1. Twinning Program

2. OBJECTIVES
Promote regional dialogue and cooperation to share and replicate innovation and best practices through counterpart exchange and agency cooperation
Expand and strengthen member-to-member cooperation
Facilitate partnership between agencies that strengthen Member capabilities in line with the AECEN Regional Principles

3. FOCUS AECEN Regional Principles Institutional Arrangements
Planning, Performance and Evaluation
Compliance Monitoring, Inspection and Permitting
Enforcement Response
Compliance Promotion and Incentives
Public Participation

4. PARTNERSHIPS AND ACTIVITIES
Arrangements
Member to Member
Court to Court (under the Asian Justices Forum on the Environment)
Activities
- Technical assistance - Information- sharing
On-the-job training - Observational program
Peer review - Workshops/ trainings

5. STEPS IDENTIFICATION : Identifying possible partners
SELECTION : Selecting the right partners to twin
INTRODUCTION : Introducing partners
ESTABLISHMENT : Getting started
IMPLEMENTATION : Achieving results
REPLICATION : Expanding and replicating

6. 3 “R”s for EFFECTIVE TWINNING
RECIPROCAL -- Mutual benefits for both partners
RESULTS -- Tangible results on the ground
REPLICATION -- Regional and national expansion/adoption

7. KEY LESSONS FOR EFFECTIVE TWINNING
Important to understand mutual partner interests, priorities and resources
Relationship management and facilitation are critical at all twinning stages
Remain flexible and focused on selected topics
Limiting timeframe (12-18 months) leads to improved results
Essential to incorporate cost-sharing to build ownership and promote adoption and/or replication
Important to implement different programming tools
Be opportunistic in initiating and launching new partnerships

8. 2008 TWINNING PARTNERSHIPS
Philippines- Sri Lanka: Establishing a Wastewater Pollution Charge Program
Laguna Lake Development Authority working with
Central Environmental Authority
Singapore- Indonesia: Strengthening Inspection and Monitoring Capacity
National Environmental Agency working with
Ministry of Environment
Japan- Thailand: Enhancing NRDA Application and Implementation
Ministry of Environment (thru IGES) working with Pollution Control Department

9. Thank you!