{"id":5511,"date":"2026-06-19T08:39:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T23:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acap.asia\/?p=5511"},"modified":"2026-06-19T08:39:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T23:39:08","slug":"acap-and-asian-institute-of-technology-ait-concluded-a-memorandum-of-understanding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.acap.asia\/en\/5511\/","title":{"rendered":"ACAP and Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) concluded a Memorandum of Understanding"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Asia Center for Air Pollution Research (ACAP), Japan Environmental Sanitation Center (JESC)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>and the\u00a0<\/span>Asian Institute of Technology (AIT)<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on May 27, 2026, to promote academic exchange and strengthen international collaboration<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Under this MoU, the two parties will collaborate on joint research and development in areas such as air pollution, atmospheric processes, emission inventories, air quality modeling, and climate co-benefits, while promoting exchanges of researchers and students and co-organizing academic and training events. The\u00a0two parties\u00a0will also support joint publications and the development of externally funded projects, alongside the sharing of data, methodologies, and technical\u00a0expertise. In addition,\u00a0the parties<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>seek\u00a0to strengthen capacity building in environmental and atmospheric fields, foster innovation and practical solutions through applied research and technology exchange, and enhance regional cooperation in Asia through networks, policy dialogue, and evidence-based environmental management.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Photo\u00a0<\/span>1<\/span><\/span><\/strong>:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>At the signing ceremony,<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Mr.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Hideki Minamikawa,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>President<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>of JESC, delivered an address (<\/span>top right<\/span><\/span>)<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Dr.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Toshimasa Ohara, Director<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>General of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ACAP<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>(<\/span><\/span>bottom left<\/span>), and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Dr.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Ekbordin Winijkul,<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Dean<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>at AIT (bottom right),\u00a0<\/span><\/span>signed<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>MoU<\/span><\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

For the \u201cStrategic Dialogue on Advancing Future Cooperation on Environmental Challenges in Southeast Asia,\u201d held on the same day, please refer to\u00a0<\/span>this page<\/span><\/a>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Photo 2:<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/b>Group photo of participants in the \u201cStrategic Dialogue on Advancing Future Cooperation on Environmental Challenges in Southeast Asia,\u201d taken after the MOU signing<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Asia Center for Air Pollution Research (ACAP), Japan Environmental Sanitation Center (JESC)\u00a0and the\u00a0Asian […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acap.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5511"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acap.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acap.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acap.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acap.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5511"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.acap.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5511\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5536,"href":"https:\/\/www.acap.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5511\/revisions\/5536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acap.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acap.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acap.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}