The 5th Better Air Quality (BAQ) workshop will be held on 13-15 September 2006 at the historic city of Yogyakarta in Central Java, Indonesia. The theme of BAQ 2006 is "Celebration of Efforts" to highlight the success stories that Asian countries, cities and communities have achieved over the last years in addressing air pollution while at the same time highlighting the efforts that are still ahead in improving air quality in Asia. The workshop will be held at the Sheraton Mustika hotel, which is near the airport.

BAQ 2006 is expected to gather over a thousand air quality policymakers, experts, and scientists worldwide to explore new ways to prevent and reduce air pollution in their respective cities and countries. An important element in BAQ 2006 will be Best Practices Exhibit which will showcase past and ongoing efforts to study, prevent or control air pollution. In addition BAQ 2006 will also have presentations delivered at selected plenary, sub-plenary, and sub-workshop sessions.

BAQ 2006 aims to improve the science on which air quality management in Asia is based; strengthen the governance structure for urban air quality management in Asia; develop stronger stakeholder networks on air quality management in Asia that involve local and national governments, civil society, academe, private sector, and development agencies.

The focus of the workshop will be on urban air quality management in Asian cities. It will address air pollution from mobile, stationary and area sources. Attention will be given to long range transport of air pollution for its impact on urban air quality. BAQ 2006 will also continue the discussions from BAQ 2004 on the linkages between urban air quality management and climate change mitigation and the manner in which these two processes can become mutually reinforcing.

BAQ 2006 is organized by the Ministry of Environment, the Province and City of Yogyakarta, and the Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities.