CCOP-48AS/4-25

48th CCOP Annual Session 4-8 November 2012 Langkawi, Malaysia

Cooperating Organization Report of

Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)

Submitted by

Southeast Asia Disaster Prevention Research Institute Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (SEADPRI-UKM)

(For Agenda Item 4)

COORDINATING COMMITTEE FOR GEOSCIENCE PROGRAMMES IN EAST AND SOUTHEAST ASIA (CCOP)

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ANNUAL COOPERATING ORGANIZATION REPORT

Organization: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) Period: 1 July 2010 – 30 June 2012

1. Summary CCOP has a very close relationship with the Southeast Asia Disaster Prevention Research Institute of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (SEADPRI-UKM). This relationship is an expansion of the many years of close cooperation that CCOP has had with the Institute for Environment and Development (LESTARI) of UKM. A MoU for cooperation between CCOP and UKM has been in effect since 19 July 2007. On 21 May 2012, SEADPRI-UKM was formally informed that the 58

th CCOP Steering Committee meeting in Nanjing, China

accepted UKM as a new CCOP Cooperating Organization in recognition of its long record of collaboration and shared experiences in CCOP activities. The signing of the MoU between CCOP and UKM and its subsequent elevation to Cooperating Organization was strongly supported and facilitated by the Permanent Representative of Malaysia to the CCOP, the Director General of the Minerals and Geoscience Department, Malaysia. Many activities have been jointly undertaken between UKM and CCOP over the past decade under the auspices of the Minerals and Geoscience Department of Malaysia. The activities were organized to recognize the importance of regional cooperation and build capacity of geoscientists in addressing issues related to sustainable development. Highlights of some of the current initiatives include the following:-

• Joint organization of the Thematic Session on “Geoscience Innovations for Sustainable Development: The Future We Want” to be held on 6-7 November 2012, in conjunction with the 48th CCOP Annual Session in Langkawi, Malaysia.

• Joint organization of the Workshop on Natural Hazards and Climate Change Adaptation to be held on 9 November 2012, in conjunction with the 48th CCOP Annual Session in Langkawi, Malaysia.

• Final report is under preparation for the CCOP-SEADPRI-UKM’s collaborative project on “Feasibility of Networking Petroleum Geoscience Institutions in East and Southeast Asia”.

• A proposed project on “Enhancing Climate Change Adaptation in Southeast Asia” was submitted to the ASEAN Secretariat under the India-ASEAN Green Fund mechanism in 2011. The project has been endorsed by ASEAN and was submitted to the Indian Government for approval in August 2012.

COORDINATING COMMITTEE FOR GEOSCIENCE PROGRAMMES IN EAST AND SOUTHEAST ASIA (CCOP) CCOP Building, 75/10 Rama VI Road, Phayathai, Ratchathewi, Bangkok 10400, Thailand Tel: +66 (0) 2644 5468, Fax: +66 (0) 2644 5429, E-mail: ccopts@ccop.or.th, Website: www.ccop.or.th

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2. Review of current technical activities and geoscience programmes in the CCOP Region (Multilateral or Bilateral)

Joint activities between CCOP and UKM focus on building capacity of geoscientists in expanding geoscience to support sustainable development. The ongoing activities include the following:- (i) 48th CCOP Annual Session: Thematic Session, 6-7 November 2012 At the 48th CCOP Annual Session in Langkawi, Malaysia, UKM will jointly organize the Thematic Session “Geoscience Innovations for Sustainable Development: The Future We Want” scheduled for 6-7 November 2012 with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment Malaysia, the Minerals and Geoscience Department, Malaysia, Petronas and CCOP Technical Secretariat. The theme aims to show-case geoscience innovations contributing to sustainable development by Member Countries’ geoscience organizations either alone or as part of a multi-disciplinary effort, particularly in relation to a attaining green economy. (ii) Workshop on Natural Hazards and Climate Change Adaptation, 9 November 2012 At the 48th CCOP Annual Session in Langkawi, Malaysia, the Southeast Asia Disaster Prevention Research Institute (SEADPRI-UKM) will jointly organize with the Minerals and Geoscience Department, the Geological Survey of Finland (GTK) and CCOP a workshop on “Natural Hazards and Climate Change Adaptation” to be held on 9 November 2012. The workshop aims to sensitize the geoscience community to risk and vulnerability assessments with respect to disasters and climate change as well as to improve the identification of socio-economically feasible adaptation options.

(iii) Feasibility of Networking Petroleum Geoscience Institutions in East and Southeast

Asia The CCOP-SEADPRI collaborative project on “Feasibility of Networking Petroleum Geoscience Institutions in East and Southeast Asia” is divided into 2 phases: Phase 1 for petroleum geoscience and Phase 2 for the other disciplines of geoscience. The CCOP Technical Secretariat contributed USD 45,000 for Phase 1 of the Project while SEADPRI-UKM supported Phase 2.

