China Canada Cooperation Project in Cleaner Production
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Award for International Cooperation -
November 16, 2001
The Scotiabank Award for Gender Equality Achievement
The China-Canada Cooperation Project in Cleaner Production was given a Canadian Award for International Cooperation. This award is sponsored by Canadian industry and the Canadian government through CIDA. It recognizes the achievements of the project in promoting environmentally sustainable development in China by enhancing its capacity to manage its environment. Special recognition was given to the measures take to incorporate women's opportunities and Gender Equality into the design and implementation of the project.
From CIDA's site:
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Scotiabank Award for Gender Equality Achievement for a project
that has taken concrete measures to support the achievement of
equality between women and men to ensure sustainable
development. Winner I: PricewaterhouseCoopers/SNC/ESSA The China Canada Cooperation Project in Cleaner Production is helping Chinese industries and government regulators to effect significant emissions improvements in the pulp and paper, fertilizer, Chlor-alkali (plastics), and brewing sectors. Women working in these plants are concentrated in lower-level positions. Now, after a special focus on gender issues in this project, women make up 30% of the workers in training, and are being encouraged to apply for decision-making positions at participating plants. These women have helped to save water and reduce pollutants in their workplaces and neighbourhoods; they expanded day-care facilities at one job site; and they are confident that they can be agents of positive change. Women connected to the project have also begun to make a broader impact beyond their job sites. They organized the first national workshop on gender equality and development in China in 1999. They established a new Chinese non-governmental organization, set up a Web page, tour schools, and now run a popular street fair—all to raise national awareness on environmental issues. The China Canada Cooperation Project in Cleaner Production, begun in 1996, is run by a consortium of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, SNC-Lavalin Environment Inc., and ESSA Technologies Ltd. |
From Ken Parent, Project Director:
This award recognizes the hard work and dedication of all our team members in Canada and China. Our Chinese counterparts have worked so hard to implement the many idea s that we have developed in an atmosphere of mutual trust. I would like to thank each of you for your contribution.
This Award was dedicated to the memory of Madame Liang Boqing. She was the guiding light behind the design of the project and was Manager of the Chinese Project Office until her untimely death in 1999. Her spirit lives on through the overall success of the Project.
I would also like to thank Mr. He and Bob Lao for their enormous contribution to the project achievements.
Mme. Liang's daughter, Jian Liu, was in Winnipeg with our consortia representative to accept the ward. She spoke about her mother and how important the environment and this project were to her. She received a standing ovation from the dinner guests. This award certainly gives recognition to her mother's life achievements and her dedication to ensuring that is project leaves a sustaining and growing legacy.
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| Mme. Liang's daughter, Jian Liu, in Winnipeg with our consortia representative to accept the ward. |
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Ken Parent, Liang Boqing, Pat Lafferty and a colleague enjoying dinner during an Ottawa study tour. (left to right) |
| Mme. Liang on a study tour in Canada (side trip to Niagara Falls) - 1998 |  |
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In memory of Mme. Liang Boqing Mme. Liang, an environmental specialist in the chemical industry, formerly deputy chief engineer of the Beijing Research Institute of Chemical Industry (BRICI), died of illness on May 5, 1999 in Beijing. She was born in Shangdon province on October 10, 1941 and graduated from the Dalian Engineering University in 1964 with a degree in Chemical Engineering. Since then, Mme. Liang has worked in many fields in the capacity of technical expert. She joined the Beijing Research Institute of Chemical Industry in 1976, where she has worked on many projects, published technical papers, and promoted international information exchange. Mme. Liang was chosen to act as the Project officer for the China-Canada Cooperation Program on Cleaner Production, and had the responsibility of managing the Chinese Project Office. Due in no small measure to her efforts and coordination skills, the project has been implemented with great success. She was well respected for her devotion to her work and her pleasant personality. In her gentle manner, she transmitted her enthusiasm for her work to her younger colleagues. Although she is gone, Mme. Liang will be remembered by all those who have had the pleasure and honour of knowing her. -- Robert Lao, Canadian Project Manager |
| Background Information on the awards from CIDA's site: |
| Canadian awards for international cooperation |
| For nine years, the Canadian Awards for International Cooperation have recognized the achievements of Canadian businesses supporting sustainable economic growth and social programs to reduce poverty in the developing countries of Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as in the countries in transition in Central and Eastern Europe. The overall aims of the awards are:
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See also:
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CIDA Press Release, Nov. 16, 2001 -- http://www.ACDI-CIDA.gc.ca/
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Cleaning up in China: Women Take Charge -- April 23, 2002
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Project Gender Equality Strategy
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