November 3, 2022, 12.00 hrs., Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sura Pattanakiat, Dean of Faculty of Environment and Resource Studies, Mahidol University, presided over and delivered a speech at the opening ceremony of the international training course on “Sustainable Waste Management in a Circular Economy”, virtually organized via Zoom from November 3-22, 2022, in which Miss Chidchanok Malayawong, Director of Human Resources Development Cooperation Division, Thailand International Cooperation Agency (TICA), along with Mr. Ugur Turan, Expert of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) Secretariat, also delivered welcome speeches to the participants.
The training is organized to introduce the concepts and principles knowledge of municipal solid waste management and treatment technologies as well as apply the concept of circular economy and sufficiency economy through waste management, which can be effectively adopted in the home countries of 21 trainees representing environmental public sector organizations and government departments around the world. The training is organized with support from Thailand International Cooperation Agency (TICA), and Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA), under the supervision of Asst. Prof. Dr. Achara Ussawarujikulchai, Director of Master of Science Program in Technology of Environmental Management (Special Program), Faculty of Environment and Resource Studies, Mahidol University as the Training Program Director.
