FOR PARTICIPANTS ONLY 4 November 2015 Expert Consultation Meeting: Implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific 9-10 November 2015 Meeting Room A, United Nations Conference Centre, Bangkok, Thailand Provisional List of Participants EXPERTS Mr. Abid Gulzar, Director, Advocacy, World Vision International, Phnom Penh, Cambodia Mr. Abid Suleri, Executive Director, Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI), Islamabad, Pakistan Mr. Ajay Kumar Jha, Director, Public Advocacy Initiatives for Rights and Values in India (PAIRVI), Delhi, India Ms. Anushree Sinha, Senior Fellow, National Council of Applied Economic Research, New Delhi, India Ms. Bernadette Resurreccion Sayo, Senior Research Fellow, Stockholm Environment Institute, Bangkok, Thailand Mr. Charlie Dou, International Renewable Energy Specialist, Asian Development Bank, Beijing, People s Republic of China Mr. Chuluun Togtokh, Director, Institute for Sustainable Development, University of Mongolia, Mongolia Mr. Deepesh Thakur, Associate Director, Regional Advocacy and Justice for Children, South Asia and Pacific Regional Office, World Vision International, Pasig City, Philippines Ms. Elenita Daño, Director, Action Group on Erosion, Technology and Concentration (ETC), Davao City, Philippines Ms. Erin Ruth Palomares, Coordinator, Reality of Aid, Quezon City, Philippines Mr. Haeseung Chung, Major Groups and Stakeholders Asia-Pacific Regional Representative, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP); Sub-regional Youth Advisor, UNEP Tunza North East Asia Youth Environment Network (NEAYEN), Seoul, Republic of Korea
2 Mr. Isagani Serrano, President, Earth Day Network Philippines; Co-Convener, Social Watch Philippines; Quezon City, Philippines Mr. Jagan Shah, Director, National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA), New Delhi, India Mr. Jope Davetaivalu, Planning and Capacity Development Advisor, Secretariat of the Pacific Environment Programme (SPREP), Apia, Samoa Ms. Kabita Gautam, Consultant, Data Analyst, Management of Information System, Nepal Climate Change Support Program (NCCSP), Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment, Kathmandu, Nepal Ms. Kate Lappin, Regional Coordinator, Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APFLWD), Chiang Mai, Thailand Mr. Lamsal Gopal, Lead Civil Society Organization, NGO Federation of Nepal (NFN), Kathmandu, Nepal Mr. M Rezaul Karim Chowdhury, Executive Director, the Coastal Association for Social Transformation Trust (COAST), Dhaka, Bangladesh Ms. Mari Kosaka, Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan Ms. Maria Melinda Ando, Senior Programme Officer, Asian-Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women (ARROW), Bangkok, Thailand Ms. Marjorie Pamintuan, Secretary, Asia Pacific Research Network (APRN), Quezon City, Philippines Ms. Meena Bilgi, Core Associate, Women Organizing for Change in Agriculture and Natural Resources Management (WOCAN), Gujarat, India Dr. Muhammad Khurshid, Director General, South Asia Co-operative Environment Programme (SACEP), Colombo, Sri Lanka Mr. Muhammed Islam, Programme Director, Forum of Environmental Journalists of Bangladesh (FEJB), Dhaka, Bangladesh Ms. Noelene Nobolivou, Political Adviser, Diverse Voices and Action for Equality (DAWN), Laucana Beach Estate, Fiji Mr. Petch Manopawitr, Deputy, Southeast Asia Group, Asia Regional Office, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Bangkok, Thailand Ms. Rita Dhital, Director, South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), Kathmandu, Nepal Mr. Rudolf Tampubolon, Jakarta Timur, Indonesia Mr. Sandro Calvani, Senior Advisor, Strategic Planning, Mae Fah Luang Foundation under Patronage, Bangkok, Thailand
