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In 2005 – 2006, CAI-Asia will continue to build the CAI-Asia website. Efforts will focus on improving the user friendliness by improving structure and navigation. Improvements in content will reflect CAI-Asia’s intention to strengthen coverage of AQM at the national and local level through the establishment of national networks. Active efforts will be made to strengthen content related to AQM challenges for Asia identified in the CAI-Asia Strategy 2005-2007 including the need for a stronger focus on preventive approaches to reducing air pollution. CAI-Asia will work actively with all interested groups to build up information on AQM in Asia and to improve dissemination of air quality related information.
The CAI-Asia website, restructured and re-launched at the start of 2004, will continue to deliver updated information on air quality programs, studies, news, and related links. Several CAI-Asia individual members from different Asian cities have volunteered to contribute to the website by using a new content management system. The use of new information management tools for managing online content will substantially make it easier for this site link to related websites.
| Performance Indicator |
Remark |
| Continuous updating of website content |
Will include new areas of focus; transboundary air pollution, stationary sources, co-benefits of climate change mitigation and urban air quality management, and preventive approaches to urban AQM |
| Improve navigation and search tools |
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| Assess feasibility of shifting to an open source platform |
This will allow the use of various "free" web based applications and tools which can significantly enhance the interactive character of the website and involve the AQM community in the maintenance of the website. |
| Provide inputs on air quality into the environmental Knowledge HUB (eKH) under construction by UNEP |
Discussions are ongoing with UNEP on the role that CAI-Asia can play in providing information on urban air quality management to eKH. It is intended that information collected under benchmarking study will be integrated in the eKH. |
CAI-Asia is working closely with the Air Pollution in the Mega Cities of Asia (APMA) project in the Benchmarking Study on Air Quality Management Capability of Asian Cities. CAI-Asia members and focal points actively participated in information collection, documentation, and management.
| Performance Indicators |
Remarks |
| Benchmarking Phase 2 completed by June 2005 |
Benchmarking Report to be published and disseminated in large numbers. |
The Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities (CAI-Asia) is coming up with Country Synthesis Reports (CSR) on Urban Air Quality Management in Asia to provide the general public as well as various air quality stakeholders within and outside Asia, a comprehensive overview of urban air quality status in Asia and its management. Read more >>
| Performance Indicators |
Remarks |
| Best practices study conducted jointly with Murdoch University and ASEAN Working Group on Environmentally Sustainable Cities |
Possible funding from SEA-UEMA program. The intention is to have a best practices report which will be ready for presentation at the BAQ 2006 workshop. |
| Performance Indicators |
Remarks |
| Set up and maintain a CAI-Asia media network |
Regular, quarterly updates on CAI-Asia activities to selected group of regional and international media contacts. |
| Publish a regular newsletter (e-mail and print) |
Email (weekly), Print (quarterly) |
Over 900 people are subscribed to the email discussion group, or Listserv. Air quality advocates, specialists, students, and other stakeholders can also join CAI-Asia's network by subscribing to the Listserv, which is hosted in the World Bank's server. To join the Listserv and instantly become an individual member of CAI-Asia, send a blank e-mail to join-cai-asia@lists.worldbank.org. To post a message, send to cai-asia@lists.worldbank.org
Also made available to all the regions, including CAI-Asia, is the CAI online Calendar of Events. This section announces upcoming air quality related workshops and conferences in Asia, Latin America, and Sub-Saharan Africa. In addition, it provides links to information on how to register for and participate in these events.
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