SWITCH in a nutshell

Welcome from the SWITCH-Asia team! The aim of the SWITCH-Asia Programme is to promote Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) in Asia. To achieve this objective, the programme works simultaneously on the ground with projects that target producers and consumers as well as with policy makers. A Network Facility connects project, policy makers and stakeholders in the world of SCP. Find out more on this website.

SCP in Istanbul

SWITCH-Asia provided lessons for SCP practitioners at the European Round Table on SCP in Istanbul. link 682Read more./link

WEbinar hosted

Frans Verpeek hosted a webinar to introduce the SWITCH-Asia Programme. link newsdetails/article/webinar-hosted-to-introduce-the-switch-asia-programme.html?tx_ttnews[backPid]=1cHash=893f3ca0e21b5a75dd910d2d6eea43bfTo whom and why? Get the details. /link

Event in Nepal

160 participants attended the SWITCH-Asia Networking Event that took place in Kathmandu. link www.switch-asia.eu/index.php the discussions/link.

The SWITCH-Asia Network Facility

The SWITCH-Asia Network Facility is set up withing the SWITCH-Asia programme to maximise its impact by effective knowledge Sharing and dissemination, and networking. The Network Facility organises networking events and prepares case studies. It distils knowledge of project practices and promotes effective scaling-up. Find out more.

Outreach

The SWITCH-Asia Networking Facility organizes and attends events to promote SCP and the programme. Read reports from UN-CSD 18, link 291UN-CSD 19,/linklink 377 ETAP,/link link 196APRSCP 2010nbsp;/link,link 382 APRSCP 2011/link, link 485ADFIAP Annual Conference 2012/link,nbsp;link 498ERSCP 2012/link,nbsp; link www.switch-asia.eu/switch-info/events/world-resource-forum-includes-network-facility-workshop.htmlWorld Resources Forum 2012/link or thelink www.switch-asia.eu/switch-info/events/switch-asia-event-at-erscp-in-istanbul.html ERSCP 2013/link.nbsp;

Networking Events

Networking events in link 140Kuala Lumpur (2009)/link, link 209Beijing (2010)/link, link 293Colombo,/link link 334Beijing/link link 335and Jakarta (2011)/link, link 555Bangkok (2012)/link and link 694Kathmandu (2013)/link have shown productive results and created synergies among projects and stakeholders.nbsp;Check out the event pages for resources and presentations.

Scaling-Up SCP

The Network Facility investigates the opportunities for up-scaling of SCP practices. Get insights into leverages points such as link 205supply chain management/link, link 524linking to policy makers/link, link 578enabling access to finance/link, link 522engaging service providers/link or link 540promoting ethical consumption and use/link.nbsp;