The Bureau of Oceans and Overseas ecological and Scientific Affairs’ (OES) workplace of Environmental Quality and Transboundary problems during the U.S. Department of State (DOS), announces the Notice of Funding chance (“NOFO”) for activities beneath the “Air Quality in Southern Asia” project.

The “Air Quality in Southern Asia” project promises to recognize and build capability of targeted sectors that play a role in polluting of the environment in South Asian nations to lessen the duty of polluting of the environment also to market an array that is broad of technologies, policies, and research that may finally allow us to inhale cleaner atmosphere. Possible goals for technical help and capability building could consist of: increased energy savings and clean power use; increased effectiveness of stone kilns, that are crucial for infrastructure development in Southern Asia; farming technology, laws and methods that will reduce polluting emissions; transportation-related policies and laws; along with other sectors. Points of interest within sectors would consist of both federal government and private-sector, motivating them to look at laws and methods which will reduce emissions that are polluting.

Program objectives: the aim of the “Air Quality in Southern Asia” project would be to raise the monitoring and regulatory ability to deal with smog and develop National Action Plans (NAPs) in Southern Asia. The project will offer tech support team and ability building to all the four countries entitled to funding to improve quality of air monitoring capacity, develop regulatory structures, while increasing public understanding of smog causes and effects.

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