to implement SCP practices, green supply chains and advance the transition to a low-carbon economy in Asia.
This session is co-hosted by the German Development Institute (DIE) and The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI).
Moderator: Mr. Manish Shrivastava, TERI
Panellists:
  • French embassy New Delhi representative (tbc)
  • Mr.WilasineePoonuchaphai, Automotive SME Project, Thailand
  • Ms.PutriRazreena Abdul Razak, SuBuMa, Malaysia
  • Ms.PreetiSrivastav, We Mean Business (tbc)
  • Indian business representative on Indian Low-carbon Corporate Vision for Paris (tbc)
  • Climate Group (tbc)

12:00 – 13:30 / Lunch break
Session 4: PROMOTING SCP IN EDUCATION, TRAINING AND SKILLS TRANSFER
13:30 – 15:00 / Impulse presentations and panel discussion
SWITCH-Asia projects provide training and capacity building to a wide range of beneficiaries lime MSMEs, local communities, women, policy-makers, etc. This panel will explore best practices, developed and applied by selected projects in conducting effective skill transfers as well as discuss with experts how SCP knowledge and practices can be integrated into education, training and skills development.
Moderator/Speaker(tbc): Mr. Vaclav Klenha, Team Leader, EUSkills Development Project in India
Panellists:
  • “Acidloop”, India
  • “Get Green”, Vietnam
  • “Train the Trainers”, China
  • “Green Homes”, Nepal
  • “Cook Stove”, Myanmar
  • “Re-Tie”, Bangladesh

15:00 – 15:30 / Coffee & networking break
Session 5: SUCCESSFUL MANAGEMENT OF SWITCH-ASIA GRANT PROJECTS
15:30 – 17:00 / Workshop session
Project management is a carefully planned and organized effort to accomplish a successful project, in the SWITCH-Asia context for example improving the environmental performance of a specific industry, secure jobs and contribute to improved livelihood. Project management includes defining and confirming the project goals and objectives, identifying tasks and how goals will be achieved, quantifying the resources needed, and determining budgets and timelines for completion. It also includes managing the implementation of the project plan herewith ensuring that there is accurate and objective information on 'performance' relative to the plan, and the mechanisms to implement recovery actions where necessary.
Moderator - speaker: Ms. Shana Impens, EU Commission
17:00 – 17:10 / Summary of Day 2 and outlook into Day 3
DAY 3 – FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6
08:30 – 09:00 / Registration
09:00 – 09:10 / Opening remarks and outlook into Day 3 programme
Session 6: MONITORING AND EVALUATION APPROACHES
09:10 – 10:30 / Projects’ and expert presentations
SWITCH-Asia projects are reporting their achievements quantitatively with the project impact sheets. As data collection methods are not standardised the reported results are difficult to aggregate at the Programme level. An external expert on M&E will present a framework for SWITCH-Asia projects’ reporting, which would allow impact data aggregation at the Programme level. Projects will present best practices employed.
Moderator: Mr. Patrick Schroeder, SWITCH-Asia Network Facility
Speakers:
  • External Monitoring Expert
  • Representative of 3IE, India (tbc)
  • “Industrial Symbiosis”, China
  • “FEES”, China

10:30 – 11:00 / Coffee & networking break
Session 7: THE IMPORTANCE OF EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION
11:00 – 12:30 / Coaching session with projects’ and expert presentations,
incl. launch of the SWITCH-Asia book on SME case-studies
Communicating effectively the activities and achievements of projects to their direct beneficiaries as well as to a wider, international audience is crucial in ensuring that projects’ efforts are properly acknowledged and appreciated. Clear and accurate dissemination of projects’ work also supports and facilitates the exchange of best practices, tools, know-how and networks among projects and organisations.
Moderator: Ms. Silvia Sartori, SWITCH-Asia Network Facility
Speaker: tbc
Panellists:
  • “Reducing Plastic Bag Waste”, Cambodia
  • “HP Cogen”, Pakistan
  • “Eat Greener”, Laos
  • “Pro-Sustain”, India

12:30 – 13:30 / Lunch break
Session 8: SCP IMPACT ON GENDER AND WOMEN EMPOWERMENT
13:30 – 15:00 / Impulse presentations and panel discussion
Poverty and development include a gender dimension. The women are often amongst the mostly affected by poverty or have limited chances to access services and resources conducive to development. SWITCH-Asia projects in their implementation of SCP practices directly or indirectly contribute to women’s empowerment. This panel will highlight such cases and the interconnections between SCP, development, gender and poverty, thus bringing to light the often-implicit gender dimension of SCP interventions.
Panellists:
  • UN Women, India
  • UNDP India
  • AnannyaBhattacharjee, Society for Labour and Development
  • “Eco-Jute”, Bangladesh & India
  • “SMARTMyanmar”
  • “Going Green”, India
  • “Cotton Production”, Pakistan

15:00 – 15:30 / Coffee & networking break
Session 9: SUSTAINABILITY BEYOND SWITCH-ASIA PROJECTS’ TIMEFRAME
15:30 – 17:00 / Interactive workgroup session
The SWITCH-Asia Programme from the outset advocates projects’ efforts to sustainably install project activities and/or to ensure projects achievements continue beyond the projects’ lifetime. In addition to secure adequate financing and working via policy advocacy projects have followed several innovative strategies towards sustaining the initially SWITCH-Asia funded activities.
Moderator:Ms.SutthiyaChantawarangul, ProgrammeOfficer, EU Delegation, Thailand
Speaker: Mr. Uwe Weber, SWITCH-Asia Network Facility
Facilitators:
  • “Water Stewardship”, Pakistan
  • “VA3”, China
  • “SMART Myanmar”
  • “Prospect”, Indonesia
  • “Jute Diversified Products”, Bangladesh
  • NF staff and EU colleagues

CLOSING SESSION
17:00 – 17:15 / Summary of Day 3 and event concluding remarks by DevCo and NF
OPTIONAL: Day 4 – Saturday, November 7
The SWITCH-Asia project “Scaling up sustainable development of MSME clusters in India” offers a one-day exposure visit to an industrial cluster inFaridabad district, Haryana Statefor 20 interested participants.
Please refer to the “Day 4 optional programme” file for more details.

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