PROCEEDINGS of the 48Th CCOP ANNUAL SESSION (PART I) 5-8
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COORDINATING COMMITTEE FOR GEOSCIENCE PROGRAMMES IN EAST AND SOUTHEAST ASIA (CCOP) PROCEEDINGS OF THE 48th CCOP ANNUAL SESSION (PART I) 5-8 NOVEMBER 2012 LANGKAWI, MALAYSIA CCOP Technical Secretariat 75/10, CCOP Building, Rama VI Road Phayat hai, Rat chat hewi, Bangkok 1 0 4 0 0 , Thailand Tel: + 66 (0) 2644 5468 Fax: + 6 6 (0) 2644 5429 E-mail: [email protected] Homepage: http:/ / www.ccop.or.th August 2013 CONTENTS ATTENDANCE AND ORGANIZATION 1 OPENING CEREMONY OF THE 47th ANNUAL SESSION 2 ELECTION OF OFFICERS 2 AGENDA ITEM 1. Adoption of the Agenda 2 2. CCOP Progress Report 2 3. Member Countries’ Reports 3 4. Cooperating Countries’ and Organizations’ Reports 3 5. Proposed CCOP Workplan for 2013 4 6. Date & Venue of the 49th CCOP Annual Session 4 7. Presentation of EAGER Award 4 8. Advisory Group Meeting 5 9. Thematic Session 5 10. Report of the CCOP Advisory Group Meeting 5 11. Other Matters 5 11.1. Report on CCOP Member Country Network 5 11.2. Tokens of Appreciation to Editors of the Book, Geological Museums in East and Southeast Asia 5 12. General Remarks from Delegations 6 13. Adoption of the Report 7 CLOSING CEREMONY 7 ANNEXES : ANNEX I : LIST OF PARTICIPANTS .9 ANNEX II : SPEECHES 20 ANNEX III : AGENDA 32 ANNEX IV : CCOP PROGRESS REPORT 33 i ANNEX V : MEMBER COUNTRIES’ REPORTS 46 Country Report of CAMBODIA 47 Country Report of CHINA 55 Country Report of INDONESIA 76 Country Report of JAPAN 110 Country Report of THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA 138 Country Report of LAO PDR 168 Country Report of MALAYSIA 176 Country Report of PAPUA NEW GUINEA 192 Country Report of THE PHILIPPINES 209 Country Report of THAILAND 218 Country Report of VIETNAM 250 ANNEX VI : COOPERATING COUNTRIES’ AND ORGANIZATIONS’ REPORTS 269 Country Report of CANADA 270 Country Report of FINLAND 275 Country Report of GERMANY 281 Country Report of THE NETHERLANDS 287 Country Report of NORWAY 298 Country Report of UNITED KINGDOM 306 Organization Report of PETRAD 311 Organization Report of UKM 315 ANNEX VII : PROPOSED CCOP WORKPLAN 2013 320 ANNEX VIII : REPORT OF THE ADVISORY GROUP MEETING 325 ANNEX IX : REPORT ON CCOP MEMBER COUNTRY NETWORK 327 ii REPORT OF THE 48th CCOP ANNUAL SESSION 5-8 November 2012 Langkawi, Malaysia ATTENDANCE AND ORGANIZATION VENUE The 48th Annual Session of the Coordinating Committee for Geoscience Programmes in East and Southeast Asia (CCOP) was held at the Holiday Villa Beach Resort & Spa in Langkawi, Malaysia on 5-8 November 2012. It was organized by the Minerals and Geoscience Department Malaysia, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and the Technical Secretariat of CCOP (CCOP TS) in cooperation with PETRONAS. ATTENDANCE The Session was attended by representatives of the following Member Countries: CAMBODIA, CHINA, INDONESIA, JAPAN, REPUBLIC OF KOREA, LAO PDR, MALAYSIA, PAPUA NEW GUINEA, PHILIPPINES, SINGAPORE, THAILAND, and VIETNAM. From the Cooperating Countries, CANADA, DENMARK, FINLAND, GERMANY, JAPAN, THE NETHERLANDS, NORWAY and UNITED KINGDOM were in attendance. From the Cooperating Organizations, PETRAD and Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) attended the session. Also present at the Meeting were the Honorary Advisers of CCOP. The staff of CCOP TS and the Minerals and Geoscience Department Malaysia provided the necessary conference services. The List of Participants is appended in this report as ANNEX I. Report of the 48 th CCOP Annual Session 1 CCOP Technical Secretariat Langkawi, Malaysia, 5-8 November 2012 OPENING CEREMONY OF THE 48th ANNUAL SESSION The welcome address was delivered by the Permanent Representative of Malaysia to CCOP, and Director General, Minerals and Geoscience Department Malaysia, Dato’ Yunus Abdul Razak. Dr. R. Sukhyar, Chairman of the CCOP Steering Committee and Ms. Franca Schwarz, Vice-Chairman of the CCOP Advisory Group delivered special messages. The opening address was given by Honorable Tan Sri Datuk Sri Panglima Joseph Kurup, Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment (NRE) Malaysia, on behalf of the NRE Minister, Honorable Dato Sri Douglas Uggah Embas. Also present at the Opening Ceremony were the Japanese Ambassador to Malaysia, H.E. Shigeru Nakamura, and the Vietnamese Ambassador to Malaysia, H.E. Nguyen Hong Thao. Their speeches are attached as ANNEX II. ELECTION OF OFFICERS Dato’ Yunus Abdul Razak, Head of the Delegation of Malaysia was elected Chairperson of the Session and Dr Eikichi Tsukuda, Head of the Delegation of Japan, was elected Vice-Chairperson. The Representatives from Vietnam (Dr. Nguyen Hong Minh) and Canada (Ms. Carmel Lowe) were elected as Rapporteurs. AGENDA ITEMS 1. ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA (documents CCOP-48AS/1-1, 1-2) The Provisional Agenda for the meeting was adopted without modification (ANNEX III). 