Dr Mahendra Sethi, welcomed all expert/ project members and explained the project’s premise and significance in the current context. He discussed the day’s agenda, i.e. to focus on the available datasets and policies in the Asia-Pacific cities, the limitations and gaps therein. This would empirically appraise the necessity of building a robust data structure for an analytical platform that facilitates decision-making under the ICLAP project. The workshop proceeded with presentations about managing data structures, data availability, policies and gaps, and discussions for ICLAP analysis.