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PROMOTE SUSTAINED, INCLUSIVE AND SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC GROWTH, FULL AND PRODUCTIVE EMPLOYMENT AND DECENT WORK FOR ALL
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022 saw AIT students explore ways to link human wellness to sustainability through participation in, for example, a training program on adopting the circular economy in Thailand’s food supply chain. AIT also joined an Indian partner to work toward skills development, training of trainers, and capacity building
for employability, job creation, and entrepreneurship. An innovative initiative was the development of a marketplace app designed to help bamboo farmers in the Philippines market their products. AIT students and faculty members also researched options for enhancing rural livelihoods in the Mekong Delta Region.
CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAMME FOR MRV AND TRANSPARENCY
Duration: 2021-2025 Description: The UNFCCC’s Climate Action and Support Transparency Training (UNFCCC-CASTT) is a capacity-building program designed to cater to stakeholders at all levels of competencies within national climate governance and implementation. This program aims to build the institutional and technical capacity of developing countries to effectively participate in existing measurement, reporting, and verification (MRV) arrangements under the UNFCCC and the Enhanced Transparency Framework (ETF) under the Paris Agreement. The Program will be carried out in collaboration with Alliance for Global Water Adaptation (AGWA), the IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, and Oregon State University.
Weblink: 🌐 https://unfccc.int/castt-adaptation-academy
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20 AIT SUSTAINABILITY 22 REPORT STUDENTS EXPLORE SOLUTIONS TO ADDRESS RURAL-URBAN HUMAN WELLNESS TOWARD SUSTAINABILITY
Duration: Description: Students from the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) and various universities shared their innovations on sustainable urban wellness at the 4th Sustainability Hackathon, which was organized from 18 to 20 November 2022 at AIT’s Entrepreneurship Center (EC). The hackathon focused on interlinkages within ruralurban migration movements and how human wellness in urban areas can be improved as people migrating from rural areas face many urban challenges. Jointly organized by AIT’s Department of Development and Sustainability (DDS), AIT-EC, and Computers and Structures, Inc. (CSI), a total of 14 teams from different universities participated in the event.
🌐 https://ait.ac.th/2022/11/students-explore-
solutions-to-address-rural-urban-human-wellnesstoward-sustainability
ADOPTING A CIRCULAR ECONOMY IN THE FOOD SUPPLY CHAIN
Duration: Description: The Food Innovation, Nutrition, and Health (FINH) and Food Engineering and Bioprocess Technology (FEBT) academic programs of the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) together with Aston University, Chulalongkorn University, University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce, Panyapiwat Institute of Management, and Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) organized a training program on “Adopting the Circular Economy in Thailand’s Food Supply Chain.” The program was held at the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) building in Bangkok on July 27, 2022. There were 65 participants from food industries, academic institutions, and enterprises. The training program was organized under the Newton Fund Project’s “Adopting the Circular Economy in Food Supply Chain Through Industry-Academia Collaboration.” The Newton Fund finances the project through the National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT). It aims to promote the importance of the bio-circular economy in the food supply chain by coordinating and interacting directly with industries so that they can use a circular economy in their field.
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This research project is a collaboration between five academic institutions, including the Asian Institute of Technology, Aston University, Chulalongkorn University, the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce, and the Panyapiwat Institute of Management. This project aims to understand agri-food producers’ and retailers’ attitudes towards emerging issues in the food supply chain system, specifically referring to circular economy methodology as a means of addressing food waste management. 🌐 https://ait.ac.th/2022/08/adopting-a-circular-
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NATIONAL POWER TRAINING INSTITUTE (NPTI) SIGNS AND MOU
Duration: Description: A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) and the National Power Training Institute (NPTI), India to work together in an integrated and collaborative manner in the field of sustainable development of the power sector and beyond. The scope of the MoU includes collaborating as consultants in the fields of education, training, and consulting to accelerate, expand, and achieve the objectives of skills development and capacity building programs launched by AIT and NPTI towards better employability, enhanced job creation, and entrepreneurship. Expertise from the institutions, facilities, infrastructure, and resources will be exchanged to meet national and international objectives. Various interactive sessions, workshops, roundtables, seminars, and conferences will be organized. The Institutes will work jointly towards enhancing the industry-academia interface and aligning
training, capacity building, and skills development to meet the industry-specific requirements and for better employability. They will support each other within the “Training the Trainers” program, entrepreneurship development programs, course standardization and certification programs, testing protocols, commercialization of R&D activities, etc. 🌐 https://ait.ac.th/2022/12/ait-and-national-power-
training-institute-npti-sign-mou
MOU WITH BANGLADESH HI-TECH PARK AUTHORITY (BHTPA)
Duration: Description: The Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Bangladesh Hi-Tech Park Authority (BHTPA) to develop skilled human resources suitable for technological revolution during a ceremony held online via Zoom. Under this agreement, AIT and BHTPA will work together to exchange global knowledge on the application of engineering and technology in agriculture, business, industry, and sustainable development. 🌐 https://ait.ac.th/2022/08/ait-signs-mou-with-
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20 AIT SUSTAINABILITY 22 REPORT MOBILE APP DEVELOPED BY AIT’S ALUMNA EYES TO BOOST LIVELIHOOD OF BAMBOO FARMERS
Duration: Description: Bamboost, an online marketplace app developed by Ms. Analiza Cruzat Diaz, a Climate Change and Sustainable Development graduate from the School of Environment, Resources, and Development, Asian Institute of Technology as part of her masters thesis aims to help bamboo farmers in marketing their products. The Bamboost App is one of the outputs from a project titled “Mainstreaming of Bamboost App as an Online Marketing Platform of Bamboo Farmers in Select Science & Technology Community-Based Farm (STCBF) Sites” jointly led by Ms Diaz and Prof. Love Jhoye M. Raboy of the University of Science and Technology of the Southern Philippines. It is funded and supported by the Philippines Council for Agriculture and the Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST PCAARRD). This project also forms part of the collaboration program between DOST-PCAARRD and AIT. Soft launching and user testing of the Bamboost App was held on May 24, 2022 at the iDEYA Center for Technopreneurship Innovation, Mindanao State University, Iligan Institute of
Technology (MSU-IIT), which was meant to introduce the app to bamboo farmers, processors, and entrepreneurs who will eventually be the target clients once it is up and running. It was attended by key players in the bamboo value chain in Northern Mindanao, Philippines. Apart from Iligan City, Bukidnon and Iloilo provinces are the other initial target sites of the Bamboost project where the app is to be adopted. 🌐 https://ait.ac.th/2022/06/mobile-app-developed-
by-ait-alumna-eyed-to-boost-livelihood-ofbamboo-farmers
STUDY ON HOW SMALL-SCALE FARMERS IN VIETNAM ADAPT TO CLIMATE CHANGE WINS BEST PAPER AWARD
Duration: Description: A research paper by students and faculty members at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) won the Best Paper Award from the 10th Asian Society of Agricultural Economists (ASAE) International conference held in Beijing on December 6-8, 2021. The paper investigates how rural small-scale farmers, who produce 90% of rice in the Mekong Delta Region (MDR), adapt to climate change, and offer policy recommendations to enhance rural livelihoods. 🌐 https://ait.ac.th/2022/01/study-on-how-small-
scale-farmers-in-vietnam-adapt-to-climatechange-won-the-best-paper-award
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