Inception Meeting for NEASPEC Project on Implementing the Regional Master Plan for the Prevention and Control of Dust and Sandstorms in North-East Asia

19-21 April 2011, Ulaanbaatar and Zamyn-Uud, Mongolia

Co-organizers: UNESCAP Subregional Office for East and North-East Asia (SRO-ENEA), the Ministry of Nature, Environment and Tourism of Mongolia and Mongolian National Committee to Combat Desertification

Concept note of the meeting

	Welcome address and opening speech by Mr.Batbold Dorjgurkhem, Director, International Cooperation Department, Ministry of Nature, Environment and Tourism, Mongolia
	Introduction to goals and objectives of the meeting by Mr. Sangmin Nam, Secretariat of NEASPEC

Bilateral and multilateral activities on combating desertification in Mongolia and the way forward, Mr. Bayarbat Dashzeveg, National Committee to Combating Desertification, Mongolia

Activities of Civil Society Organizations on combating desertification in Mongolia, Ms. Selenge, Green Asia Network

The work of UN and international organizations on combating desertification in Mongolia, Ms. Bunchingiv Bazartseren, UNDP Mongolia Office

Policy tools, strategies and approaches to combating desertification in China: local, provincial, national levels, Mr. Wang XinPing, Cold and Arid Regions Environment and EngineeringResearch Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences

China's desertification control strategies, policies and integrated control system, State Forestry Administration of China-National Desertification Control Office

Mongolian national programmes and strategies on combating desertification, Mr. Bayarbat Dashzeveg, National Committee to Combating Desertification, Mongolia

Technology system and control modality to combating desertification in China, Mr. Lu Qi, Institute of Desertification Studies, Chinese Academy of Forestry

Policies and technologies of desertification control in Inner Mongolia, Ms. Ding Rong, Inner Mongolia Forestry Administration

Introduction to pilot project activity in Zamyn-Uud, Secretariat of NEASPEC

Technical tools and approaches to combating desertification in Mongolia, with focus on Gobi Desert region, Mongolian SFA -central and provincial

Urban sewage purification and sewage irrigated sand-breaks for sand prevention and desertification control, Erenhot City