Bandung Eco-town Workshop
and Eco-Creative Fest-Fair
Sharing Information and Experiencesin Developing a "Recycling Oriented Society" for Communities and Industries

Makoto Fujita
Global Environment Center (GEC)Osaka, JAPANProfile of GEC• Global Environment Centre （GEC） is a supportingorganization of UNEP/International Environmental
Technology Centre (UNEP/IETC) in Osaka, Japan.
• GEC has been supporting “UNEP/IETC’s Eco-town
Project” since 2004 by disseminating information on theconcepts, policies and approaches of eco-towns in Japan,
carrying out surveys on the status of waste management
and recycling industries, organizing seminars andpreparing reports/publications, aiming at providing
information to facilitate the improvement of waste
management and the transition to a recycling oriented
society in developing countries.

Profile of Bandung City
• Bandung City in Indonesia is one of the pilot cities for
UNEP/IETC’s eco-town project, and has participated in
Kawasaki Eco-Business Forum since 2006.
Bandung City
•Population： 2.4 million•Area:
168 sq. km
Bandung Metropolitan Area
•Population: 7.4 million•Area:
2,217 sq. km

Bandung

Profile of Bandung City In Bandung City, various
environmental initiatives havebeen implemented under thestrong leadership of the mayor.
 Currently, the following
activities are carried out as ecotown initiatives.
- Conceptualization ofenvironmental policy framework- Dialogues with industries andsetting up industries’ perception- Awareness raising of citizens
and promotion of community
participation

The 6th Kawasaki Eco-Business Forum inFebruary 2010
• The delegate from Bandung City presented a plan toorganize ”Eco-Creative Fair” and “Eco-town Workshop”,
replicating Kawasaki Eco-Business Forum and Kawasaki
Eco-Tech Fair in their city.
• Meanwhile, GEC presented a plan to organize aworkshop to report the results of its survey on recycling
technologies employed in eco-towns in Japan.
• Accordingly, Bandung City Government and GEC
agreed to co-organize an eco-town workshop in
Bandung in September 2010, taking advantage of theinformation exchange at the Kawasaki Eco-Business
Forum.

Background of Bandung Eco-town Workshop• GEC was originally planning to organize a workshop topresent about the application of recycling technologies inJapan and Indonesia and introduce Japanese recycling
technologies applicable in developing countries.
• Meanwhile, Bandung City Government was planning toorganize events, in commemoration of the 200th anniversaryof the city in 2010.
• And it was proposed that the ”Eco-Creative Fair” and the“Eco-town Workshop” to be linked, aiming at raisingawareness of the stakeholders related to the promotion of 3R,
such as national/provincial/city governments, privatecompanies, communities, by sharing information on theirinitiatives towards developing a recycling oriented society.

Eco-town Workshop and Eco-Creative Fest-Fair Objectives of the workshop• To share information and experiences of the cities,
communities, and the private sector in Indonesia and Japan indeveloping and implementing Eco-towns/cities;• To share information on appropriate technology solutions tobe adopted by the private sector and communities to reduce
their negative environmental impact and to develop a
recycling oriented society; and• To highlight the environmental policy required to the proper
management of environmental technologies.
 Objectives of the “Eco-Creative Fest-Fair”• To demonstrate local initiative and innovation (community,school and the private sector) related to 3R efforts at the citylevel, and to expose eco-friendly products especially fromprivate companies

Eco-town Workshop and Eco-Creative Fest-Fair Eco-town Workshop
Date：21 September 2010
Venue: Conference room ofthe city hall
 Eco-Creative Fest-Fair
Date: 21-22 September 2010
Venue: Garden of the city hallParticipants in the Eco-town Workshop
 From Bandung City Government• Opening remarks by the Mayor of Bandung City
• Presentation by the City Secretary“Initiatives of Bandung Eco-Town Program towards BandungGreen and Harmony”

Participants in the Eco-town Workshop
 From the national government• Succeeded in inviting the Minister of Environment,Indonesia• Keynote speech by the Minister of Environment• Presentation from the Ministry of Environment“Revitalizes ADIPURA Program: Environmentally Sustainable
Cities Toward Eco-Cities”

Participants in the Eco-town Workshop
 From overseas• Dr. Hari Srinivas, UNEP/IETC“Eco-towns in the Asia-Pacific Region”• Makoto Fujita, GEC“Eco-town Initiatives by Private Sectors and Local Governments in Japan”• Mr. Michikazu Kojima, JETRO“Application of Environmental Technologies in Developing Countries”• Mr. Ben Wismen, SERI, Penang, Malaysia“Creating an Eco-Town Policy Environment in Penang”

Participants in the Eco-town Workshop
 From the Provincial Government• West Java Provincial Government“Initiatives of the West Java Provincial Government for thedevelopment of Eco Town in the Bandung Basin”
 From private companies• PT. Prasadha Pamunah Limbah Industri (DOWA Group)- Collection and treatment of industrial wastes• PT. Indonesia Toray Synthetics (Toray Group）- Waste reduction and recycling in the production
processes and contribution to the local society• PT. Mukti Mandiri Lestari (Indonesian Company)- Treatment and resource recovery of E-wastes

Participants in the Eco-town Workshop
 From communities“Sharing Experiences in theimplementation of City
Environmental Management
at the Community Level”

“Eco-Creative Fair-Fest”• Organized by Bandung City Government and theInstitute of Ecology, Padjadjaran University• 48 exhibition booths by NGOs, communities, schools
and private companies

Eco-Creative Fair
• PT. Prasadha Pamunah Limbah Industri (DOWA Group)• PT. Indonesia Toray Synthetics (Toray Group）• PT. Mukti Mandiri Lestari (Indonesian company)• PT. Tetra Pak & Kontak (Tetra Pack Group）• A-Wing International (Japanese micro wind turbine company)

Eco-Creative FestExhibition for promoting composts

Exhibition of goods made from waste

Exhibition of initiatives by a school

Exhibition of greenerySummary• The concept of Bandung Eco-town Workshop was initiatedfrom replicating Kawasaki Eco-Business Form.
• However, Bandung Eco-town Workshop was elaborated toshare information on stakeholders’ initiatives related to theeco-town development, aiming at raising awareness ofcitizens and the private sector on a recycling oriented
society as well as promoting public participation, and has
become a original type of workshop different from theKawasaki Eco-Business Forum.
• Awareness raising and participation of stakeholders areimportant elements for building a recycling oriented society,and disclosure and sharing of information can facilitate it.
• Replication of Kawasaki Eco-Business Forum and Bandung
Eco-town workshop will help initiatives of every city in theworld for building a recycling oriented society.

GEC is planning to organize the next eco-town
workshop around December 2011.
We welcome participation and presentations fromthe ones who are involved in eco-town initiatives.
Thank you for your kind attention.