Director-General Ambassador M. Ashraf Haidari Joins the Honorable Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena and Other Dignitaries to Deliver Remarks at the Launch of SARNET
Director-General Ambassador M. Ashraf Haidari joined the Honorable Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena and other dignitaries to deliver remarks at the launch of the South Asia Rainwater Harvesting Network (SARNET). Read more
Director-General Ambassador M. Ashraf Haidari and the SACEP team participated in the Implementation Support Mission Country Meetings on the Plastic Free Rivers and Seas for South Asia
Director-General Ambassador M. Ashraf Haidari and the SACEP team participated in the Implementation Support Mission Country Meetings on the Plastic Free Rivers and Seas for South Asia (PLEASE) with the Ministries of Environment and Environmental P... Read more
Director-General Ambassador M. Ashraf Haidari Calls on the Honorable Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena
Director-General Ambassador M. Ashraf Haidari called on the Honorable Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena this Thursday. He thanked the Sri Lankan government for continuing to support the work of SACEP, promoting the protection of environment acr... Read more
132nd Consultative Committee of South Asia Co-operative Environment Programme
The 132nd Meeting of the Consultative Committee (CC) of SACEP was held on 2nd March 2021 at the Secretariat. The meeting was attended by the Ambassadors / High Commissioners, Senior Diplomats of the Member States residing in Colombo and the Natio... Read more
Leveraging NDCs to increase climate action in the COVID-19 Recovery in South Asian Countries
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the South Asia Co-operative Environment Programme (SACEP) jointly organized a webinar entitled Leveraging Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) in the COVID-19 Recovery in South Asian Countries on 25th Feb... Read more
Workshop on Sustainable Public Procurement for SACEP Countries, 25th November 2020
In order to Improve knowledge and raise awareness on Sustainable Public Procurement (SPP) and its effectiveness as a tool to promote sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) and greener economies in the member countries and also to Support t... Read more
Virtual Training on Enhancing Capacities of SACEP member countries on provisions for new/updated NDCs and Katowice guidance on ICTU for NDCs
SACEP in partnership with UNFCCC secretariat organized a three-day virtual training on the preparation and submission process of new/updated NDCs and the Katowice guidance on NDCs to its member countries. The aim of the above training was to enhan... Read more
World Environment Day Webinar: Biodiversity and Environment Protection during Pandemic Outbreak of Covid 19
To mark the World Environment Day, SACEP and its international partners including International Society of Waste Management, Air and Water (ISWMAW), and United Nations Centre for Regional Development organized a webinar on Biodiversity and Environ... Read more
Waste Management in Post COVID 19 Scenario in South Asian Countries
South Asia Co-operative Environment Programme (SACEP), in collaboration with IGES Centre Collaborating with UNEP on Environmental Technologies (CCET) and International Society of Waste Management, Air and Water (ISWMAW) organized a webinar on 2nd ... Read more
South Asia Ramps up Eco-Innovation to Curb Marine Plastic Pollution
WASHINGTON, June 8, 2020 - The World Bank, Parley for the Oceans, and the South Asia Cooperative Environment Programme (SACEP) launched today, on World Oceans Day, a $50 million regional project to help South Asia curb its marine plastic pollution... Read more
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
