TENTATIVE AGENDA
NORTHEAST ASIAN MAYORS` FORUM
LOW CARBON CITY DEVELOPMENT: IMPROVING AIR QUALITY AND REDUCING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
Ulaanbaatar city, 17 – 19 June 2018
| SUNDAY, 17 JUNE 2018 |
06:00 – 19:00 Arrival of Delegates /Location: Shangri-La Hotel/
19:00 – 21:00 WELCOME RECEPTION
Location: Monet Restaurant, Central Tower, 17th floor
| MONDAY, 18 JUNE 2018 |
Location: Shangri-La Hotel, Ballroom
08:30 – 09:00 Registration
09:00 – 10:20 OPENING SESSION
09:05 – 09:15 Opening Speech:
Honorable Batbold Sundui, Capital City Governor, The Mayor of Ulaanbaatar city,
09:15 – 09:25 Welcoming Remarks:
H.E. Khurelsukh Ukhnaa, Prime Minister of Mongolia
H.E. Tserenbat Namsrai, Member of Parliament, Minister of Environment and Tourism
09:25 – 09:50 Opening Remarks by City Delegates
Mr. Zhang Qing, Vice Chairman – Standing Committee of Beijing Municipal People’s Congress, People’s Republic of China
Dr. Joon-byeong Yoon, Vice Mayor for Administrative Affairs of Seoul Metropolitan Government, Republic of Korea
Honorable Alexandr M. Golkov, Mayor of Ulan-Ude city, Russian Federation
Mr. Yu Ju Yong, Secretary General of Korea Asia Pacific
Exchange, Pyongyang, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
Mr. Naobumi Higashikawa, Director for Tokyo Cap-and-Trade Program, Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Japan
09:50 – 10:00 Photo session
10:00 – 10:20 Coffee break
10:20 – 12:30 SESSION ONE: KEY POLICY CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS FOR LOW CARBON DEVELOPMENT IN THE REGION
10:20 – 10:30 Session introduction
Chairperson: Mr. Mark Koenig, Country Representative, The Asia Foundation Mongolia
10:30 – 10:45 Keynote: Cooperation between local governments and systematic actions
Mr. Man Chi Lao, Program Manager, East Asia Secretariat, ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability
10:45 – 11:00 Ulaanbaatar City Policy and Actions to Reduce Air Pollution and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Mr. Batbayasgalan Jantsan, Deputy Governor of Ulaanbaatar city in charge of Green development and Air pollution issues
11:10 – 11:15 A Review of Air Pollution Control in Beijing: 2013-2017
Mr. Zhang Qing, Vice Chairman – Standing Committee of Beijing Municipal People’s Congress, People’s Republic of China
11:15 – 11:30 Seoul’s Air Quality Control Policies
Mr. Kihyun Kim, Director for International Relations Division, Seoul Metropolitan Government, Republic of Korea
11:30 – 11:45 Tokyo’s Low Carbon Initiatives – Delivering Co-benefits for Sustainable City
Mr. Naobumi Higashikawa, Director for Tokyo Cap-and-Trade Program, Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Japan
11:45 – 12:15 Priorities of the Climate Policy of Moscow
Ms. Polina Zakharova, Director of the State Environmental Protection Institute “Mosecomonitoring”, Moscow, Russian Federation
12:00 – 12:20 Q&A session
12:20 – 12:30 Session wrap-up
Chairperson: Mr. Mark Koenig, Country Representative, The Asia Foundation Mongolia
12:30 – 14:00 LUNCH
Location: Shangri-La, Cafe Park restaurant
Poster exhibition about environmental challenges and issues will be displayed in the lobby
14:00 – 18:00 SESSION TWO: LOW CARBON TECHNOLOGY SOLUTION AND BEST PRACTICES
14:00 – 14:10 Session introduction
Chairperson: Dr. Oyun Sanjaasuren, Director-Designate of External Affairs, Green Climate Fund
14:10 – 14:30 Keynote: Clean vs Polluting technologies: Can Ulaanbaatar afford clean air
