Wrap-up & Stakeholder Meeting in Laos PDR,
Sep 12-13, 2011
< Last Update: 29 Sep. 2011 >
Wrap-up & Stakeholder Meeting in Laos PDR, Sep 12-13, 2011
Reported by Dr. Kyaw Sann Oo IIS, University of Tokyo
Venue
Conference Room, Water Resource and Environmental Research Institute (WERI) (former name WREA), Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE), Nahaidyo Road, P. O. Box: 7864, Vientiane, Lao PDR
Tel: (856-21) 217650 or (856-21) 218915, Fax: (856-21) 263799
Contact Person
Mr. Virasith Phomsouvanh (on the behalf of Ms. Virany Sengtianthr)
Director of Remote Sensing Center
TELEPHONE :
(856-21) 217650 or (856-21) 218915
FAX :
(856-21) 263799
Delegates from Lao PDR
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Madame Monemany NHOYBOUKONG |
Permanent Secretary MONRE |
| Mr. Virasith Phomsouvanh |
Technical staff of RSC WERI/WREA |
Delegates from Japan
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Mr. Toru Fukuda | Director, EORC, JAXA |
| Mr. Tomoyuki Nukui | Administrator, EORC, JAXA |
| Dr. Wataru Takeuchi | Associate Professor, IIS, University of Tokyo |
| Dr. Van Ngoc An | Researcher, IIS, University of Tokyo |
| Dr. Kyaw Sann Oo | Researcher, IIS, University of Tokyo |
Delegates from Thailand
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Dr. Lal Samarakoon | Director, Geoinformatics Center,AIT, Bangkok |
| Mr. Hiroaki Tanabe | Deputy director, Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS) Bangkok office |
Time Table
The below time tables are two days program of "Stakeholder meeting to share experience and database developed by JAXA SAFE prototype of Forest Monitoring and Management in Lao PDR."
Day 1: Sept. 12, 2011 (Monday)
| Time | Items |
|---|---|
| 14:00 |
Welcome Address from Permanent Secretary of MONRE Madame Monemany NHOYBOUKONG |
| 14:10 |
Opening Remarks from JAXA Mr. Toru Fukuda (Director of JAXA/EORC) |
| 14:20 | Self-introduction by all attendants |
| 14:30 |
Presentation on JAXA SAFE Initiative Mr. Tomoyuki Nukui (SAFE secretariat, JAXA/EORC) |
| 14:50 |
Presentation on overview of SAFE Prototype Dr. Wataru Takeuchi (Associate Professor, University of Tokyo) |
| 15:10 |
Presentation on progress report of outreach (WREA) by Virasith Phomsouvanh (Researcher, RSC, MONRE) |
| 15:30 | Press conference by TV media and news papers journalists |
| Adjourn | |
Day 1: Sept. 12, 2011 (Monday)
| From (Time) | Items |
|---|---|
| 9:00 |
Presentation on JAXA SAFE Lao prototype GPS photo database Dr. Van Ngoc An (Researcher, University of Tokyo) |
| 10:15 | COFFEE BREAK |
| 10:45 |
Presentation on JAXA SAFE Lao prototype GPS photo database by Dr. Van Ngoc An (Researcher, University of Tokyo) |
| 12:00 | LUNCH BREAK |
| 13:45 |
Demonstration on the use of prototype data resource for end-users by Dr. Kyaw Sann Oo (Researcher, University of Tokyo) |
| COFFEE BREAK | |
| 15:00 |
Demonstration on the use of prototype data resource for end-users by Dr. Kyaw Sann Oo (Researcher,University of Tokyo) |
| Adjourn | |
Participants
15 end-users on first day and 17 end-users on second day are participated in the stakeholder meeting together with delegates from Lao PDR, Thailand and Japan.
Evaluation Results
Participants from NGO and government departments are exchanged the use of satellite images for the environmental applications in the meeting and knowledge sharing section.
Name and personal information are listed in the end-users tables. While 15 participants are joined in the first day, 17 participants are involved in the second day. Technical staffs and department heads are joined to represent newly created Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) and Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. GIS/RS specialists from Wildlife conservations Society also involved in the second day knowledge sharing section.
Most of the participants are familiar with remote sensing technology, satellite images and applications.
The remarkable keyword for the stakeholder meeting is "Once the first Lao PDR's SAFE prototype on Forest Monitoring and Management is finalizing by reporting to annual meeting of APRSAF-18; this is just the beginning on the use of space applications in Lao PDR from benefit of collaboration works between Lao PDR, UT, GeoInfo and JAXA."
Activities Photographs
First Day activities
Welcome Addresses and Opening Remarks (from Madame Monemany and Mr. Fukuda)
Second Day activities
Group photograph in conference room after meeting and knowledge sharing
Acknowledgment
I would like to express my gratitude to Madame Monemany for her closely observed our activities in the stakeholder meeting and given an excellent welcome speech. It is important to express our SAFE prototyping supporter JAXA for their supports as finance, providing data and sending delegates.
Moreover, I would like to thank Sawada/Takeuchi laboratory for allowing me to get this chance of contribution to Laos peoples.
Finally I would like to thank staffs of MONRE for hosting the meeting successful and would like to thanks to the delegates and participants for their present in the meeting and exchanging their knowledge.
ABBREVIATIONS
| DMH | Department of Meteorology and Hydrology |
| DOF | Department of Forestry |
| DOI | Remote Sensing Center |
| DWR | Department of Water Resources |
| FIPD | Forest Inventory and Planning Division |
| FRIC | Forest Resources Information Center |
| GeoInfo | Geoinformatics Center, Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok Thailand |
| JAXA | Japanese Aerospace eXploration Agency |
| MONRE | Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment |
| NUOL | National University of Lao |
| RSC | Remote Sensing Center |
| SAFE | Space Application for Environment |
| WCS | Wildlife Conservation Society |
| WERI | Water Resources and Environment Research Institute |
| WREA | Water Resources and Environment Administration (former name of MONRE) |
APPENDIX
NEWS MEDIA RELEASED
on Vientiane Times Daily Newspapers
