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ASEAN Senior Officials on the Environment (ASOEN)




13th AMME Meeting, Ha Noi, Vietnam, 28 October 2015 (Photo Source: Forest Policy Section, FMB)

ASEAN cooperation on the environment began with the establishment of the ASEAN Experts Group on the Environment (AEGE) under the ASEAN Committee on Science and Technology (COST). In 1989, the AEGE became the ASEAN Senior Officials on the Environment (ASOEN). ASOEN meets yearly to consider the reports of its working groups, which also meet annually, and provide operational policy guidance on the various environmental programs implemented.
Aside from the ASOEN, other components of the the organizational structure for ASEAN cooperation on the environment are the Meeting of the ASEAN Environment Ministers and the ASEAN Secretariat. The ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on the Environment (AMME) happens every three years.
 
Focal Office:
DENR Central Office
Date Launched:
1989Date established
Focal Persons:
UNDERSECRETARY DEMETRIO L. IGNACIO, JR.
Undersecretary for Field Operations
Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Tel. Nos. - (632) 926-1004, 928-4969, 929-6626 Local 2021
Commitments:
The Blueprint for the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC Blueprint) 2009-2015 enumerates the ten priority areas of regional environmental cooperation, namely:
- Global environmental issues (MEAs)
- Transboundary Environmental Pollution
- Public awareness and environmental education
- Environmentally sound technologies and cleaner production
- Urban environmental management and governance
- Sustainable development monitoring and reporting, database harmonization
- Coastal and marine environment
- Sustainable management of biodiversity
- Freshwater resources
- Climate change
- Sustainable Consumption and Production
 
The Philippines is the lead country in the area of coastal and marine environment.
Latest Activities:
26th Meeting of ASEAN Senior Officials on Environment (ASOEN) & Related Meetings, (7-11September 2015, Malaysia) - Attended by Undersecretary Demetrio L. Ignacio, Jr.




 
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