NEWS & UPDATES

June 2010

UP SURP-PLANADES team joins ISSOWAMA meeting in Cambodia

 A scene at the ISSOWAMA mid-term meeting in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

May 5-6, 2010 --- A team from the UP School of Urban and Regional Planning (SURP) - UP Planning and Development Research Foundation Inc. (PLANADES) joined representatives of the patner organizations of the European Commission (EC)-funded project entitled “Integrated Sustainable Solid Waste Management in Asia (ISSOWAMA) Coordination Action” at the mid-term meeting held at City Angkor Hotel in Siem Reap Province. The team, composed of Prof. Rosario D. Jimenez; Dr. Mario R. Delos Reyes; and Ms. Kristine C. Follosco-Aspiras, along with twenty-three (23) other partner organizations convened to attend the meeting in Cambodia.              

(L-R) Ms. Follosco-Aspiras, Prof. Jimenez, and Dr. Delos Reyes during one of the sessions.

This meeting served as the venue for updating the project’s status in terms of activities carried out during the first year of implementation, and for discussing the next steps to be undertaken. Some of the major accomplishments of the project, so far, included:  

     1. Report on the Current Research in Solid Waste Management in Asian  

        Developing Countries

      2.  Characterization and Evaluation Criteria for Solid Waste Management 

         Networks

      3.  E-Tool: Database of Scientific Literature, Networks and Stakeholders

      4.  Adapted Dissemination Tools: Webpage establishment and 

          management, Project leaflets and posters

The partners are now in the process of mapping and evaluating solid waste management case studies from Asian developing countries. Based on the local case studies that will be selected, a review and analysis of environmental impact assessment methods and impact categories will be carried out. The final output will be the Asian Guidelines for ISWM Assessment Tools.

UP SURP-PLANADES with the support of another Philippine partner the Solid Waste Management Association of the Philippines (SWAPP) and other institutions; Zero Kalat para sa Kaunlaran (ZKK) and the IPM Construction and Development Corporation, is set to host the first of the three (3) panel discussions on “Relevant Potential Impacts of Solid Waste Management in Asian Developing Countries” to be held in Metro Manila in November 2010. Likewise, SWAPP with support from ZKK Foundation, Inc. and IPM, will organize one (1) of the eight (8) regional workshops on “Adapted Waste Treatment Technologies and Services” in January 2011.

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