PROCEEDINGS of the 46Th CCOP ANNUAL SESSION (PART I)
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COORDINATING COMMITTEE FOR GEOSCIENCE PROGRAMMES IN EAST AND SOUTHEAST ASIA (CCOP) PROCEEDINGS OF THE 46th CCOP ANNUAL SESSION (PART I) 18 - 23 OCTOBER 2009 VUNG TAU, VIETNAM CCOP Technical Secretariat 75/10, CCOP Building, Rama VI Road Phayathai, Ratchathewi, Bangkok 10400, Thailand Tel: +66 (0) 2644 5468 Fax: +66 (0) 2644 5429 E-mail: [email protected] Homepage: http://www.ccop.or.th April 2010 CONTENTS ATTENDANCE AND ORGANIZATION 1 OPENING CEREMONY OF THE 46th ANNUAL SESSION 2 ELECTION OF OFFICERS 2 AGENDA ITEM 1. Adoption of the Agenda 2 2. CCOP Progress Report 2 3. Member Countries’ Reports 2 4. Cooperating Countries’ and Organizations’ Reports 3 5. CCOP Workplan for 2010 3 6. Advisory Group Meeting 3 7. Report of the CCOP Advisory Group Meeting 4 8. Date and Venue of the 47th CCOP Annual Session 4 9. Other Matters 4 9.1. CCOP Contribution to the International Year of the Planet Earth (IYPE) 4 9.2. EAGER Award 4 9.3. Report on New Member Country Applicants 5 9.3.1 Finland as the New Cooperating Country to CCOP 5 9.3.2 Mongolia and Lao as CCOP Member Countries 5 9.4. Progress Report of the Strategic Plan 5 10. General Remarks from Delegations 5 11. Thematic Session 6 12. Adoption of Report 6 CLOSING CEREMONY 6 ANNEXES : ANNEX I : LIST OF PARTICIPANTS 9 ANNEX II : SPEECHES 21 ANNEX III : AGENDA 33 ANNEX IV : CCOP PROGRESS REPORT 35 i ANNEX V : MEMBER COUNTRIES’ REPORTS 53 Country Report of CHINA 55 Country Report of INDONESIA 75 Country Report of JAPAN 95 Country Report of THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA 123 Country Report of MALAYSIA 145 Country Report of PAPUA NEW GUINEA 161 Country Report of THE PHILIPPINES 177 Country Report of THAILAND 189 Country Report of TIMOR-LESTE 229 Country Report of VIETNAM 237 ANNEX VI : COOPERATING COUNTRIES’ AND ORGANIZATIONS’ REPORTS 251 Country Report of FINLAND 253 Country Report of GERMANY 259 Country Report of THE NETHERLANDS 265 Country Report of NORWAY 269 Country Report of UNITED KINGDOM 279 Organization Report of ASCOPE 285 Organization Report of GETECH 289 Organization Report of IYPE 295 Organization Report of PETRAD 301 ANNEX VII : CCOP WORKPLAN FOR 2010 307 ANNEX VIII : REPORT OF THE ADVISORY GROUP MEETING 317 ANNEX IX : PROPOSED FUTURE ACTIVITIES AND ASSISTANCE REQUESTED BY CCOP MEMBER COUNTRIES 2009 319 ii th REPORT OF THE 46th CCOP ANNUAL SESSION 18-23 October 2009 Vung tau, Vietnam ATTENDANCE AND ORGANIZATION VENUE The 46th Annual Session of the Coordinating Committee for Geoscience Programmes in East and Southeast Asia (CCOP) was held at the Palace Hotel in Vung tau, Vietnam on 18-23 October 2009. It was organized by PETROVIETNAM, Department of Geology and Minerals of Vietnam (DGMV) and the Technical Secretariat of CCOP (CCOP TS). ATTENDANCE The Session was attended by representatives of the following Member Countries: CAMBODIA, CHINA, INDONESIA, JAPAN, REPUBLIC OF KOREA, MALAYSIA, PAPUA NEW GUINEA, THE PHILIPPINES, THAILAND, TIMOR-LESTE and VIETNAM. From the Cooperating Countries, CANADA, FINLAND, GERMANY, JAPAN, THE NETHERLANDS, NORWAY and UNITED KINGDOM were in attendance. From the Cooperating and Corresponding Organizations, ASCOPE, GETECH, and PETRAD attended the session. Also present at the Meeting were Honorary Advisers of CCOP. LAO PDR, was in attendance as an observer. The staff of the CCOP TS, PETROVIETNAM and DGMV provided the necessary conference services. The List of Participants is appended to this report as ANNEX I. Proceedings of the 46 th CCOP Annual Session 1 CCOP Technical Secretariat Vung tau, Vietnam, 18-23 October 2009 OPENING CEREMONY OF THE 46th ANNUAL SESSION The opening ceremony commenced with the opening address by Dr. Phung Dinh Thuc, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to CCOP and the President and CEO of PETROVIETNAM. The welcome addresses were delivered by H.E. Dr. Nguyen Xuan Cuong, the Vice-Minister, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of Vietnam, Mr. Tran Minh Sanh, Chairperson of Ba-Ria Vung tau People Committee, Dato’ Yunus Abdul Razak, Chairperson of the CCOP Steering Committee. The keynote address was delivered by Dr. Joseph de Sonneville, Vice-Chairperson of the CCOP Advisory Group. Prior to the opening ceremony, one minute silence was observed to honor the victims of natural disasters in the region. Their speeches are attached as ANNEX II. ELECTION OF OFFICERS Dr. Nguyen Van Minh, Head of the Delegation of Vietnam was elected Chairperson of the Session and Dr. Djadjang Sukarna, Head of the Delegation of Indonesia, was elected Vice-Chairperson. The Representatives from Thailand, Malaysia, Canada, and Dr. A.J. Reedman, Honorary Adviser of CCOP, were elected Rapporteurs. AGENDA ITEMS 1. ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA (documents CCOP-46AS/1-1, 1-2) The Provisional Agenda for the meeting was adopted without modification. (ANNEX III). 