Meeting with H. E. Dr. Ralph Gonsalves Prime Minister, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
SACEP Director General, Dr. Abas Basir met His Excellency Dr. Ralph Gonsalves Prime Minister, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines at the margin of UNCC COP14 High Level Segment on 10th September 2019 and briefed him on the SACEP initiative on sustain... Read more
Leaders at UNCCD COP 14: Desertification is the greatest environmental challenge of our time and climate change is making it worse.
The UN Convention to Combat Desertification COP 14 takes place on 2-13 September 2019 at the India Expo Center and Mart, in New Delhi, India. Around 196 countries and 94 environment ministers and tens of IGOs, NGOs and CSOs have taken part at the ... Read more
SACEP is working with UNEP to jointly organize the "First South Asia Forum on Environment"
In this connection, Director General of SACEP, Dr.Abas Basir and Regional Environmental Affairs Officer, UN Environment Asia and the Pacific in Bangkok,Thailand, Dr.Subrata Singhato met on 4th September 2019 at the United Nations Convention Centre... Read more
Asia Pacific Climate Week
The Asia Pacific Climate Week (APCW) high level segment started its work in the United Nations Conference Centre Bangkok, Thailand on 4th September 2019, aimed at raising global ambition and intended to grasp many opportunities of climate acti... Read more
CITES Cop 18 Starting its work on 17 August 2019, Geneva Switzerland
The 18th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES CoP18) opened on Saturday, 17 August 2019. Speakers at the opening session expressed condolences for th... Read more
The SACEP new website was launched on 6 August 2019
The SACEP new website was launched at the 131st Meeting of the Consultative Committee of SACEP held on 6 August 2019 at the Secretariat. The members of 131CC-SACEP welcomed this initiative and emphasized the importance of social media to promote ... Read more
The 131st Meeting of the Consultative Committee of SACEP was held on 6 August 2019
The 131st Meeting of the Consultative Committee of SACEP was held on 6 August 2019 at the Secretariat. The meeting was attended by the Ambassadors / High Commissioners and Senior Diplomats of the Member States residing in Colombo. Dr. Abas Basir... Read more
SACEP met JICA Office for Sri Lanka
SACEP met JICA Office for Sri Lanka, seeking opportunities for mutual collaboration on environment on 05th August 2019 Read more
The 130th Meeting of the Consultative Committee of SACEP
The 130th Meeting of the Consultative Committee of SACEP was held today, 30th January 2019 at SACEP Secretariat successfully. Dr. Abas Basir, Director General of SACEP thanked H.E. Prof. Bishwambher Pyakuryal, Ambassador, Embassy of the Federal De... Read more
Visit to the Compost Plant at Panchabati, Narayanganj, Dhaka, Bangladesh
On the third day of the workshop (17 July 2019) the participants of the eight member countries of SACEP who attended the ‘Second Sub Regional workshop on Preparation of Status Report and Sub-regional Roadmap for Implementing the Global Waste Man... Read more
SACEP is working with its member countries to develop South Asia waste management framework policy
SACEP in collaboration with IGES Centre Collaborating with UNEP on Environmental Technologies (CCET) and with the support of Government of Bangladesh and Japan, conducted the ‘Second Sub-Regional workshop on Preparation of status Report and sub-... Read more
IMO/SACEP Regional Workshop on Promotion of London Protocol in South Asian Seas Region
SACEP in collaboration with IMO conducted a Regional Workshop on Promotion of London Protocol in South Asia Region on 10-11 July 2019 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The objective of this regional workshop was to enlighten the SAS countries Governments espe... Read more
SACEP/IMO Regional Workshop on the Ballast Water Management Convention held from 18 to 20 June 2019, in Malé, Maldives.
The workshop is aimed at Government administrators responsible for the prevention and control of pollution of the marine environment, in particular the control and management of ships’ ballast water and sediments to prevent the introduction of i... Read more
Director General of SACEP Dr. Abas Basir participated at IOCINDO-VII, Hyderabad, India
Director General of SACEP Dr. Abas Basir participated at IOCINDO-VII, Hyderabad, India, 31 May-1 June 2019, discussing opportunities for collaboration with Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) and the IOC Regional Committee for the Cen... Read more
SACEP and Word Bank working together on a way forward for a fruitful future collaboration
World Bank delegation visited SACEP Secretariat office on 14th May 2019 and met Dr. Abas Basir, Director General of SACEP. Dr. Abas Basir welcomed the delegation and briefly explained about the priority areas of work of SACEP such as Climate Chang... Read more
