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facilitates policy dialogue and technical discussion by regularly

hosting international conferences and seminars. The most recent

KEI International Conference was held in November 2011, focusing

on Global Green Growth partnerships. The conference provided an

open forum for discussion on green growth in developing countries

and strategies for green ODA.

KEI has led the way in developing an international research network

known as the Network of Institutions for Sustainable Development

(NISD) in collaboration with UNEP’s Economics and Trade Branch

(ETB). The network was launched in March 2004, at the 8th

Special Session of the UNEP Governing Council/Global Ministerial

Environment Forum (GC/GMEF) and consists of 49 membership

organizations from 33 countries. NISD is a platform for enhancing

information exchange, capacity-building and outreach activities and

promoting regional cooperation. Its objectives are to foster participa-

tion in policy research, expand environmental knowledge, enhance

programmes for sustainable development in developing countries and

advance discussion on international environmental issues.

KEI also offers its expertise and knowledge through joint research

and partnership projects. Key areas include the Integrated Water

Management Model on the Selenge River Basin in Mongolia and

Russia (2007-2010), in collaboration with the Institute of Geoecology

of the Mongolian Academy of Science, Baikal Institute of Nature

Management and Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

The objectives of the project were to build an integrated water

management model that will serve as an important policy tool for

sustainable management of the Selenge River Basin and to analyse the

growing problems of managing water resources with a

view to fostering the peaceful settlement of water-related

disputes at local, regional and international levels.

Another key project, Sustainable Development in the

Context of Regional Economic Integration: Strategies

for Environmental Sustainability and Poverty Reduction

(2005-2008), was designed to provide policymakers with

ways of promoting sustainable development in regional

economic integration, while identifying strategies for

environmental sustainability and poverty reduction.

Project participants included KEI, the Institute of Global

Environmental Strategies in Japan, McGill University

in Canada, the National Institute for Environmental

Strategies in Japan and UNEP-ETB. Other institutions

within Asia involved in national activities included the

Policy Research Centre for Environment and Economy of

the State Environment Protection Administration of China,

Indonesian Institute of Sciences, Thailand Environment

Institute, and the Institute of Environmental Science and

Technology at the University of Hanoi in Vietnam.

KEI is also committed to sharing knowledge and

best environmental practices for sustainable devel-

opment to support capacity-building in developing

countries. The organization develops and delivers

bilateral programmes such as the Mongolian Capacity-

Building Programme on EIA in mining development,

Sri Lankan Waste Policy Education Programme and

Field visit for ‘Integrated Water Management Model on the Selenge River Basin in Mongolia and Russia (2007-2010)’, in collaboration with Institute of Geoecology

of Mongolian Academy of Science (IGMAS), Baikal Institute of Nature Management, and Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (BIN SB RAS)

Image: Korea Environment Institute