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question and answer session that followed the meeting, the participants had discussions on what to give attention to in carrying out the projects in Mumbai, the roles of local consultants, future projects, the overall status on India’s ICT, and continuous information exchange with mutual cooperation.
Meeting with local consultants in Mumbai
The KRIHS delegates and Zhiyu Jerry Chen of the World Bank had a meeting with local consultants in Mumbai. The delegates introduced the ICT project and informed the local consultants of their basic roles. After the brief introduction, the delegates and the consultants had a question and answer session, exchanging information regarding the research area, roles of the consultants, workshops, recent trend of the Indian government, and future plans.
Meeting with related personnel of the city of Chittagong
The KRIHS delegates and the personnel of the World Bank had a meeting with related personnel of the city of Chittagong. First, the delegates explained why Chittagong was selected for the KRIHS’s project and explored ways for cooperation such as participation in the training program by the GDPC of the KRIHS. The city of Chittagong gave a briefing on Chittagong’s ICT status and discussed the education for young adults and middle-aged people, which is a prerequisite for successful implementation of the project.
Open council meeting in Chittagong
Following the meeting with related personnel of Chittagong, the delegates had a meeting with the ICT personnel in Chittagong. After the introduction of the KRIHS’ project, the delegates had a chance to listen to the opinions of the ICT personnel. People from engineering and marketing companies advised on where to take caution in carrying out the project, followed by opinions from various institutions on the prerequisites for Chittagong to develop into an ICT hub. Related personnel from the World Bank and the city of Chittagong agreed to establish an action plan for the project through collaboration with the KRIHS.
Workshop with the officials of Mumbai First Meeting with local consultants in Mumbai
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Meeting with the officials of Chittagong City Open Council Meeting
Meeting with local consultants in Chittagong
In a meeting with the local consultants in Chittagong, the delegates of the KRIHS introduced the project. They discussed the roles and the expectations from the local consultants, cooperation plans among the stakeholders, and promotion plans in the future.
Ⅲ -20.WB-KRIHSUKPSouthAsiaRegionalWorkshop
■ Date October 16, 2012 (Tue.) ~ October 19 (Fri.)
■ Place G20 Hall of the KRIHS, and Exco in Daegu
■ Participants
KRIHS Park Yang-ho President Park Jae-gil Vice President Sakong Ho-sang Director Chae Mi-eok Director
Lee Ryeon-joo Senior Research Fellow Jo Jin-cheol Research Fellow Kang Mi-na Research Fellow
Wang Kwang-ik Associate Research Fellow Lee Jae-yong Associate Research Fellow Yoon Seo-yeon Associate Research Fellow Lee So-young Assistant Research Fellow Yoo Hee-yeon Assistant Research Fellow Kim Sang-moo Assistant Research Fellow Kim Gyu-hee Assistant Research Fellow Lee Jung-hoon Assistant Research Fellow Jeong Woo-mi Staff
World Bank Abha Joshi-Ghani Director
Ming Zhang Manager of South Asia Regional Sector Mark Roboerts Senior Urban Economist
Peter Ellis Urban Economist Christine Kessides Manager
Raghu Kesavan Senior Infrastructure Expert Zahed Khan Senior Urban Expert Huang Chyiyun Urban Expert Zhiyu Jerry Chen Urban Expert
South Asia Region Iftekhar Ahmed Supervising Official of Regional Civil Engineering Department, Bangladesh
Hossain Zillur Rahman Director of Electricity and Cooperation Research Institute, Bangladesh
Sunil Kumar Karn Secretary of Urban Department, Nepal
Ramesh Prasad Sinha Deputy Director of Urban Development and Construction Department, Nepal
Shaheeda Adam IbrahimDeputy Director of Environment and Energy, Maldives Aminath Athifa Minister of Housing and Infrastructure, Maldives Khalid Siddiqui Planning Development Department, Pakistan Muhammad Aamer
Nazeer Director of Management, Punjab Regional Government Development Financial Corporation, Pakistan
Kinlay Dorjee Mayor of Regional Government, Bhutan
Pema Lhaden Senior Policy Officer of Policy Planning Department, Ministry of Labor, Bhutan
Rohan Senevirantne Vice Minister of National Defense and Urban Development, Sri Lanka
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The UKP South Asia Regional Workshop on “Green Cities in South Asia Region” was held in the G20 Hall of the KRIHS from October 16 to 19, 2012 and the Daegu EXCO from October 17 to October 18. This workshop was co-hosted by the World Bank and the KRIHS and was a part of the 1st UKP Academy training program after the KRIHS was designated as an UKP Academy in September, 2012.
