Sustainable Industrial Network and its Applications on Micro Regional Environmental Planning (SINET)
 First Expert Group Seminar

Background

The major objectives of the SINET project are:

• To analyze and document various success and failure stories of industry  networks from Sweden/Europe and India/Asia, and to ascertain their impacts on environment and sustainability aspects of the respective micro regions

• To create awareness on the influence of industry network (key economic  activity) on the micro region’s environmental and  sustainability aspects

• To facilitate focused / thematic exchange of information and experience amongst the stakeholders of the selected industrial  networks and selected micro regions

• To facilitate an operational and practical dialogue amongst various stakeholders – Govt., Industry organizations, Industry, NGO, Research institutions etc. – from Sweden/Europe and India/Asia

• To document and publish conference proceedings, outcomes and recommendations besides widely disseminating the same to all relevant stakeholder organizations.
  

Concept

This expert group seminar will discuss the sustainability and unsustainability aspects of industrial networking with referance to the sugar industry and its allied network. Indian and European case studies pertaining to industrial networking will be presented to draw analogy between the two and identify the best practices that can be adopted for preparing a base model that is not only more efficient, but which is intrinsically adjusted to the tolerances and characteristics of the natural system.(micro-region)

Outcome of  First Expert Group Seminar

• Appreciating the value of Sustainable Industrial Networking

• Contribution to cutting-edge thinking

• New ideas, opportunities and connections

 Audience

 This expert group meeting will be of particular interest to

• Industry clusters & Networking experts

• Experts in sustainability assessment

• Micro-regional environmental planner

• Academicians and Researchers working with Sustainability

• Environmental & Industrial Policy makers / decision makers

• NGO’s working towards sustainable development.