2. CCOP PROGRESS REPORT (document CCOP-46AS/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. 3. MEMBER COUNTRIES’ REPORTS (documents CCOP-46AS/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 presented brief oral presentations of the highlights of their respective reports. Proceedings of the 46 th CCOP Annual Session 2 CCOP Technical Secretariat Vung tau, Vietnam, 18-23 October 2009 In the discussion, Dr. Nguyen Huy Quy, on behalf of Vietnam, reminded the meeting that CCOP is an intergovernmental organization and its scope of work covers vast geographical areas as well as many geological features. CCOP has a long history of good cooperation between and among Country Members for the purpose of enhancing the geoscience studies of our region and this should be continued. In particular great care should be exercised in making reference to geographically sensitive areas. 4. COOPERATING COUNTRIES’ AND ORGANIZATIONS’ REPORTS (documents CCOP-46AS/4.1-16 to 4.2-29) Written reports were filed prior to the meeting and are reproduced in ANNEX VI. Additional comments following verbal presentation are given below: FINLAND Dr. Hirokazu Kato, on behalf of the Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, thanked GTK for their kind hospitality during their visit to GTK last year for their kick-off meeting. He hoped that the cooperation between GSJ and GTK will be strongly promoted. GERMANY Dr. A. Djumarma Wirakusumah, on behalf of the Indonesian Government expressed their great appreciation to the German Government for the strong support and cooperation in georisk projects. The cooperation has been a great success and has been producing many benefits to both sides, especially to Indonesia. He wished that cooperation will be continued and further strengthened. NORWAY Ms. Norberta S. da Costa, on behalf of the Timor-Leste Government, conveyed her thanks to the Norwegian Government for the hard work and kind support in developing Timor-Leste. Dr. Nguyen Huy Quy expressed Vietnam’s sincere gratitude to the Government of Norway, PETRAD, NPD and CCOP for the effective support and cooperation in the petroleum field. He also hoped that Vietnam and the rest of the CCOP Member Countries will receive continuing assistance from the Government of Norway. The Cambodian Delegation thanked Norway for providing legal expertise and would like to gain more support in the future. 5. CCOP WORKPLAN FOR 2010 (document CCOP-46AS/5) The Director of CCOP TS presented the Work Plan for 2010 and commented on various details of the tabled report (ANNEX VII). 6. ADVISORY GROUP MEETING The Advisory Group met in private session. Proceedings of the 46 th CCOP Annual Session 3 CCOP Technical Secretariat Vung tau, Vietnam, 18-23 October 2009 7. REPORT OF THE CCOP ADVISORY GROUP MEETING Dr. Joseph de Sonneville, Vice-Chairperson of the Advisory Group presented a summary report of the Advisory Group Meeting, the main points of which were included in a power point presentation as shown in ANNEX VIII. The Malaysian Delegation representing all Member Countries of CCOP, re-emphasized their appreciation to the Advisory Group for their transparent and direct ‘to the point’ observations and recommendations. The Member Countries through the Steering Committee and the Technical Secretariat will analyze all the recommendations and implement them as accepted by the Steering Committee. 8. PROPOSED DATE AND VENUE OF THE 47TH CCOP ANNUAL SESSION The Delegate from Indonesia presented an invitation to all CCOP Member Countries, Cooperating Countries and Organization to attend the 47th Annual Session of CCOP to be held in Manado, Indonesia on 18-23 October 2010. He presented information of Manado and its surroundings, and delegates received the first circular with details of the meeting. The presentation and invitation were enthusiastically applauded. 9. OTHER MATTERS 9.1. CCOP Contributions to the International Year of the Planet Earth (IYPE) The Director of CCOP TS delivered an oral report on CCOP’s participation as an Associate Partner in IYPE. Dr. A.J. Reedman, Honorary Adviser, commented that it was very appropriate that CCOP had played such an active part in IYPE. One of the originators of the idea of having such an “International Year” was Dr. Henk Schalke, a previous representative of the Netherlands and now Honorary Adviser to CCOP. Both CCOP and many of its Member Countries have taken an active part, particularly with many outreach activities during the International Year. CCOP together with LESTARI of Malaysia published a book on the Geoheritage of East and Southeast Asia. This is a most attractive book and needs wider distribution to fulfill its outreach aims. One suggestion is that Member Countries may wish to translate their respective national chapters from the book into their own languages for wider distribution to their own people.