CAI-Asia organizes the Regional Dialogues in order to assist in coordinating and cooperating with other initiatives/programs in Asia to effectively address the mounting air pollution issues in the region.
Background
The first meeting was held on 16 June 2004 in Bangkok, with a follow up meeting held at the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBi) in Tokyo on 22-23 July 2004. (read press release)
At the time, there was little coordination and cooperation among these initiatives. It is not unusual to discover initiatives and programs implementing projects covering similar themes and focusing on similar cities or countries. To effectively address air pollution in Asia, these initiatives and programs need to coordinate and cooperate with each other and to discuss air quality management priorities for the region.
In addition, CAI-Asia has been collecting information on the different organizations and initiatives in Asia and their air quality projects. We wanted to determine the geographic and thematic scope of these initiatives, as well as possible overlaps. The information can be accessed through the CitiesACT portal (http://www.citiesact.org).
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