On April 28-29, 2011, justices from the Indonesian and Philippine Supreme Courts, officials from respective judicial training institutes and other key partners launched a twinning partnership on strengthening environmental adjudication in Indonesia. Co-organized with the Ministry of Environment, counterparts shared ideas and information on building judicial capacity to better adjudicate environmental cases. U.S. EPA also joined the Philippine experts in sharing information and providing feedback on the guidelines and training curriculum in line with Indonesia's proposed certification program for environmental judges. As a next step, justices from Indonesia will undertake an observational program in Manila to deepen their understanding of the Philippine experience to support refinement of their approach