The UKP was established in order to respond to the issues related to the global growth of cities and to guide the urbanization of developing countries. Participants include world-leading institutions and universities such as MIT, McKinsey and Company, and Cisco. The KRIHS, as a core partner of the UKP, has been selected as an UKP Academy and has played a pivotal role. 50 participants both from Korea and overseas attended this event including 25 people from the World Bank, including Abha Joshi-Ghani, Director of the World Bank Institute, and Ming Zhang, the Manager of South Asia Region of the World Bank, and 12 high-ranking officials, including Kinlay Dorjee, Mayor of Thimphu City, Bhutan, and Rohan Senevirathne, Assistant Vice-Minister of Sri Lanka. Park Yang-ho, President of the KRIHS, and other officials from the KRIHS, and experts from the EDCF, KOICA, and the Presidential Committee on Green Growth attended the event and actively discussed topics related to Green City.
•Maincontents
The workshop consisted of three to four presentations on specific topics (15 minutes each) and a 50-minute group discussion.
H.L. Hapuarachchi Environment Management Officer of Ministry of National Defense and Urban Development, Sri Lanka
Daegu City Kim Beom-il Mayor
Charlie Bae Director
Green Growth
Committee Yang Soo-gil
Shin Hyun-seok President of the Green Growth Committee Committee Member
Kyungpook National
University Kim Jong-dal Professor Seoul Research
Institute Kim Woon-soo Senior Research Fellow Exim Bank Hong Sung-hoon Manager of EDCF Team
KOICA Han Geun-sik Deputy Director
■ Purpose To host and participate in the Urbanization Knowledge Platform (UKP) Workshop in South Asia Region with the topic of “Green Cities in South Asia Region”
UKP representatives of each country and affiliated officials
Topic presentation
After the presentations, a group discussion was held with a panel of Ming Zhang (Manager of South Asia Region of the World Bank), Raghu Kesavan (Senior Infrastructure Expert of the World Bank), Zahed Khan (Senior Urban Expert of the World Bank), and Choi Sung-soo (Visiting Professor at the KDI School). The participants actively engaged in the discussion on how Green City policies and cases are interpreted and applied in different cultures and circumstances.
•Fieldtripsandinstitutionalvisits
On October 15 and 19, which was prior to and after the workshop, respectively, the participants visited Gyeongbokgung Palace and Insa-dong, experiencing the preservation of traditional culture with modernization. The participants then visited the Transport Operation and Information Service (TOPIS) of Seoul and were introduced to the advanced transport system of Korea that utilizes computers and electronic facilities. On October 19, the participants visited the Bangcheon-ri Landfill in Daegu, seeing how the landfill is being operated in an environment-friendly manner by minimizing pollution. They then visited the Daegu Arboretum which had previously been a landfill, experiencing the efforts of Daegu in the building of a Green City. On their way to Daegu, the participants visited the Sejong Multifunctional Administrative City Construction Agency and witnessed the plans, development methods, and progress of new cities and learned various policies, technologies, and planning methodologies. On their way back to Seoul, the participants from developing countries rode the Korean Train Express (KTX), experiencing the infrastructures of Korea based on advanced technologies.
Topic Presentations
Date Topics Presented by
October 17 (Wed.)
Policy and Cases for Green
Cities in South Asia Participants from eight countries (India, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, and Maldives)
Korea’s Endeavor for
Low-Carbon Green City Wang Kwang-ik (Associate Research Fellow of Urban Research Division, KRIHS )
Implementation Cases for Smart
City – Ubiquitous City Lee Jae-yong (Associate Research Fellow of Geospatial Information Research Division, KRIHS)
Planning for Transit-Oriented
Corridors (TOC) for Green Cities Yoon Seo-yeon, (Associate Research Fellow of Infrastructure Research Division, KRIHS)
October 18 (Thu.)
Solar City for Green Growth Kim Jong-dal (Professor of Kyungpook National University) Downtown Regeneration of
Seoul for Green City –Case of
Chonggyechon Kim Woon-soo (Senior Research Fellow of the Seoul Institute) Green Growth Policy of Daegu
City Bae Young-chul (Manager of Daegu City Office)
Green City Development Cases
of Brazil Ming Zhang (Manager of the World Bank South Asia)
ECO2 Experience of Indonesia Peter Ellis (Chief Urban Economist of the World Bank South Asia) Eco City of Tanjin Chi-Yun Huang (Urban Expert of the World Bank)
Green Growth with EDCF Hong Sung-hoon (Manager of EDCF Team, Korea Exim Bank) Sustainable Water Resources
Management Policy for Green
Growth of Developing Countries Shin Hyun-seok (Professor Of Pusan National University) ODA for Green Growth Han Geun-sik (Manager of KOICA)
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