Dr. Oyun Sanjaasuren, Director-Designate of External Affairs, Green Climate Fund
14:30 – 14:45 Ulaanbaatar Green Affordable Housing and Resilient Urban Renewal Sector Project
Mr. Arnaud Heckmann, Senior Urban Development Specialist, Asian Development Bank
14:45 – 15:00 Challenges and Solutions to Low Carbon Development in Shenyang
Mr. Zhao Yongsheng, Deputy Secretary General of Shenyang Municipal People’s Government, People’s Republic of China
15:00 – 15:15 Daejeon’s Road to Become an Air Quality Model City
Mr. Eunchul Lee, Ambassador for International Relations, Daejeon Metropolitan City, Republic of Korea
15:15 – 15:35 Q&A session
15:35 – 15:55 Coffee break
15:55 – 16:10 State of Atmospheric Air in Chita: Ways to Solve Air Pollution Problems
Honorable Oleg Kuznetsov, Mayor of Chita City
16:10 – 16:25 China’s Low carbon and Green Cities: Progress and Prospects
Ms. Hu Min, Executive Director of Innovative Green Development Program
16:25 – 16:40 The Implementation of Eco-Mobility Project in Suwon
Mr. Jae Eun Lee, President of Suwon Research Institute, Republic of Korea
16:40 – 16:55 Nationally Appropriate Mitigations Actions (NAMA) in the Construction Sector of Mongolia
Ms. Bayarlkham Byambaa, National Project Coordinator, UNDP Mongolia
16:55 – 17:10 Ulan-Ude City’s Main Activities to Improve State of Atmospheric Air
Honorable Alexandr M. Golkov, Mayor of Ulan-Ude city, Russian Federation
17:10 – 17:25 Low-carbon City Construction and Management
Mr. Shi Jin, Vice president, Tianjin Environmental Protection Bureau, People’s Republic of China
17:25 – 17:45 Q&A session
17:45 – 18:00 Session wrap-up
Chairperson: Dr. Oyun Sanjaasuren, Director-Designate of External Affairs, Green Climate Fund
18:30 – 20:30 Dinner hosted by Capital City Governor and Mayor of Ulaanbaatar
Location: Shangri-La, Ballroom
| TUESDAY, 19 JUNE 2018 |
Location: ASEM Villa, Grand Ger
08:00 Departure from Hotel
SESSION THREE: NORTHEAST ASIAN MAYORS’ FORUM: A WAY FORWARD AND ORGANIZATIONAL ISSUES
09:00 – 09:10 Session Introduction
Chairman: Mr. Batbayasgalan Jantsan, Deputy Governor of Ulaanbaatar city in charge of Green development and Air pollution issues
09:10 – 09:30 Keynote: Northeast Asian Mayors’ Forum as a permanent mechanism
Mr. Badral Suren, Consultant to the Organizing Committee
09:30 – 10:30 Discussion on:
Draft outcome document
Establishment of Forum Secretariat
10:30 – 10:40 Discussion wrap-up
10:40 – 11:00 Presentations of candidate host cities for organizing the 4th NEAMF
Seoul city, Republic of Korea
Changchun city, People’s Republic of China
11:00 – 11:10 Announcing the Host City of 4th NEAMF and Endorse Joint Communique of the Forum
Mr. Batbayasgalan Jantsan, Deputy Governor of Ulaanbaatar city in charge of Green development and Air pollution issues
11:10 – 11:20 Closing Speech
Honorable Batbold Sundui, Capital City Governor and Mayor of Ulaanbaatar
11:20 – 11:40 Press Conference
Location: ASEM Villa
11:40 – 12:00 Break
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch
Location: ASEM Villa
13:00 – 13:30 Arrival at Hotel
Shangri-La hotel
13:30 – 14:30 Break time at hotel
14:30 – 15:30 Photo session at Sukhbaatar Square, Visit to the State History Museum
15:30 – 17:30 Tour of Gobi Cashmere Factory and shop at Gobi cashmere store
17:30 – 18:00 Arrival at the “Chinggisiin Khuree” Complex
18:00 – 21:00 Dinner, Mini-Naadam festival
Location: “Chinggisiin Khuree” Complex
21:00 End of program
| WEDNESDAY, 20 JUNE 2018 |
06:00 – 00:00 Departure of Delegations