The Fourteenth Session of the Intergovernmental Meeting (IG14) of the Malé Declaration on Control and Prevention of Air Pollution and its Likely Transboundary Effects for South Asia (Malé Declaration) was held in Bangkok, Thailand on 25 November 2015. The event was attended by the representatives of the eight participating countries, namely, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Iran, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Experts from international organisations, such as the Asian Institute of Technolo... Read more

The Eleventh Session of the Intergovern mental Meeting (IG11) for the Malé Declaration on Control and Prevention of Air Pollution and Its Likely Transboundary Effects for South Asia was held in Dhaka, Bangladesh on 20-21 January 2010. This is the first IG Meeting under the Phase IV implementation of the Malé Declaration. The meeting was attended by the Ministries of Environment National Focal Points (NFPs) and National Implementing Agencies (NIAs) of the participating countries, South Asian Coop... Read more

The monitoring programme is a key element of the implementation of the Malé Declaration on Control and Prevention of Air Pollution and Its Likely Transboundary Effects for South Asia. Quality Assurance and Quality Control (QA/QC) is crucial for ensuring the quality of the monitoring programme and has been identified as a priority area by the member countries. As part of the capacity building in QA/ QC, four regional level training programme have been held so far. ... Read more

Three publications: 1) “Past, Present and Future of the Malé Declaration: 2) Good Practices on Prevention and Control of Air Pollution: A Compendium: and 3) Youth for Clean Air were presented to His Excellency Patali Champika Ranawaka, Minister of Environment for Sri Lanka, during the opening ceremonies of the Fifth Regional Stakeholders cum Coordination Meeting (RSC5) and Tenth Session of the Intergovernmental Meeting (IG10) of Malé Declaration in Colombo, Sri Lanka on 19 August 2008. ... Read more

The Ninth Session of the ntergovernmental Meeting and the Fourth Session of the Regional Stakeholders cum Coordination Meeting were inaugurated on 1 October 2007 in Malé, Maldives by His Excellency Mr. Ahmed Abdullah, the Minister for Ministry of Environment, Energy, and Water (MEEW), Maldives. His Excellency Ahmed Abdullah, during the inaugural address stated that nearly 10 years has passed after the adaption of the Malé Declaration and technical capacity of Maldives to monitor air pollution ha... Read more

The Eighth Session of the Intergovernmental Meeting and the Third Session of the Regional Stakeholders cum Coordination Meeting were held during 12 – 13 September 2006 in Thimpu, Bhutan. During the inaugural session, His Excellency, Lyonpo Yeshey Zimba, the Minister for the Trade and Industry, Bhutan mentioned that air pollution is a major environmental challenge in the region and stressed the need for the continuation of concerted regional cooperation initiated under the framework of Malé Decla... Read more

The network meeting 2005 on the “Malé Declaration on Control and Prevention of Air Pollution and Its Likely Transboundary Effects for South Asia” was held in Delhi during 11-15, October 2005. The meeting follows a continuation of the process, which began in Bangkok in March 1998, where a policy dialogue concerning regional air pollution in South Asia was initiated. The 1st network meeting after the adoption of Malé Declaration was held in Kathmandu in February 1999; the 7th network meeting and i... Read more

he United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), the Rio Summit, held in June 1992 articulated the Agenda 21, a blueprint for action for sustainable development. The World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD), held in September 2002 focused on the implementation of this blue print through partnerships to achieve tangible results for sustainable development. The Summit, participated by 104 Heads of State and Government, also set sustainable development as the target for na... Read more

Malé Declaration is an intergovernmental agreement to cope with the issue of transboundary air pollution in South Asia. In addition to the intergovernmental cooperation, the declaration is also a call for the participation of stakeholders in tackling transboundary air pollution. Regular stakeholders forums at national as well at regional levels review the implementation of the declaration. The main objectives and aims of stakeholders forums are: a) increase the awareness of local and transbounda... Read more

The 5th annual network meet ing of the Malé Declaration was held in Dhaka, Bangladesh between the 6th and 7th of October 2003. The objectives of the network meeting were to share experiences and discuss the status of the networks progress, and also chart out future action plans. The meeting in Dhaka was attended by the Ministries of Environment and National Implementing Agencies (NIAs) of the participating countries, members of the Monitoring Committee (MoC) as well as SACEP, SEI, UNEP and a few... Read more

The first transboundary air pollution monitoring station under the Malé Declaration on Control and Prevention of Air Pollution and its likely Transboundary Effects for South Asia' has been established in Rampur of the Chitwan district in Nepal. The station was installed during a training/installation programme held during 24 - 28 March 2003. Over fifteen trainees from the Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science (IAAS), the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology (DHM) and the International C... Read more

With the completion of the network establishment, baseline studies and action plans the first phase is concluded. Baseline studies provide valuable information on tackling the transboundary air pollution in the participating countries and clearly identified the gaps in the existing monitoring systems. The action plans provide the national priorities in implementing the Malé Declaration. The general objective of Phase II is to put in place the expertise, equipment and infomation needed for the q... Read more

Implementation of Malé Declaration aims to build the regional cooperation and national capacities in addressing the issue of transboundary air pollution. The implementation is considered be broadly divided into three phases. Phase I included awareness raising, network development, and preparation of baseline information and action plans. Phase II will put in place the expertise and equipment to study the issue. The third phase will eventually provide appropriate information for the policymaking ... Read more

The Twelfth Session of the Intergovernmental Meeting (IG12) on Malé Declaration on Control and Prevention of Air Pollution and its Likely Transboundary Effects for South Asia (Malé Declaration) was held in Delhi, India on 30 June 2011. It was attended by representatives of the National Focal Points (NFPs) and National Implementing Agencies (NIAs) of the participating countries (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Iran, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka). Other international organizations such as t... Read more