3 Mr. Seong-Hoon (Anselmo) Lee, Executive Director, Korea Human Rights Foundation (KHRF), Seoul, Republic of Korea Ms. Shynar Toilyabaeva, Director, CAREC Country Office, Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia, Kazakhstan Ms. Sri Jusnaini Sofjan, Senior Programme Administrator and Strategist, Huairou Commission, New York, U.S.A. Ms. Swati Banerjee, Associate Professor, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, India Mr. Uchita De Zoysa, Chair, Global Sustainability Solutions (GLOSS); Executive Director, Centre for Environment and Development (CED); Nugegoda, Sri Lanka Ms. Vivien Eyre, Programme Specialist, Director-General s Office, Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Suva, Fiji Mr. Yusup Kamalov, Chair, Union for Defense of the Aral Sea and Amudarya, Karakalpapkstan, Uzbekistan Mr. Zia Ur Rehman, Founder and Chief Executive, AWAZ Foundation Pakistan, Centre for Development Services, Multan, Pakistan Ms. Kathy Al Ju'beh, Senior Advisor for Inclusive Development, Christian Blind Mission (CBM), Bangkok, Thailand Ms. Rosmy Sophia, Technical Officer, Environment Division, ASEAN Secretariat, Jakarta, Indonesia ---------------------------------------- SPEAKERS Mr. Zafar Adeel, Director, United Nations University-Institute for Water, Environment and Health Mr. Lawrence Surendra, Chair, The Sustainability Platform, Bangalore, India Ms. Milou Beerepoot, Programme Director Energy Efficiency, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Bangkok, Thailand Mr. Wicaksono Sarosa, Chair, Kemitraan Habitat, Jakarta, Indonesia Mr. Amirkhan Keshimov, Deputy Chairman of Water Resources Committee, International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea (IFAS), Almaty, Kazakhstan Mr. Simon Hoiberg-Olsen, Senior Researcher, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), Bangkok, Thailand
4 Ms. Isabelle Louis, Deputy Director, United Nations Environment Programme Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (UNEP) Ms. Yuqing Ariel Yu, Senior Policy Researcher, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), Kanagawa, Japan Mr. Tom Beloe, Governance, Climate Finance and Development Effectiveness Advisor, United Nations Development Programme Asia-Pacific Regional Centre (UNDP), Bangkok, Thailand Ms. Anuradha Rajivan, Advisor, Strategy and Policy Department, Asian Development Bank (ADB), Manila, Philippines Mr. Robert Steele, Founder, Systainability Asia, Chiang Mai, Thailand Ms. Rodora Babaran, Director, Socio-Cultural Cooperation, ASEAN Secretariat, Jakarta, Indonesia ----------------------------- ESCAP SECRETARIAT Ms. Katinka Weinberger Ms. Hitomi Rankine Ms. Rusyan Jill Mamiit Ms. Kareff Rafisura Ms. Hala Razian Ms. Nobue Amanuma Chief, Environment and Development Policy Section, Environment and Development Division (EDD) Associate Economic Affairs Officer, Environment and Associate Expert in Environmental Economics, Environment and --------------------------------- Ms. Susan Stone Ms. Rikke Munk-Hansen Mr. Christopher Ryan Director, Trade and Investment Division (TID) Chief, Economic and Environment Statistics Section, Statistics Division (SD) Regional Advisor on Statistics, Office of the Chief, SD
5 Mr. Sudip Ranjan Basu Mr. Alberto Isgut Ms. Maria Misovicova Economic Affairs Officer, Development Policy Section, Macroeconomic Policy and Development Division (MPDD) Economic Affairs Officer, Development Policy Section, MPDD Programme Officer, Partnership and Resource Mobilization Section, Strategy and Programme Management Division (SPMD) --------------------------------- ESCAP Subregional Office for East and North-East Asia (SRO-ENEA) Mr. Kilaparti Ramakrishna Head, ESCAP Subregional Office for East and North-East Asia (SRO-ENEA), Incheon