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Project Name: Capacity Building for Pollution Taxation and Resource Mobilization for Environmental and Natural Resources, Phase II, Thailand (TA No. 4667 – THA)

Project Location: Thailand (Nationwide)

Name of Client/Funding Agency: Asian Development Bank

Start Date: June 2006
Completion Date: Dec 2006

Project Description

The Advisory Technical Assistance (TA) was aimed at developing and enabling legal and enforcement framework for implementing a pollution taxation policy to enhance the overall condition of the environment and ensure sustainable use of natural resources for further economic development in Thailand. It will also resolve the issue of decentralizing administrative responsibilities from central to provincial authorities with respect to pollution taxation. The TA will rationalize and harmonize existing legal instruments, which are scattered among a number of government agencies, to ensure effective implementation of the pollution taxation policy in Thailand. The TA is expected to produce the following major outputs: (i) documented legal principles of pollution taxation; (ii) power devolution principles; (iii) tax revenue management principles; (iv) institutional responsibilities; (v) monitoring requirements; and (vi) rationalized pollution taxation policies, plans, and implementation arrangements. These outputs will be used to draft the Pollution Taxation Act of Thailand. An additional output will be the built capacity on a priority basis for investments in environmental improvement and pollution abatement within relevant government agencies, through on-the-job training for the relevant government officers on the design and implementation of pollution taxes.

PRIMEX Role in the Project Implementation

PRIMEX provided the services of an Environmental Law Expert/Team Leader who is responsible for the following tasks:

Review the final report of Phase I and translate/codify the broader economic principles into legal principles;
Prepare biannual progress reports and submit them to the Fiscal Policy Office Director;
Coordinate the activities of the other consultants and ensure timely and high quality output of the team members;
Organize necessary stakeholder consultation meetings and study tours;
Liaise with relevant government agencies and other stakeholders throughout the Project to ensure acceptance of the Pollution Taxation Policy and associated Pollution Taxation Act;
Prepare an interim report on legal principles for pollution taxation in Thailand; and

Draft the Pollution Taxation Act and implementation plans synthesizing the inputs of the other team members.

PRIMEX Consultant Involved

Atty. Antonio Oposa, Environmental Law Expert/Team Leader