Co-organizers: UNESCAP Subregional Office for East and North-East Asia (SRO-ENEA), the Ministry of Nature, Environment and Tourism of Mongolia and Mongolian National Committee to Combat Desertification 

Programme 

•  Concept note of the meeting  

Opening Session 

•  Welcome address and opening speech by Mr. Batbold Dorjgurkhem, Director, International Cooperation Department, Ministry of Nature, Environment and Tourism, Mongolia
•  Introduction to goals and objectives of the meeting by Mr. Sangmin Nam, Secretariat of NEASPEC

Session 1: Review of subregional cooperation on combating desertification in North-East Asia with focus on Mongolia  

•  Bilateral and multilateral activities on combating desertification in Mongolia and the way forward, Mr. Bayarbat Dashzeveg, National Committee to Combating Desertification, Mongolia
•  Activities of Civil Society Organizations on combating desertification in Mongolia, Ms. Selenge, Green Asia Network
•  The work of UN and international organizations on combating desertification in Mongolia, Ms. Bunchingiv Bazartseren, UNDP Mongolia Office

Session 2: Overview of policy aspects and technical approaches to combating desertification

•  Policy tools, strategies and approaches to combating desertification in China: local, provincial, national levels, Mr. Wang XinPing, Cold and Arid Regions Environment and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences
•  China's desertification control strategies, policies and integrated control system, State Forestry Administration of China-National Desertification Control Office
•  Mongolian national programmes and strategies on combating desertification, Mr. Bayarbat Dashzeveg, National Committee to Combating Desertification, Mongolia
•  Technology system and control modality to combating desertification in China, Mr. Lu Qi, Institute of Desertification Studies, Chinese Academy of Forestry
•  Policies and technologies of desertification control in Inner Mongolia, Ms. Ding Rong, Inner Mongolia Forestry Administration

Session 3: Modality and approaches of the NEASPEC Project on Implementing the Regional Master Plan on Prevention of Dust and Sandstorms in North-East Asia

•  Introduction to pilot project activity in Zamyn-Uud, Secretariat of NEASPEC
•  Technical tools and approaches to combating desertification in Mongolia, with focus on Gobi Desert region, Mongolian SFA -central and provincial
•  Urban sewage purification and sewage irrigated sand-breaks for sand prevention and desertification control, Erenhot City

Meeting Report
List of Participants