The third annual meeting of the ACEDP Joint High-level Roundtable (HLRT–3), the premier decision-making body of the program, was held in Beijing on 27 July 2009. The meeting chaired by Ms Octavia Borthwick, Assistant Director General, Asia Regional Branch, AusAID and Mr Zhang Kening, Commercial Counsellor (Director-General Level), MOFCOM. Delegations from the nine Program Core Partners, members from the Environmental Advisory Team (EAT), program coordination office (PCO), and the managing contractor GHD Pty, along with other relevant external experts participated in the event. Also present were His Excellency Dr Geoff Raby, the Australian Ambassador and representatives from the Australian Embassy in Beijing and the Australian Government Department of Climate Change.
Aide Memoir for HLRT –2
The 2nd Meeting of the Joint Australia China High Level Round Table (HLRT) for the ACEDP was held on 8 September 2008 in Canberra. Mr Richard Moore, Deputy Director General of AusAID’s ASIA Division opened the meeting. Ms Octavia Borthwick, Assistant Director General of AusAID’s Asia Regional Branch and Mr Zhang Kening, Director General of Chinese Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) chaired the meeting. Eleven national government agencies from both countries participated in the HLRT.
The HLRT reviewed the Program progress, endorsed the Policy Landscape Review and agreed on the strategic direction of ACEDP and the proposed annual planning process.
Summary Report for HLRT –1
The inaugural meeting of the Joint High-level Roundtable (HLRT-1) was held in Beijing, on Tuesday 25th September 2007 and was attended by the Program owners AusAID and MOFCOM, core partner agencies in China (MWR, MEP, SFA, and NDRC), members of the Interim Environment Advisory Team (EAT), and ACEDP staff. The meeting was broadcasted by videoconference to Canberra where Australian partner agencies were in attendance including: DEW, NWC, MDBC, CSIRO Land and Water and DAFF.