The 3R Knowledge Hub implemented by ADB and jointly hosted by AIT, UNEP
RRCAP (www.rrcap.unep.org) and
UNESCAP (www.unescap.org) has been
endorsed as the knowledge arm of the Regional 3R Forum in Asia. The
endorsement was made during the preparatory meeting for the Inaugural
Conference held in Tokyo on the Regional 3R Forum in Asia, 29-30 June
2009 in which Prof. C. Visvanathan, Principal Investigator of 3R
Knowledge Hub at AIT, participated and presented the importance of 3RKH
in fostering networking and knowledge dissemination for 3R.
The Ministry of the Environment, Japan has taken the leadership under
the 3R Initiative to setup a Regional 3R Forum in Asia with 18 member
countries and a number of regional organizations, and multilateral
agencies etc. The Forum aims to foster regional cooperation to move
towards a sound material-cycle society. The Regional Forum has endorsed
3R Knowledge Hub as its knowledge management arm and will appear in the
declaration to be adopted by all Parties when the Forum is officially
inaugurated in August 2009.
This is a milestone for AIT in promoting 3R in the region through the
3R Knowledge Hub.
Prof. C. Visvanathan can be contacted via email: visu@ait.ac.th, or
the AIT extension number 5640.
Further details about 3RKH are available here http://www.3rkh.net/