The mission team included of Mr. Ge Backus (Senior Economist,
Wageningen University), Mr Henning Steinfeld (Chief, AGAL), Mr Pierre
Gerber (Livestock respectively Policy Officer, AGAL) and Ms Nawarat
Chalermpao (Assistant Coordinator, RFO) visited Thailand, Vietnam and
China during 12-17 February 2009 for the second CoSiMo mission.
The team met with policy researchers and policy officers from each
country to follow up the data collection and. discuss with them on
alternative combinations of environment policy measures.
CoSiMo (Cost of compliance Simulation Model) aims to support the
policy formulation of waste management practices. It focuses on the
farmer cost of compliance and determines expected consequences of
alternative policy options. It supports the ranking of the
cost-effectiveness of policies, for officers that advice competent
authorities. The next CoSiMo mission will be in early 2010.
For more details, please see the consultants’ report on CoSiMo
mission
here.
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