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ACB National Contact Points for ASEAN Member Countries hold first meeting
The first meeting of ACB National Contact Points for ASEAN Member Countries was held 24-25 April 2008 at the Dusit Hotel in Makati City, Philippines. National Contact Points are environment officials of ASEAN Member Countries who serve as focal point for information exchange and coordination of activities supported by ACB.
ACB Executive Director Rodrigo U. Fuentes said the NCPs are also partners of the ACB in pursuing awareness and visibility efforts as well as on networking and resource mobilization activities with funding donors, environment-related agencies and organizations in the public and private sectors within the ASEAN Member Countries.
During the meeting, the roles and responsibilities of NCPs were discussed. ACB and the participants exchanged view on ways on strengthening NCP and ACB operations in their respective countries.
Participants to the first NCP meeting included: Ngoun Kong, Deputy Director General, Ministry of Environment, Cambodia; Oum Pisey, Deputy Director, Ministry of Environment, Cambodia; Danial Lee Abdullah, Principal Assistant Secretary, Conservation and Environmental Management Division, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Malaysia; U Sann Lwin, Chairman ASOEN, Secretary, National Commission for Environmental Affairs, Director-General, Planning and Statistics Department, Ministry of Forestry, Myanmar; Meriden Maranan, Supervising Ecosystem Management Specialist, Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Philippines; Nancy Corpuz, Senior Ecosystem Management Specialist, Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Philippines; Nguyen Thanh Nga, Official, International Division on Environment, Vietnam Environment Protection Agency, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Viet Nam; Tran Thi Kim Tinh, Official, International Division on Environment, Vietnam Environment Protection Agency, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Viet Nam; and Aprianto Mashjur, Environment Unit, Bureau of Resources Development, ASEAN Secretariat, Indonesia.
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