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Dear readers,
Here it is, the first issue of 2022!
We are thrilled to start the year with updated project activities and insightful articles.
In the spotlight is the celebration of 160 years of Thai-German relations (#160TG) throughout this year. Let’s celebrate the partnership of trade, education, culture, technology and environment from the past journey of cooperation to ongoing efforts and beyond. We will continue to strengthen German diplomatic relations with Thailand and at the same time, we will look for new opportunities to look beyond the current exchanges and raise the level of cooperation to benefit nature, society and people.
As always, we offer a few highlights from the projects including driving the financial mechanism to tackle climate change in Thailand, the launch of the Green Cooling Initiative project also in Thailand, moving towards skill development for the cooling sector, supporting the Half-Half co-payment scheme to provide farmers and agripreneurs with financial support for climate-smart rice farming and much more. Please browse and enjoy reading!
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And don’t forget we offer various training courses through AIZ Bangkok to help you enhance your skills and capacity in your work. You can find them here.
Best regards,
Your newsletter team
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| Germany hands over ultra-cold temperature freezers to boost Thailand’s COVID-19 vaccination rollout |
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GIZ Thailand has handed over ultra-cold temperature freezers for COVID-19 vaccine storage and other equipment to Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health. |
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The four ultra-cold temperature freezers and 51,000 sets of low dead-space syringes and needles were handed over at the Department of Disease Control. |
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This will enable health authorities to boost the vaccination rollout among vulnerable groups as well as populations at risk in the border area. |
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MRV Knowledge Transfer Tools for Thai Rice Sector
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GIZ collaborated with the Rice Department and the International Rice Research Institute to launch a handbook to develop the skills for fulfilling the “Measurement, Reporting and Verification” (MRV) system. |
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This MRV handbook serves as a tool for measuring and calculating GHG emissions in the rice sector for rice researchers, agricultural extension officers, local farmers as well as general people. |
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It enhances transparency and credibility in reporting GHG emission reduction while translating complex technical knowledge into a user-friendly format. |
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| Coffee+ Thailand goes online to improve capacity building and knowledge sharing |
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The Farmer Business School (FBS) online workshop session was organised to enhance knowledge and skills in agripreneurship and farm management of robusta coffee smallholders in Krabi and Surat Thani. |
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FBS online and on-site training sessions will be conducted in the future so that the young farmers will be able to acquire knowledge and skills essential for continuing their families’ agricultural farming practices in the long run.
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Scaling up innovative, inclusive insurance in agricultural value chains to build climate resilience in ASEAN
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Agricultural and financial experts and representatives from public and private sectors discussed the finance, innovations and technology, particularly in insurance. |
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Regional workshops are aimed at creating awareness and capacity building through sharing lessons learned, best practices and innovative solutions. |
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GIZ has cooperated with the ASEAN Secretariat in developing the Guidelines on Agricultural Insurance Implementation. It will be proposed to the ASEAN Agriculture Working Group on Crops for approval by mid-2022. |
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Climate change adaptation mainstreaming into Thailand’s water sector is on the go!
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The Office of National Water Resources (ONWR) and the Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning (ONEP) have agreed to issue a joint policy brief outlining recommendations on the integration of climate change adaptation into Thailand’s water management. |
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The ONWR intends to incorporate recommendations set forth in this policy brief in the revision of the 20-year Water Resources Management Master Plan to strengthen climate resilience of Thailand’s water sector.
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| Advancing ecosystem-based adaptation strategies in the Thai Water Sector |
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Nature-based Solutions (NbS) in the form of Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) can be a cost-effective measure to help people adapt to climate change while restoring nature and its ecosystems. |
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A “Capacity Development Programme” is promoting knowledge on NbS and EbA to move towards more climate-resilient water management in the Thai water sector. |
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In Phase 2 of the programme, key stakeholders and local actors learned about the NbS, EbA and Green Infrastructure as well as the Climate Risk Vulnerability Assessments (CRVA) as strategies for building climate resilience in watersheds. |
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| Strengthening ASEAN’s training programme on professional skills and digital competences |
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In response to digitalisation and industry 4.0, RECOTVET programme along with its partners and stakeholders agreed to redesign the Regional In-Service Training Programme. |
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Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) professionals and multipliers in ASEAN and TVET experts in Germany discussed regional demands for competencies in the digital era. |
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The outcomes of the discussions will be used to create digital multimedia and formulate the redesign of the training programme on SEA-VET.net. |
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