2. CCOP PROGRESS REPORT (document CCOP-48AS/2-3) The Director of the CCOP TS summarized the Progress Report of CCOP (ANNEX IV) including organizational changes (personnel), the current financial position, technical activities and cooperation and support from Cooperating Countries and Organizations during the previous year. Simplicio P. Caluyong, Project Coordinator of CCOP-Norway EPPM Program presented the report of EPPM that highlights the technical activities conducted under the 3 Projects, its impact as reported by the national coordinators, and the outcome of review by the external consultant. He also reported on the new CCOP CO2 Storage Mapping Program (CCS-M) that is planned to be implemented in 2013 and the extension of the P1 (Phase 2) cross - border case study that is waiting for the final approval of the Royal Norwegian Government. Report of the 48th CCOP Annual Session 2 CCOP Technical Secretariat Langkawi, Malaysia, 4-8 November 2012 Per Blystad, Representative of Norway to CCOP, thanked CCOP TS, and in particular the Project Coordinator, Simplicio Caluyong, for the excellent management of the EPPM Program. Mr Blystad noted that without such excellent management, the Program would not have been so successful and so positively reviewed by the external consultant. The Representative of Denmark requested clarification of the slide showing the payment of the Member Countries Annual Contributions where it was shown that the contribution of Singapore was included. The CCOP TS Director replied that Singapore had just renewed its participation in CCOP activities since the 58th CCOP Steering Committee Meeting in Nanjing, China, March 2012 and he would discuss with Singapore the matter of its annual cash contribution as a Member Country of CCOP. 3. MEMBER COUNTRIES’ REPORTS (documents CCOP-48AS/3-4 to 3-14) Member Countries had filed their written reports prior to the commencement of the Annual Session. The Member Countries’ reports are reproduced in full in ANNEX V. Under this agenda item Member Country delegations were asked for brief oral presentations of the highlights of their respective reports. Additional verbal comments and questions on the verbal presentations are noted below: JAPAN On the G-EVER Group Project, the delegation of PNG stated that it has also had its fair share of hazards such as volcanic eruptions and that they would be glad to participate and share knowledge and ideas. He further queried whether Japan extends its invitation to other Member Countries of CCOP to join the Group. The Representative of Japan replied that there is a plan to share the information from G-EVER with CCOP Member Countries in the future. 4. COOPERATING COUNTRIES’ AND ORGANIZATIONS’ REPORTS (documents CCOP-48AS/4.1-15 to 4.2-24) Written reports were filed prior to the meeting and are reproduced in ANNEX VI. Additional comments following verbal presentation are given below: CANADA Dr Anthony Reedman, Honorary Adviser of CCOP, congratulated Canada on a very interesting presentation and noted that no doubt many, if not all, the bilateral projects mentioned and their results would be of interest to a wide range of CCOP Member Countries. Although many technical papers have been published on the projects, this does not disseminate the scientific results broadly to CCOP MCs. The CCOP TS might approach Canada with proposals for dissemination through, say, a CCOP workshop for its members only. He noted that as CCOP is no longer entirely impoverished, it could invest in this area and the CCOP Member Countries directly involved in the Canadian collaborations might also be directly involved in widening dissemination to its fellow Member Countries. It is in matters such as this that CCOP could fulfill its primary role as a ‘coordinating’ organization serving all its members. Report of the 48 th CCOP Annual Session 3 CCOP Technical Secretariat Langkawi, Malaysia, 4-8 November 2012 The Representative of Denmark agreed with the comments of Dr Reedman. He proposed that CCOP E-News could be a good start for disseminating the results obtained through the bilateral projects. He recommended CCOP TS to encourage the member countries that have bilateral projects to keep the TS informed of the results of these projects. He further asked the Representative of Canada to elaborate a bit more on the way their bilateral projects were funded. The CCOPTS Director replied that CCOP TS will include in its future plans dissemination seminars/workshops of existing bilateral projects. As suggested by Dr Reedman, CCOPTS will contact the Member Countries involved in bilateral projects, to help in the dissemination. The Representative of Canada informed the Session that dissemination to CCOP Member Countries is not currently in the scope of the reported projects but certainly could be considered for any future projects. This could present real opportunities for CCOP. The Chairperson, on behalf of the CCOP Member Countries, expressed his deep appreciation for the various activities reported by the Cooperating Countries and Cooperating Organizations. These activities not only help in building the capacities of the Member Countries but also further strengthen cooperation. 5. PROPOSED CCOP WORKPLAN FOR 2013 (document CCOP-48AS/5) The Director of CCOP TS presented the Work Plan for 2013 for the information of the Session (ANNEX VII).