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Sixth APN Scientific Planning Group Meeting
19-20
March 2001, Jeju Island, Republic of
Korea
Summary Report from Co-Chairpersons Dr. Graeme
Pearman and Prof. Zong-ci Zhao
The SPG meeting was attended by experts and members from Australia,
China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Republic of Korea, Lao P.D.R., Malaysia,
Mongolia, New Zealand, Philippines, Russia, Thailand, USA, SASCOM,
START Oceania, TEACOM, the International START Secretariat and observers
from the Republic of Korea. The list of participants is given here
1. Opening
Welcoming remarks were made by Dr. Doug-il Choi, President of
the National Institute of Environmental Research, Republic of Korea.
He welcomed members of the SPG and spoke positively about the success
and challenges of the APN. Dr. Ryutaro Yatsu, Director of the APN
Secretariat, highlighted the importance of global change research
as the basis for sound and sustainable development for the region.
2. Adoption of Agenda
The agenda was adopted as proposed.
3. Review of Activities in 2000/2001
The
APN Secretariat gave a review of the year's achievements. The first year of
the Networking and Capacity Building Programme
was completed, during which three regional workshops were held in
Colombo, Islamabad and Hanoi. The Pre-Proposal Stage and the Rapid
Assessment Stage have been included in the Proposals Process. A
feasibility study was initialised by the Secretariat for the development
of a Mail Review System to support the SPG review system. Besides
two Symposia and one scoping workshop, the APN organized two project
workshops in Kobe. In 2000 the APN also joined the first regional
Network Meeting (ENRICH, IAI, START, APN). The SPG suggested that
the APN homepage & newsletter could feature some ENRICH and
IAI activities in order to highlight APN's role in a global network.
It was reported
that Fiji had become APN member and nominated a national Focal Point and SPG
Member. Inquiries on APN membership
were received from other Pacific Island Countries via START Oceania.
India appointed a SPG Member.
With the support of the Liaison Officers and SPG
members, native language versions of the APN brochure were produced in Chinese,
Hindi and Thai, and the first version of a regional Key Policy Directory
was displayed.
A Summary of the 2000/2001 sponsored projects
was distributed in a revised format. The Secretariat will keep this
format for the next years. The Liaison Officer Reports were also
distributed. The Liaison Officers should be involved more directly
and there is a need for more communication between Liaison Officers
and SPG Members. SPG Members and Focal Points should be actively
involved in promoting the APN in their countries.
The SPG recommended the Secretariat could consider periodically
publishing a book or report to propagate APN progress and scientific
achievements. The publication would also be a reference for
proponents and SPG members regarding duplication of efforts.
4. 2001/2002 APN Funded Activities
The Secretariat Director announced that the total budget available
for APN funded activities would be approximately US$ 1.23 million
in the next fiscal year. The budget is divided into proposal budget
including contingency funds and special funds for three new initiatives.
It was noted that no funds from the proposals budget will be utilized
for the new initiatives.
The Secretariat then reported on proposals received,
and the recommendations of the Small Group on which projects to fund. Again
the need for more Principal Investigators (PI's) from developing
countries was stressed. Currently the majority of PI's are from
developed countries. However, it was noted that there has been a
significant rise in developing country collaboration involvement
in the past three years.
With regard to the selection of project proposals Dr.
Pearman explained the rationale behind the Small Group recommendations.
The SPG rating for scientific excellence and average score were
used as the main basis for the funding recommendations, but additional
relevant factors such as regional or thematic distribution, possible
duplication of existing APN projects, target countries of the Networking
& Capacity
Building Programme and Key Scientific Priorities or country involvement had been
considered.
It was recommended that in case a proponent receives funds
from sources other than APN for a proposal, he/she should state
those clearly in the proposal. A section should be included in the
proposals where the proponent should provide details on the specific
purpose of both the APN funds and the funds from other sources.
An according clause has to be added to the APN Guide for Proponents
and to the contract signed with the PI.
After extensive discussion on the proposals, the Small Group
recommendations were approved by the SPG. All proposals recommended
for funding were initially accepted for a period of one year. It
was recommended that accepted proposals primarily requesting two
or multi-year funding will have to submit a progress report at the
time of the second stage of the proposals review process. The
report, together with any updates of the proposal for the following
year, will then be assessed and rated by the SPG members before
funding for the following year is granted. The exact content and
structure of the report will be specified by the Secretariat in
consultation with the SPG Members.
