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Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia (EEPSA)
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| Contact: |
Dr
David Glover, Director |
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| Address: |
Tanglin,
P O Box 101, SINGAPORE, 912404 |
| E-mail: |
dglover@idrc.org.sg |
| Tel: |
0081
65 235 1344 |
| Fax: |
0081
65 235 1849 |
| HTTP: |
www.eepsea.org |
| Type: |
Regional
NGO |
| Sector: |
environment
and economics |
| Geography: |
in
ten SE Asian countries |
| Activities: |
funding
and training |
| Budget: |
c.
US $1.2 million in 2000/2001 |
| Profile: |
The Economy
and Environment Programme for South East Asia (EEPSEA) was established
in 1993, to support training and research in environmental and resource
economics. Its goal is to strengthen local capacity for the economic
analysis of environmental problems so that researchers can provide
sound advice to policy-makers. The Secretariat is based in Singapore
and the Philippines. EEPSEA is a project managed by IDRC (Canada)
on behalf of the Sponsor's Group. It is now active in 10 SE Asian
countries and has enjoyed the financial support of 12 donors. |
| Approach: |
EEPSEA has
sponsored 16 trainees to attend a course in Environmental Economics
and Policy Analysis at HIID, and offered a five week course in environmental
economics in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. As of December 1998, it had
provided 150 people with training and supported about 65 research
projects. |
| Finance: |
Funding is
obtained from the Sponsors' Group. Members give at least US$100,000
per year. They are IDRC ($300k), DANIDA ($100k), SIDA ($170k), the
Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, CIDA ($300k), MacArthur Foundation
($170k) and NORAD ($150k). |
| Notes: |
From July 1999 to February 2000, EEPSEA was subject to an in-depth external
evaluation by Daniel Bromley and Gelia Castillo. They found that:
"EEPSEA, in its short existence, has established itself
as an exemplar in producing first-rate policy relevant research on
environmental economics. Of greater importance, EEPSEA is developing
a cohort of well-trained environmental economists in Southeast Asia
who will continue to provide substantive policy input into the resolution
of serious environmental problems." "EEPSEA was also subject
to a one-week audit by IDRC, as a routine procedure, and likewise
received a very high performance rating. In IDRC's internal risk assessment
framework, EEPSEA is classified as "very low risk". See
the web site for more information. |
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