A promise to keep going on at DReAMS final conference

17 October 2013

 

Around 50 participants, including representatives from Guntur Municipal Corporation, Rajshahi City Corporation from Bangladesh, Thimphu Thromde from Bhutan, from neighboring municipal corporations of Nellore, Kadappa, Tenali, Greater Hyderabad, Kurnool and officials and experts from ICLEI South Asia, attended the International Conference on Sustainable Environment Management for Poverty Alleviation organized by Guntur Municipal Corporation in Hyderabad, India on 8th October 2013.

 

The conference worked towards  presenting the activities undertaken in the project by the different partner cities and showcasing the achievements of the project in an international platform with dignitaries from the national, regional and international arena, disseminating the results of using the two tools of ecoBUDGET and PDMS under the EU funded Realising DReAMS project to other cities and organizations in order to inform important stakeholders about the work undertaken in the project, and its benefits to the city and also discussing opportunities of taking forward the project outcomes and continue the use of the tools developed and modified under the project in the South Asian region. 

 

The conference served a very important role in improving awareness of municipal officials regarding environmental sustainability and in providing a means of recording the work done in the corporation to better showcase such activities to general public.  

 

The International Conference on Sustainable Environment Management for Poverty Alleviation was inaugurated by Mr. K. Lakshminarayana, Minister of Agriculture, Government of Andhra Pradesh, who belongs to Guntur. The conference also witnessed an esteemed line-up of guests and experts from India, Bangladesh and Bhutan like  Mr. Abdul Latief from GMC, Mr. Ashraful Haque, Chief Engineer from Rajshahi City Corporation, Bangladesh, Mr. Tshering Peljor Chief Environmental Officer from Thimphu Thromde, Bhutan, Mr. K Sudhakar, Ex-Commissioner of  Guntur  Corporation and Mr. C. Yesuratnam, Ex-Mayor of Guntur Municipal Corporation sharing their views on issues like awareness generation among the officials of city corporation and inculcating the good practice of planning and sustainability in actions undertaken by the municipal bodies, implementation of activities to improve the living standards of under privileged communities, importance of slum development and provision of basic urban services to the urban poor by local government bodies etc.  

 

During the technical session, Mrs. Bedoshruti Sadhukhan, from ICLEI South Asia presented the Realising DReAMS project discussing the background, objectives and project structure followed in the project. She described the two tools(ecoBUDGET and PDMS) used in the project and the major events and outcomes of it. She also discussed the inter-linkages between the tools and described how to use them together to achieve poverty alleviation through environmental resource management. 

 

The three cities (Guntur, Rajshahi and Thimpu) then presented to the audience how the implementation of the Realising DReAMS project has helped them so far and their action plan for the near future. Last but not the least, what followed was an open panel discussion chaired by Mr. Emani Kumar, Executive Director, ICLEI South Asia and Mr. K Sudhakar, Ex-Commissioner of Guntur Municipal Corporation. 

 

Cities realized the need for projects like Realising DReAMS felt that more cities should be involved to procure funding to work on different sectors in a collaborative manner.  

 

For more information on Realising DReAMS, visit: http://dreams.ecobudget.org/

 

A promise to keep going on at DReAMS final conference
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