The Secretariat Director expressed his intention
to organize a workshop on global change research in the Republic of Korea to
promote APN and its activities within the scientific community of
the Republic of Korea, provided that the APN contingency funds are
sufficient. Details on the workshop will be developed in close co-operation
with Republic of Korea counterparts. The initiative was approved
by the SPG.
5. APN Networking and Capacity Building Programme
The Secretariat reviewed this year's networking and capacity
building programme and outlined recommendations for 2001/2002. As
Mongolia is a target country for the second year of the two-year
trial phase, it was agreed to support a proposal submitted from
a Mongolian PI partly from the Networking & Capacity Building
funds (US$ 31,000). Further US$ 35,500 for this project will
be provided from the regular proposal funds, as the total request
of the proponent is US$ 66,500. It was also recommended to grant
US$ 20,000 for a scoping workshop on global change and mountain
environment in Nepal involving other South Asian countries.
The remaining Networking and Capacity Building funds are recommended
to be kept as 'emergency funds' to support small scoping workshops
etc. during the year at the discretion of the Secretariat in consultation
with the Small Group.
Dr. Amir Muhammed then made a presentation on the Networking
and Capacity Building Workshop held in Islamabad, Pakistan.
The first year of
the Networking and Capacity Building programme was deemed a success. However,
with a potential future increase
in developing country proposals being submitted to the APN, resulting
partly from the Networking and Capacity Building programme, and
given that the current proposal funding levels, care must be taken
not to raise proponents' expectations too high for receiving funding.
It was recommended that a list of agencies that have funds
available for Networking and Capacity Building be produced by the
Secretariat with the support of SPG members, and in turn this information
could be disseminated to regional scientists.
6. Proposals Process
The Secretariat reported on the pre-proposal and full proposal
stage.
96 pre-proposals were submitted and assistance was provided to
proponents by the Secretariat with the support from SPG members.
It was agreed that the support the Secretariat can provide be more
clearly specified in the next Call for Proposals.
The Secretariat received a record
number of 83 full proposals. In the rapid assessment stage 19 proposals were
considered 'non-suitable'
for the APN and rejected. The remaining 64 proposals proceeded to
the first stage of the review process by the SPG. Out of this number,
33 proposals advanced to the final stage of the proposals process.
Progress in
the development of the mail review system was covered. The Secretariat was asked
to review the APN Key Scientific Priorities
and all previous APN projects in order to identify scientific disciplines
in which reviewers may be needed in the future. Reviewers should
have competence in global change and APN activities. The mail review
system should be developed to facilitate the review process and
make the work of the SPG easier.
The Secretariat will proceed with the development
of the mail
review system in consultation with the SPG members.
7. Key Scientific Priorities
A paper
was introduced highlighting three aspects of priority setting including science
priorities, functional priorities and
externally contextual priorities. A Substantive discussion developed
on the issue. It was stressed that a system for Key Scientific Priorities
had just been put in place and that only broad categories should
be identified (climate change & variability, coastal environment,
human dimensions, etc.) rather than very specific topics. Considering
the priority areas of the proposals submitted under this years Call
for Proposals it was concluded that the current Key Scientific Priorities
are still valid and should not be replaced.
8. New APN Initiatives
The Secretariat Director introduced four proposed new initiatives
in which APN participation is considered useful, i.e. the Environmental
Management of Enclosed Coastal Seas (EMECS), Vegetation Recovery
Workshop in Western Australia, JICA Training Course (Biodiversity
Monitoring Technology), and the Asia-Pacific Environmental Innovation
Strategy. It was welcomed that the initiatives do not utilize any
proposal funds and the development of such projects was encouraged,
however, it should be done with greater involvement of the Steering
Committee and SPG members to ensure projects are appropriate to
APN objectives.
9. Election of Co-Chair
Prof. Zhao explained that a new Co-Chair has to be elected since
according to APN rules her two-year term was now at an end. Prof.
