Message from the Director General on World Environment Day 2020
Message from Dr. Abas Basir, the Director General of South Asia Co-operative Environment Programme on World Environment Day 2020 Read more
SACEP Message on the COVID-19 pandemic
The global community is facing an unprecedented crisis of COVID-19. It is a global threat that spreading human suffering, destabilizing the global economy and disturbing the lives of billions of people around the globe. Read more
E-conference of South Asia Nitrogen Hub (SANH)
In light of the current Coronavirus issue, the first ever E-conference of South Asia Nitrogen Hub (SANH) held from the 10th-13 th March 2020. Read more
Bilateral meeting of SACEP and CMS
SACEP delegation to the CMS CoP13 had a bi-lateral meeting with newly appointed executive secretary of CMS on 19th February 2020 at the CMS CoP13 venue. A representative of UNEP Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific also participated. During ... Read more
CMS COP 13 started its work, highlighting the emerging threats to the migratory species by plastic pollution.
The Thirteenth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS COP13) has been held from 15 to 22 February 2020 at Gandhinagar, India. The meeting was officially inaugurated ... Read more
Director General of SACEP extended best wishes to the Government of Sri Lanka on the Day of Independent
Dr. Abas Basir, Director General of SACEP extended best wishes to Mr. Dinesh Gunawardena, Honorable Minister of Foreign Affairs of Government of Sri Lanka on 4th February 2020, at the 72nd Independent Day celebrations at the ... Read more
Director General of SACEP met Lead Economist and Team leader for South Asia Region Climate Change Action Plan
Dr. Abas Basir, Director General of South Asia Co-operative Environment Programme (SACEP) met with Mr. Muthukumara S. Mani, Lead Economist and Team leader for South Asia Region Climate Change Action Plan, World Bank Head Office on 27th January 202... Read more
Delegation from IGES-CCET visited SACEP Secretariat
A Delegation from IGES- CCET lead by Mr.Kazunobu Onogawa, Director of IGES visited SACEP Secretariat on 23rd January 2020 to discussion on possible co-operation activities in 2020. At the meeting Dr. Abas Basir, Director General, SACEP thanked... Read more
SACEP bilateral meeting with Minister of Environment of Maldives
Director General of SACEP Dr. Abas Basir accompanied by SACEP Senior Officer Mr. Rathnadeera had bilateral meeting with honorable Minister of Environment of Maldives Dr. Hussain Rasheed Hassan on 20, January 2020 at his office in Male, Maldives. Read more
Maldives National Stakeholder Consultation meeting on Plastic Free Rivers and Seas of South Asia Project
The stakeholder consultation meeting on Plastic Free Rivers and Seas of South Asia Project was held on 19th January 2020 in Male’, Maldives back to back with the Maldives national level stakeholder consultation on solid waste management policy.... Read more
Towards UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030)
Director General of SACEP Dr. Abas Basir accompanied by Dr. Sivaji Patra ,Senior Programme Officer for South Asian Seas Programme has participated the Leadership Workshop for Developing the Regional Framework for Coastal Vulnerability toward th... Read more
SACEP and World Bank concluded a successful bi-lateral deliberation on formulating and implementing a US$ 40 Million regional project on ‘Plastic free Rivers and Seas for South Asia’
World Bank grants SACEP to implement a US$ 40 Million "Plastic Waste Free Rivers and Seas" project in South Asia. In this connection a bi-lateral deliberation of SACEP and the visiting mission of the World Bank took place on 17 – 18 December 201... Read more
SACEP Bilateral Meetings with Afghanistan 09th December 2019, UNFCCC, COP 25, Madrid,Spain
During the recently concluded United Nations Climate Change Conference,(COP 25) held in Madrid, Spain Dr.Abas Basir had the opportunity to have bilateral discussions with the Ministers of Environments of member countries in South Asia. Read more
SACEP Bilateral Meetings with Bhutan 09th December 2019, UNFCCC, COP 25, Madrid,Spain
Dr.Abas Basir, Director General, South Asia Co-operative Environment Programmme, held bilateral discussions with Hon’ble Lyonpo Yeshey Penjor, Minister for the Ministry of Agriculture and Forests, Kingdom of Bhutan During the recently conclude... Read more
SACEP Bilateral Meetings with Bangladesh 09th December 2019, UNFCCC, COP 25, Madrid, Spain
During the recently concluded United Nations Climate Change Conference,(COP 25) held in Madrid, Spain Dr.Abas Basir met with the High Level Delegation from Government of Bangladesh Including the Honorable Minister of Environment , Mr. Md. Shahab U... Read more