The purpose of the Phase 1 Project is to determine whether a platform could be provided for promoting sharing of knowledge, human, financial resources, facilities, experience in curriculum development and conduct of joint activities in petroleum geoscience. The immediate objective is to determine whether it is feasible to establish a regional petroleum geoscience network and to propose a collaborative mechanism for this purpose. A “network of networks” framework has been proposed. This is envisaged as a CCOP network for the petroleum geoscience institutions including universities initially. The framework could then be applied for other sectors of geoscience such as geohazards, environmental geology, mineral and groundwater resource. For each sector, the Network of Networks would link national networks, regional network(s) of universities as well as regional organisations. Besides networking within the sector, the proposed CCOP Network of Networks can facilitate cross-disciplinary sharing, exchange and collaboration. The central hub of all the networks is the CCOP Technical Secretariat, which serves as the Anchor Organisation and manages the

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networks. The Project proposed that the Network of Petroleum Geoscience Institutions be established by building on the existing EPPM network to include other institutions that have petroleum geoscience activities, to expand the scope of the activities beyond EPPM, and to enhance the level of sharing and collaboration among the network members. Phase 2 focuses on developing a multi-disciplinary network of researchers on climatic hazards. It draws on a LESTARI-UKM project entitled “Assessment of Higher Education Needs for Climate and Ecosystems Change and Adaptation” that commenced in December 2009. The study is undertaken within the framework of the United Nations University Network for Climate and Ecosystems Change Adaptation Research (UN-CECAR). The objective of the assessment is to map the genuine need for enhancing climate change and related degree programs. The findings will serve to inform CCOP on the multidisciplinary expertise available in East and Southeast Asia and mechanisms to form linkages with such groups. The potential for geoscience expertise to strengthen multi-disciplinary research groups will also be identified. 3. Proposed future activities and assistance to CCOP in support to current and future

activities Enhancing Climate Change Adaptation in Southeast Asia SEADPRI-UKM has submitted a project proposal on “Enhancing Climate Change Adaptation in Southeast Asia” to the ASEAN Secretariat under the India-ASEAN Green Fund mechanism in 2011. The project has been endorsed by ASEAN and was submitted to the Indian Government for approval in August 2012. This is envisaged to be a 3-year project involving all ASEAN Member Countries. Several of the ASEAN Member Countries that are also CCOP Member Countries have already been identified to participate. CCOP is invited to participate in the project whereby its Member Countries irrespective of their membership with ASEAN will be able to benefit from the project in various ways. CCOP Member Countries that are also Members of ASEAN will be able to participate directly in the project. CCOP Member Countries that are not in ASEAN can also benefit through sharing of information and knowledge, as well as participation in the dissemination seminars under the CCOP platform.

4. Reports/publications of technical activities for dissemination to CCOP Member

Countries including contributions to GRID-Net (i) Geological Museums of East and Southeast Asia The book on the Geological Museums of East and South East Asia, published in 2011, is the second in the series under the joint publication project between LESTARI-UKM and CCOP. The first in the series entitled Geoheritage of East and South East Asia was published in 2008. (ii)Report of the CCOP-SEADPRI Collaborative Project The report of the CCOP-SEADPRI Collaborative Project entitled: Proposed Framework of Networking Petroleum Geoscience Institutions in East and Southeast Asia was submitted to the CCOP-Technical Secretariat in 2009. The report for the second phase and a manuscript authored by Begum, R A, Pereira, J J, Chen, S.P. & Caluyong S P. is currently under preparation.

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5. Others Several other activities have been jointly undertaken between UKM and CCOP over the past decade. The activities were organized to recognize the importance of regional cooperation and build capacity of geoscientists in addressing issues related to sustainable development. Below is a summary of some of the activities that were organized.

• Roundtable Dialogue on Role of Geoscience in Governance for Sustainable Development and Human Security: The dialogue, held on 1 November 2006, was co-organised by CCOP, LESTARI-UKM and the IUGS Commission on Geoscience for Environmental Management (IUGS-GEM) in conjunction with the 43rd CCOP Annual Session, in Daejeon, Korea. The ‘proceedings’, edited by Joy Jacqueline Pereira and Chen Shick Pei and funded by LESTARI-UKM, were published in 2008.

• Geoheritage of East and Southeast Asia: The book, edited by Mohd Shafeea Leman,

Anthony Reedman and Chen Shick Pei was jointly published by LESTARI-UKM and CCOP in 2008. CCOP Member Countries contributed country chapters, the CCOP-Technical Secretariat and LESTARI-UKM coordinated the editorial process. Printing of the book was funded by LESTARI-UKM.

• Workshop on the Practice of Knowledge Management for Enhanced

Performance: The workshop held on 10 June 2009 was organised by SEADPRI-UKM, CCOP Technical Secretariat, the Geological Society of Malaysia (GSM) and the Mineral and Geoscience Department Malaysia (JMG) with support from the JT Frank Academy and PETRONAS in conjunction with the Eleventh Regional Congress on Geology, Mineral and Energy Resources of Southeast Asia (GEOSEA 2009) held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

• Asian Dialogue on Geoheritage Conservation: The dialogue was organized by the

Malaysian Geological Heritage Group and the Geological Society of Malaysia in conjunction of the Eleventh Regional Congress on Geology, Mineral and Energy Resources (GEOSEA 2009) in June 2009. The dialogue was attended by 30 participants from 6 CCOP Member Countries, with support from the UNESCO Global Network of National Geoparks (GGN) and the Asia Pacific Geoheritage and Geoparks Network (APGGN).