Zhao proposed Dr. Subramaniam Moten of Malaysia as her successor,
outlining his extensive scientific knowledge and long and active
involvement in the APN, which makes him an ideal candidate for the
post. The nomination was strongly supported by the SPG members and
Dr. Moten accepted his nomination. The term will be for two years
starting after the 6th Inter-Governmental Meeting and ending at
the 8th.
10. Other Business
The SPG stressed the need for the Secretariat to elaborate
and tighten its current 'Policy on Conflict of Interest'.
The Secretariat will work on this issue in consultation with the
SPG members immediately after the meeting in order to have stronger
rules in place for the next review process.
The Secretariat gave a brief update
on the 'APN Per Diem Rates'. The Secretariat follows the changes in the US per
diem rates every
two months and evaluates its own per diem rates against changes.
As there have been no significant changes in the per diem rates
over the last year in any of the APN member countries, it was agreed
to keep the current per diem rates.
11. Science Presentations
Science presentations
from three APN supported projects were made. Prof. Young-Joon Kim made a presentation
on "Atmospheric
Aerosols and their Impacts on UV Radiation in Northeast Asia";
Prof. Shuzo Nishioka, on "Policy Design of Climate Change Collaboration
in Northern Asia"; and Prof. Congbin Fu made a presentation on
recent progress in development and intercomparison of regional climate
models. Prof. Jeong-Woo Kim then presented on "Problems and Prospects
of Climate Change Prediction".
12. Closing
Dr. Moten, on behalf of Co-Chair, Dr. Graeme Pearman, who had
to leave the meeting early, thanked SPG Members, the Secretariat,
and expressed hopes for increased funding in the future to support
more projects. Then on behalf of the SPG, Dr. Moten thanked Prof.
Zhao for her enormous contribution to the APN. The SPG applauded
Prof. Zhao, and a small token of the APN's appreciation was presented
to her by Ms. Kazuko Watanabe, Deputy Director of the APN Secretariat.
Prof. Congbin Fu, START TEACOM Director, conveyed profound
gratitude to Ms. Watanabe, a pioneer of the APN, for her dedication
and excellent service. Ms. Watanabe will leave the APN for another
position in Tokyo. The APN would not be what it is without her.
Prof. Fu's sentiments were echoed in the warm-hearted applause
she received from SPG members.
The Secretariat Director
thanked all participants for their contributions, in particular
the Co-chairs for their guidance and expressed his hopes that the
discussions will produce fruitful results. He also thanked Prof.
Zhao for her contribution and hopes that she will continue to contribute
to the APN in the future. He concluded with special thanks to the
Jeju Provincial Government and the Ministry of Environment, Republic
of Korea for hosting the meeting.
LIST
OF PARTICIPANTS
6th SCIENTIFIC PLANNING GROUP (SPG) MEETING
19-20 March 2001,
Jeju Island, Korea
AUSTRALIA
Graeme PEARMAN
Co-Chair, APN Scientific Planning Group
Chief of Division
CSIRO Atmospheric Research
107-01 Station
St., Aspandale, VIC 3195
AUSTRALIA
Tel: +613-9239-4650
Fax: +613-9239-4460
Email: graeme.pearman@dar.csiro.au
CHINA
Zongci ZHAO
Co-Chair, APN Scientific Planning Group
National Climate Center
Chinese Meteorological Administration
Baishiqiaolu, No. 46
Beijing, 100081
CHINA
Tel: +86-10-68408576
Fax: +86-10-62176804
Email: zhaozc@cma.gov.cn / zhaozc@sun.ihep.ac.cn
INDIA
A. P. MITRA
National Physical Laboratory
Dr. K.
S. Krishnan Marg
New Delhi 11001-2
INDIA
Tel: +91-11-5745298
Fax: +91-11-5852678
Email: apmitra@doe.ernet.in
/ apmitra@ndf.vsnl.net.in
INDONESIA
Agus NURYANTO
Deputy Chairman
National Institute
of Aeronautics and Space (LAPAN)
Jl. Pemuda Persil No.1
Jakarta 13220
INDONESIA
Tel: +62-21-4895040 / -4894989
Fax: +62-21-4894815
Email: agus@mail.lapan.go.id
JAPAN
Shuzo NISHIOKA
The Graduate School of Media and Governance
Keio University
5322 Endo, Fujisawa, Kanagawa 252-8520
JAPAN
Tel: +81-466-49-3453
Fax: +81-466-49-3453
Email: snishiok@attglobal.net
KOREA (ROK)
Il Soo PARK
Director
Division of Air Pollution
Engineering
National Institute of Environmental Research
Gyungseo-Dong, Seo-Gu
Incheon City 404-170
KOREA
Tel:
+82-32-560-7110
Fax: +82-32-568-2039
Email: nierpis@me.go.kr
LAO P.D.R.
