1. AIT: A Regional Hub for Cleaner Production Capacity Building in the Asia Pacific
C. Visvanathan
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Conference on Sustainable Development in the Context of Climate Change
24-25 September 2009,
Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand

2. P C Factors influencing CP promotion in Asia Pacific Back to contents
Integrated Pollution
Prevention & Control
Interrelation between
Energy, Environment
and Climate
Bench Mark
Internal and
External Actors
Capacity Building
Technology
Transfer
Financial
Packaging C P
Capacity Building
C. C. Visvanathan & S. Kumar, " Strategy for Implementing Cleaner Production in Asian Small & Medium Industries", J. of Cleaner Production, Vol: 7, No: 2, pp: , 1999
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3. Types of services Certificate Diploma Masters Doctoral
(Course work & Thesis)
 Formal Training
 Professional Training Programs
 Research and Consulting
Training/Workshop Student Exchange Programs
Regional Projects
- Networking/Capacity - Mobilisation/Strengthening
National Projects

4. Cleaner Production Courses (Block Module)
Interdisciplinary Post Graduate Program in CP
Cleaner Production Courses (Block Module) A
Environmental Engineering Program
Energy Program
Industrial System Engineering Program
Pulp and Paper Technology Program
Biotechnology Program
Agriculture and Food Processing Program
School of Management
Principles of Cleaner Production
Clean Resources & Technologies
Industrial Environment and Energy Audit
Industrial Ecology for Sustainable Development
Business & Environment
Industrial Environmental Economy & Policy
Eco Design & Manufacturing System: Cleaner Products
Environmental management Systems
Environmental Policy & Law to Promote Cleaner Production B C D
Thesis on Cleaner Production Related Topics (25 Credits) Directly Under the Supervision of the Registered Program
Master of A, B, C, D, E, F, G Program with Specialization in Cleaner Production E
Master Students Intake F G
Students should take minimum 5 required courses of 3 credits
5 x 3 = 15 Credits, and
Elective 1 course,
1 x 3 = 3 Credits
Total = 18 Credits
AIT FACULTY
Tailor Made 5-7 Courses are required
= 5 x 3 = 15 Credits
TO BE TAUGHT BY AIT FACULTY
TO BE TAUGHT BY AIT + COLLABORATING INSTITUTE FACULTY
Formal Training
Example : A Student who is admitted to (say) Energy Program and wants to specialize in Cleaner Production, will be a student of Energy Program taking all the required courses in Energy Program (and thus satisfying AIT requirements). However the student will have to follow a set of courses (5- from Cleaner Production Block Module) related specifically to Cleaner Production to satisfy the AIT requirements for the mention of “Specialization in Cleaner Production” in the Degree Certificate.

5. Professional Training
Training Activities
 AIT Extension Courses on CP:
 Cleaner Production
 Life Cycle Analysis
 Industrial Energy Audit and Planning
 Industrial Production Management
 Industrial Wastes Audit and Reduction
 Workshops/Seminars:
Average years
Seminar on “Green Productivity in Electroplating Industries”, Bangkok, Thailand, MIDI/AIT-EEP/DIW-MOI/FTPI/ASEP, Sponsored by Asian Productivity Organization (APO), 8 August 1996.
Ex:

6. Executive Level Seminars:
2-3 / year
Training for Financial Institutions:
1 –2 / year
Ex:
Environmental Appraisal of Industrial Projects, Bangkok,
Thailand, organized jointly by AIT and National Development Bank of
Sri Lanka for Sri Lankan credit Institutions.
Professional Training

7. Project Case Works Textile Dyeing Tannery Pulp & paper
Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control
Electro Plating
Environmental Appraisal of Industrial Project
Others
Professional Training

8. Training Resources: Laboratories Library Field Visit
Energy
Environment
Advance Manufacturing
Laboratories
Library
Field Visit
CP Video Program developed by AIT (electro plating, textile dyeing, project case work approach, etc,)
CP Educational Games/Management Games
Case Studies: Based on Student Research Outputs
Research and Consulting
CP Activities at AIT

9. Regional Networking
SMI in Asia: Energy, Environment and Climate Interrelations, ARRPEEC-II - Sida
AIT
Overall Coordination
and
Management
India
PSG College of
Technology
Centre of Environmentally Sound Technology Transfer
China
Sri Lanka
Industrial Service Bureau of Northwestern Province
The Philippines
Industrial Technology Development Institute
The Non-State Economic Development Centre
Vietnam
Partner organisations
CP Activities at AIT
Research and Consulting

10. AIT’s Pivotal Role in CP Promotion
Private Sectors
Financial Institutions
AIT
Executive Level
Seminar
(National/Regional)
Formal Post
Graduate
Training
Future Enterprises Planners
AIT
Professional
Programs
Middle Leve/
Universities
Technology