World Bank TCC5 Jiangxi Overseas Training Project

World Bank TCC5 Jiangxi Overseas Training Project

 

 

On March 22, 2010, EASEN was contracted for the World Bank Loan TCC5 Jiangxi Overseas Training Project in the Poyang Lake eco-economical zone. The project, implemented by the Jiangxi Provincial Development and Reform Commission, aimed to protect the ecological environment, reduce the impoverished population, and enhance the prevention and control of snail fever in the Poyang Lake eco-economical zone of Jiangxi Province.

 

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The Poyang Lake

 With the rapid urbanization and industrialization in Jiangxi Province, the total discharge amount of main pollutants into the Poyang Lake basin area showed a concerning increase. The increase of nitrogen and phosphor pollutants into the Poyang Lake resulted in accelerated eutrophication, creating an abnormal change in regional vegetation, biomass, and wetland areas as well as a reduction in the number of migratory birds. For these reasons, the Jiangxi Provincial Government and relevant departments decided to construct the Poyang Lake Eco-economical Zone to strengthen the protection and support reasonable development of the Poyang Lake.

 

The Great Lakes Industrial Zone in North America is a successful example of economic development and environmental protection in a Lake Region. The Great Lakes include Lake Ontario, Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan and Lake Superior.  Major cities in the Great Lakes region include Chicago, Milwaukee, Detroit, Cleveland, and Toronto and Montreal. It is the area of the United States and Canada with the highest level of industrialization and urbanization.

 

 

EASEN directed an overseas study tour to provide training on the advanced methodology and policy of the Great Lakes region. The training program compared the differences between the two regions in order to improve the environmental protection and economical development in the Poyang Lake Area. EASEN managed the arrangement and implementation for the overseas training project from March 31, 2012 to April 9, 2010. A delegation comprising of six members of the Project Management Office (PMO) participated in the overseas training for 10 days total. The training took place in The United States and Canada and included both technical seminars and site reviews, covering diverse technical and managerial topics related to the research and policy approach on the water environment improvement, ecology and wetland protection, and economical development of the Poyang Lake Area.

 

 

The project consisted of four aspects:

 

  1. Establish Poyang Lake water quality monitor database and environmental protection data sharing platform with cross-departments
  2. Provide policy recommendations for the industries of Poyang Lake eco-economical zone and prepare expert recommend report
  3. Provide comments for advance environmental protection practices relevant to the Poyang Lake, development of environmental protection guidelines, reduction of impoverished population, and prevention and control of snail fever
  4. Improve the understanding, implementation and operation of relevant officers in the fields of environmental protection, reducing impoverished population and snail fever prevention and control

 

 

The objectives of the overseas study tour program:

 

  • Improve the project management capacity of the personnel in the Project Management Unit (PMU)
  • Strengthen the organizational capacity, and study overseas advanced management experience in water environment treatment, ecological protection and economic development through domestic and overseas study tours, workshops, seminars and on-the-job training
  • Provide a creative and prospective proposal for Jiangxi province and/or China’s twelfth five-year plan