Chanthanet BOUALAPHA
Director
Environment Study
Center
Environment Research Institute
Science Technology
and Environment Agency
P.O. Box 2279, Vientiane
LAO P.D.R.
Tel: +865-21-218737
Fax: +856-21-218737
Email: wrcc@pan-laos.net.la
MALAYSIA
Subramaniam MOTEN
Director
Research Division
Malaysian Meteorological Service
Jalan Sultan, 46667
Petaling
Jaya, Selangor
MALAYSIA
Tel: +603-79579758
Fax: +603-79550964
Email: subra@kjc.gov.my
MONGOLIA
Tsogtbaatar JAMSRAN
Director
Institute of Geoecology
Baruun Selbe-15
Ulaanbaatar-211238
MONGOLIA
Tel: +976-11-321862
Fax: +976-11-321862
Email: geoeco@magicnet.mn
NEW ZEALAND
Andrew MATTHEWS
Manager International Science
National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
301 Evans
Bay Parade, Greta Point
P.O. Box 14-901, Kilbirnie, Wellington
NEW ZEALAND
Tel: +64-4-386-0528
Fax: +64-4-386-0574
Email: a.matthews@niwa.cri.nz
PHILIPPINES
Celso DIAZ
Director
Department of Environment
and Natural Resources
Ecosystems Research and Development Bureau
(ERDB)
College, Laguna 4031
PHILIPPINES
Tel: +63-49-536-3628
Fax: +63-49-536-2850
Email: erdb@laguna.net
RUSSIA
Alexander STERIN
Deputy Director
Russian Research
Institute for Hydrometeorological Information - World Data Center
(RIHMI-WDC)
6, Korolyov Str., Obninsk
Kaluga Region 249020
RUSSIA
Tel: +7-095-255-2467 / +7-08439-7-4658
Fax: +7-095-255-2225
Email: sterin@meteo.ru
THAILAND
Suphavit PIAMPHONGSANT
Chief Inspector-General
Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment
Rama VI Road,
Bangkok 10400
THAILAND
Tel: +66-2-247-9696
Fax: +66-2-246-8106
Email: supavit.p@moste.go.th
USA
Louis BROWN
Chair, Working Group on International
Research Cooperation
U.S. Global Change Research Program
c/o Directorate for Geosciences
U.S. National Science Foundation
(NSF)
4201 Wilson Boulevard, Room 1070
Arlington, VA 22230
USA
Tel: +1-703-306-1516
Fax: +1-703-306-0091
Email:
lbrown@nsf.gov
South Asia START Regional Committee (SASCOM)
Amir MUHAMMED
Chair
South Asia START Regional
Committee (SASCOM)
c/o Asianics, House 13, Street #49, F-6/4
Islamabad
PAKISTAN
Tel: +92-51-2276424 / 2855073
Fax:
+92-51-2276492 / 2855075
Email: amir@nu.edu.pk
START
Roland FUCHS
Director
International START Secretariat
2000 Florida Avenue, NW, Suite 200
Washington DC 20009
USA
Tel: +1-202-462-2213
Fax: +1-202-457-5859
Email: rfuchs@agu.org
START Oceania
Regional Committee
Kanayathu KOSHY
Chair
START Oceania Regional Committee
c/o The University of the South Pacific
School of Pure and Applied
Sciences
P.O. Box 1168
Suva
FIJI
Tel: +679-212-446
Fax: +679-302-548
Email: koshy_k@usp.ac.fj
START Regional
Center for Temperate East Asia (TEACOM)
Congbin FU
Director
START Regional Center for
Temperate East Asia (TEACOM)
c/o Institute of Atmospheric Physics
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Beijing 100029
CHINA
Tel:
+86-10-6204-1317
Fax: +86-10-6204-5230
