North East Asia Sub-regional Programme for Environment Cooperation (NEASPEC), was launched in 1993 as a comprehensive intergovernmental cooperation mechanism. China, Japan, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), Mongolia, Republic of Korea (ROK), Russian Federation, with shared vision, strive to make concerted efforts to address environmental challenges in this sub-region. Institutionally, Meeting of Senior Officials on Environmental Cooperation in North-East Asia (SOM), held annually on a rotational basis with decisions made by consensus, functions as the governing body and principal vehicle for the evolution of NEASPEC with UNESCAP providing interim Secretariat services.
The 12th Senior Officials Meeting The 12th Senior Officials Meeting was held on 22-23 March 2007 in Beijing. The SOM will particularly focuses on the following topics (More)
The Review Meeting of Nature Conservation Project The Review Meeting of Nature Conservation Project was jointly organized by the UNESCAP and Irbis Mongolia on 19-20 October in Hustain National Park, Mongolia. The discussion and outcome of the meeting are as follows. (More)
Expert Group Meeting on “Eco-efficiency in North-East Asia” Expert Group Meeting on “Eco-efficiency in North-East Asia” was held in collaboration with China Standard Certification Center on 25-26 May 2006 in Beijing, and attended by nominated national experts from all six member countries. The EGM reviewed relevant national policies, the implication of North-East Asian countries’ economic development in the context of eco-efficiency, and the conceptual dimensions of eco-efficiency. (More)
Expert Group Meeting on “Nature Conservation Project” An Expert Group Meeting on Nature Conservation was hosted by Chinese national collaborating center of the project—Nanjing Institute of Environmental Science, and attended by national experts from China, Japan, Mongolia, the Republic of Korea and Russia. In addition, experts from key NGOs and networks working for the conservation of the target species of the project attended the meeting as resource persons or observers...(More)
The 11th Meeting of Senior Officials Preparatory Meeting of Experts for the Eleventh Meeting of Senior Officials (SOM) and Eleventh Meeting of Senior Officials (SOM-11) on Environmental Cooperation in North-East Asia was held...(More)
Inception Meeting of Nature Conservation Project From 18-21, July 2005, the ROK and Kumkang Nature Reserve in DPRK, the inception meeting of the project, ‘A Framework for a Nature Conservation Programme in North-East Asia’, was held in Chuncheon, ROK...(More)
