Consultation Workshop on Nationally Appropriate Mitigation

Organized by:
In partnership with:
Central Environmental
Authority
Sevanatha Urban Resource
Center
Consultation Workshop on Nationally Appropriate Mitigation
Actions (NAMAs) for the Waste Management Sector in Sri Lanka:
Opportunities for Linking the PILISARU Program with
International Climate Financing
30 April 2015
Waters Edge Hotel, Battaramulla, Colombo, Sri Lanka
AGENDA
9.00a.m - 9.30a.m
Registration of Participants
Opening of the Workshop
9.30a.m - 9.40a.m
Lighting of Traditional oil Lamp
9.40a.m - 9.50a.m
Welcome and Opening Remarks by Prof. Lal Mervin Dharmasiri,
Chairman, and Mr. K.H. Muthukudaarachchi, Director General of
Central Environment Authority (CEA)
9.50a.m – 10.00a.m
Opening Remarks by Mr. Lorenzo Santucci , Economic Affairs
Officer, Environment and Development Division, United Nations
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
10.00a.m – 10.10.m
Opening Remarks by Mr. H.M.U. Chularathna, Executive Director ,
SEVANATHA Urban Resource Center
10.10.m - 10.20a.m
Self-introduction of Participants
10:20a.m - 10.30a.m
Photo session
10.30a.m - 10.45a.m
Tea / Coffee Break
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Session 1 – Introduction and Context
This session will provide the necessary background of the workshop,
and will shed led on existing policies and programmes in Sri Lanka on
climate change and the waste management sector.
10.45a.m -11.00a.m
Presentation by Mr. Joao Aleluia, Project Coordinator, Environment
and Development Division, ESCAP, on ESCAP’s regional program
on waste management in Asia-Pacific and opportunities for NAMAs
in the waste sector.
11.00a.m - 11.15a.m
Presentation by Mr. K. Ajith De Silva, Director (Policy and
Planning), Ministry of Mahaweli Development and Environment, on
Sri Lanka’s national solid waste management policies and strategies
which was followed by Mr. Sanjaya Bandara, Program Assistant of
the Ministry
11.15a.m - 11.30a.m
Presentation by Ms. Thamila Dulani, Assistant Director, Climate
Change Secretariat, Ministry of Mahaweli Development and
Environment, on the current status of NAMA development in Sri
Lanka.
11.30a.m - 11.45a.m
Presentation by Mr. Ajith Weerasundara, Director (WMU), Central
Environmental Authority, on the implementation of national solid
waste management strategies and programs.
11. 45a.m - 12. 15p.m
Discussion
Session 2 – Opportunities for linking the municipal solid waste
management sector with international climate financing
The session will explore linkages between the Pilisaru programme and
international climate financing mechanisms, especially NAMAs. This
session will count with the presentations of practitioners on climate
change issues and the waste sector.
12.15p.m - 12.30p.m
Presentation by Mr. Iftekhar Enaytullah, Director and Co-Founder,
Waste Concern, Bangladesh, on opportunities for climate financing
opportunities for the waste sector, with a focus on the valuation of
“co-benefits”.
12.30p.m - 12.45p.m
Presentation by Mr. Nalin Mannapperuma, Director, Solid Waste
Management Authority Western Province, on the province’s approach
to solid waste management, especially the ongoing CDM Programme
of Activities (PoA) that is coordinated by the province.
12.45p.m- 1.15p.m
Discussion
1.15p.m - 2.00p.m
Lunch
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Session 2 – Opportunities for linking the municipal solid waste
management sector with international climate financing
(Continued)
2.00p.m - 2.15p.m
Presentation by Mr. H.M.U. Chularathna, Executive Director,
SEVANATHA Urban Resource Center, on experiences in
implementing the Integrated Resource Recovery Centre model
(IRRC) in Sri Lanka as a sustainable approach for municipal solid
waste management in small and medium-sized cities.
2.15p.m - 2:30p.m
Presentation by Mr. Mahesh Chamara , Project Specialist, Sri Lanka
Carbon Fund, on the opportunities for integrating the Waste
Management Sector in the scope of the activities of the Carbon Fund.
2:30p.m - 3.00p.m
Discussion
Session 3 – Recommendations and next steps
This session will take stock of previous sessions and discuss
recommendations and next steps in relation to linking the solid waste
management sector in Sri Lanka, and in particular the PILISARU
program with climate financing.
3.00p.m - 4.20p.m
Moderated discussions with the workshop participants
4.20p.m - 4.30p.m
Wrap-up and Closing Remarks
4.30p.m - 4.40p.m
Vote of thanks by Ms. Devika Vithanage, Director, Industry
Relations, Central Environmental Authority
4.40p.m
Conclusion of the workshop with Tea/Coffee
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