Email: fcb@ast590.tea.ac.cn
HONOURED GUEST
Doug-Il CHOI
President
National Institute of Environmental
Research (NIER)
Gyungseo-Dong, Seo-Gu, Incheon, 404-17
REPUBLIC
of KOREA
Tel: +82-32-567-6800
Fax: +82-32-568-2031
Email:
nier@me.go.kr
OBSERVERS
KOREA (ROK)
Kwang-Woo CHO
Associate Fellow
Korea Environment
Institute (KEI)
613-2 Bulgwang-Dong,
Eunpyeong-Gu, Seoul
122-706
KOREA
Tel: +82-2-380-7615
Fax: +82-2-380-7622
Email: kwcho@kei.re.kr
Il-Rok CHUNG
Manager
Air Quality Research Department
National Institute of Environmental Research
Gyungseo-Dong,
Seo-Gu
Incheon City 404-170
KOREA
Tel: +82-32-568-0766
Fax: +82-32-568-2039
Email: irchung@me.go.kr
Jin-Seok HAN
Director
Division of Atmospheric
Chemistry
National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER)
Gyungseo-Dong, Seo-Gu
Incheon City 404-170
KOREA
Tel:
+82-32-560-7108
Fax: +82-32-568-2039
Email: NIERhan@hanmail.net
Byung-Gon KIM
Research Scientist
Division
Atmospheric Physics
National Institute of Environmental Research
Kyungseo-Dong, Seo-Gu
Incheon City 404-170
KOREA
Tel:
+82-32-560-7111
Fax: +82-32-568-2040
Email: kgbnier@me.go.kr
Jeong-Woo KIM
Professor
Department of Atmospheric
Sciences
Yonsei University
34 Shinchon-dong
Seodaemun-ku
Seoul 120-749
KOREA
Tel: +82-2-2123-2683
Fax: +82-2-365-5163
Email: jwkim@atmos.yonsei.ac.kr
Young-Joon KIM
Professor
Department of Environmental
Engineering
Kwangju Institute of Science and Technology (K-JIST)
1 Oryong-dong, Buk-gu
Kwangju 500-712
KOREA
Tel: +82-62-970-3401
Fax: +82-62-970-3404
Email: yjkim@kjist.ac.kr
Dong-Kyou LEE
Professor
School of Earth and Environmental
Studies
Seoul National University
San 56-1, Shinlim-dong,
Kwan-ak-gu
Seoul 151-742
KOREA
Tel: +82-2-880-6716
Fax: +82-2-885-4448
Email: dklee@nwp2.snu.ac.kr
Hyong-Sun LEE
R&D Project Manager
Environmental
Technology Center
National Institute of Environmental Resaerch
613-2, Bulkwang-dong, Eunpyung-gu
Seoul 122-706
KOREA
Tel: +82-2-388-7088 (ext. 505)
Fax: +82-2-352-7355
Email:
etclee@hanmail.net
Yi-Gn NOH
Professor
Dep. Atmospheric Sciences
College of Science, Yonsei University
Seoul 120-749
KOREA
Tel: +82-2-2123-2690
Fax: +82-2-365-5163
Email:
noh@atmos.yonsei.ac.kr
Yang-Hoon SONG
Associate Fellow
Korea Environment
Institute (KEI)
613-2 Bulkwang-dong, Eunpyong-ku, Seoul 122-706
KOREA
Tel: +82-2-380-7659
Fax: +82-2-380-7688
Email:
y-song@kei.re.kr
SECRETARIAT
Ryutaro YATSU
Director
APN Secretariat
IHD
Bldg., 5th floor
1-5-1 Wakinohama Kaigan Dori
Chuo-ku, Kobe
651-0073
JAPAN
Tel: +81-78-230-8017
Fax: +81-78-230-8018
Email: ryatsu@apn.gr.jp
Kazuko WATANABE
Deputy Director
(See Address for
Yatsu)
Email: kwatanabe@apn.gr.jp
Gerhard BREULMANN
Programme Manager
(See Address
for Yatsu)
Email: gbreulmann@apn.gr.jp
Martin RICE
Programme Manager
(See Address for
Yatsu)
Email: mrice@apn.gr.jp
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