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EU-CHINA Environmental Management Cooperation Programme ( EMCP )

The Environmental Management Co-operation Programme (EMCP) is one of themost prominent projects funded by the European Commission in the field of sustainable development in China. The programme is being implemented by the Administrative Center for China's Agenda 21, under the supervision by the Steering Committee composed of representatives from the Ministry of Commerce of PRC, the EU Delegation to China, the Ministry of Science and Technology of PRC, the State Development and Reform Commission of PRC, the State Environment Protection Administration of PRC and Chinese Co-director and EU Co-director and is designed to strengthen institutional capacity building and personnel competence in environment management; to promote local pilot and demonstration trials on sustainable development; and to push forward the transfer of environment management methods and environmentally sound technologies between the two sides; and the exchange of networking and sharing of information on sustainable development. EU contribution amounts to 13million Euros and the Chinese contribution to 5.9 million Euros.

The programme has four strongly interlinked components or "lots". Lot 1 focuses on Institutional Development;
Lot 2 addresses issues related to Local and Municipal Development, Lot 3 concentrates on the Industry Development, Lot 4 coordinates the Information, Documentation and Promotion. The general objective of the programme is to develop and to improve environmental management in China and to strengthen the national capacities in this field through increased contacts and exchanges between China and the European Union, with the ultimate objective of promoting sustainable development.

The EMCP is headed by the Director General of ACCA21, Wang Weizhong, acting as the Chinese Director of the
EMCP and by Alan Edwards, the European Director from the consulting firm MWH Belgium. Guo Risheng, Deputy
Director General of ACCA21 , Huang Jing, Director of Administration Division of ACCA21 and Peng Sizhen, Director of CESTT of ACCA21 have been appointed Deputy Director of the EMCP. Duan Ning, Vice President
of Chinese Academy of Environmental Sciences, acts as the Technical Advisor to the EMCP. The Project Management Unit of each lot of the EMCP is paired with ACCA21 as themain counterpart institution and is headed by a Chinese Project Manager and a European Co-Project Manager.