A Roundtable on Breaking Barriers to the Adoption of Clean Air Technologies was held in SMX Convention Center, Manila on March 20, 2009. This forum was organized by the Partnership for Clean Air (PCA). PCA is a multi-sector network in The Philippines with organizational members from government, civil society, academic institutions and private sector. PCA also serves as the country network of CAI-Asia in the Philippines.
The aim of this forum is to discuss the barriers of clean air in the Philippines and suggest the possible actions from the government, NGO, academic sector to improve the air quality since “Philippine Clean Air of 1999” signed in 1999 and implemented in 2000. On that day, the representatives from the governments, private companies, NGO and the universities presented the current situation of clean air projects and opinions what barriers they have encountered and how to improve the current situation. They were enthusiastic about better air quality in the Philippines. I like them so much.
For me, I leant a lot from this forum. Since I had just stayed in Manila for 10 days, I was not familiar with the regulation of clean air in the Philippines. In the forum, I met many peoples from the government and private companies, and realized the barriers in implementing the Act in the Philippines. Now, I am staying in Manila for 10 months, it is a good chance for me to learn more about the national air quality management policies in the Philippines, other than Hong Kong’s.
