This presentation was part of the 2017 ProSPER.Net Leadership Programme “Building Transformational Leadership Towards the SDGs” at Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
5. “All have enough to sustain, Leave no one behind”-
Sirikul Laukaikul, BrandBeing Consultant Co.Ltd;
Somnuck Jongmeewasin, Academic Coordinator
Network Of Eastern Friends: Agenda Of Eastern
Changes
8. Ao Udom
• Ao Udom is located in the east of
Thailand
• Part of Laem Chaband Municipality
• An ancient community
• There are 2 groups people who live in this
area- local Thai people and a Chinese
community
• The main occupation in this area is
traditional fishery, or aquaculture
• Mangrove forest is abundant
• Beach
By Mumtas Meraman
9. Eastern Seaboard Project (Phase 1 and Phase 2)
• Economic Development Project
• Port and oil industry
• such as Siam Commercial Seaport,
Thaioil, PTT, J.C. Marine, Cerry
Logistic and etc
• Using Expropriation Acts 1020 Ha.
In 1978 and 5,000 Ha. in 1996
By Mumtas Meraman
By Mumtas Meraman
10.
11. Resolving the problems by local people
• Start with a group of local people- decided to recover the ecosystem by themselves
• Thai people call “tod bot learn” = Learning together, record, and distribute
• Made a leader
• Negotiation with other sectors- private sector, government (both central and local)
• Partnership – MOU with private sector and working together
Community NGOs
Thai-oil,
PTT
Multi-Stakeholder collaboration
14. Sustainable development through Local Partnership
City level • Mayor: Mr. Wijai Amaralikit
• Mayor’s office
Community level
• 12 communities
• Each community has
representative in charge of
sustainable development
Individual/
citizen
• Every citizen
participates in
sustainable
development
15. Sustainable development program and success
Healthy city
Healthy
people
Sustainable
environment
Learnable city
Good
Governance
16. Sustainable development program and
success
Learnable City: knowledge about traditional
handicraft is transformed from generation to
generation
Sustainable city:
- Solid waste segregation and use of food waste
to make the friendly-environmental detergents
- Energy efficiency
- Protecting trees and parks
20. “Partnership has always been the cornerstone upon which
international discourse and action on SIDS sustainable development
is premised,”
Gyan Chandra Acharya, UN Under-Secretary-General and High
Representative for the Least Developed Countries
21. Partnerships and Samoa Pathway
• Samoa Pathway – a ground-breaking outcome of the 3rd conference
of the small island developing states - the blueprint for achieving
sustainable development in Small Island developing states (SIDS)
• The conference also announced 300 partnerships devoted to the
sustainable development of SIDs
22. SIDs Partnership Framework
On December 2015, the General Assembly decided to establish the
Small Island Developing States Partnership (SIDS) Framework, in
accordance with paragraph 101 of the SAMOA Pathway, to monitor
and ensure the full implementation of pledges and commitments
through partnerships for small island developing States.
23. Important points in the SIDs Partnership
Framework
• Formation of a Steering Committee on partnerships for small island
developing States that shall be open to all States Members
• Organize, an annual, action-oriented, results-focused, global multi
stakeholder small island developing States partnership dialogue
• Standardizing partnership reporting templates and processess
• Regional multi-stakeholder small island developing States
partnership dialogues through existing forums and meetings
• Sharing experiences
25. Examples of partnerships
• UNDP GEF
Established in 1992, the year of the Rio Earth Summit, the GEF Small
Grants Programme embodies the very essence of sustainable
development by "thinking globally acting locally". By providing financial and
technical support to projects that conserve and restore the environment
while enhancing people's well-being and livelihoods, SGP demonstrates
that community action can maintain the fine balance between human
needs and environmental imperatives.
26. ALOHA+ challenge
Hawai'i Aloha+ Challenge is a commitment to sustainability, with
the leadership of the Governor, four county Mayors, Office of
Hawaiian Affairs, State Legislature, and Hawai‘i Green Growth
public-private partners across the state.
This platform tracks Hawaii’s progress on achieving sustainability
goals
28. Keys to successful partnership
• Participation/Multi-Stakeholder Collaboration - Non-Governmental
Organizations (NGOs), Governments (central, region, and local), Academic
Sectors, Media, Communities (both upstream & downstream)
• Learning process for understanding
• Knowledge -Access to relevant data, information, knowledge (including
indigenous knowledge as well as academic knowledge)
• Leadership of local people as well as others
• Power to negotiate
• “Leave nobody behind”
29. Partnerships Should be:
- Broad in disciplinary reach
- Good at community
representation
- Ongoing, not one-offConclusion
30. Acknowledging Financial Support
• We would like to use this opportunity to express our gratitude to
UNU-IAS, academic staffs of Chulalongkorn University: Faculty
of Science, HSM and SEA START RC, Ministry of the
Environment of Japan (MoEJ) for funding our travel and
accommodations to participate in 2017 ProSPER.Net
Leadership Programme “Building Transformational Leadership
Towards The SDGs”.
• Many thanks to ProSPER.Net for the invitation.
