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Twinning Program

Twinning Program. OBJECTIVES. Promote regional dialogue and cooperation to share and replicate innovation and best practices through counterpart exchange and agency cooperation Expand and strengthen member-to-member cooperation

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Twinning Program

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  1. Twinning Program

  2. OBJECTIVES • Promote regional dialogue and cooperation to share and replicate innovation and best practices through counterpart exchange and agency cooperation • Expand and strengthen member-to-member cooperation • Facilitate partnership between agencies that strengthen Member capabilities in line with the AECEN Regional Principles

  3. FOCUS • AECEN Regional Principles • Institutional Arrangements • Planning, Performance and Evaluation • Compliance Monitoring, Inspection and Permitting • Enforcement Response • Compliance Promotion and Incentives • Public Participation

  4. PARTNERSHIPS AND ACTIVITIES • Arrangements • Member to Member • Court to Court (under the Asian Justices Forum on the Environment) • Activities • - Technical assistance - Information- sharing • On-the-job training - Observational program • Peer review - Workshops/ trainings

  5. STEPS • IDENTIFICATION : Identifying possible partners • SELECTION : Selecting the right partners to twin • INTRODUCTION : Introducing partners • ESTABLISHMENT : Getting started • IMPLEMENTATION : Achieving results • REPLICATION : Expanding and replicating

  6. 3 “R”s for EFFECTIVE TWINNING • RECIPROCAL -- Mutual benefits for both partners • RESULTS -- Tangible results on the ground • REPLICATION -- Regional and national expansion/adoption

  7. KEY LESSONS FOR EFFECTIVE TWINNING • Important to understand mutual partner interests, priorities and resources • Relationship management and facilitation are critical at all twinning stages • Remain flexible and focused on selected topics • Limiting timeframe (12-18 months) leads to improved results • Essential to incorporate cost-sharing to build ownership and promote adoption and/or replication • Important to implement different programming tools • Be opportunistic in initiating and launching new partnerships

  8. 2008 TWINNING PARTNERSHIPS • Philippines- Sri Lanka: Establishing a Wastewater Pollution Charge Program Laguna Lake Development Authority working with Central Environmental Authority • Singapore- Indonesia: Strengthening Inspection and Monitoring Capacity National Environmental Agency working with Ministry of Environment • Japan- Thailand: Enhancing NRDA Application and Implementation Ministry of Environment (thru IGES) working with Pollution Control Department

  9. Thank you!

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