The First Asia-Pacific Regional Preparatory Meeting for the 5th World Water Forum
The First Asia-Pacific Regional Preparatory Meeting for the 5th World Water Forum will be organized on the occasion of the Singapore International Water Week with the participation of the Secretariat of the 5th World Water Forum, representives from Istanbul, and the World Water Council as follows. If you have any inquiry, please contact ap@waterforum.jp.
Date and Time: 9:00-12:00 on Friday, June 27
Venue: Learning Oasis Room in WaterHub, 80 & 82 Toh Guan Road East
Agenda: Click here
CSD16 Side Event - Water and Sanitation: Message to G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit
To gain significant momentum towards the G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit and
support the Government of Japan's strong stand on water and sanitation
issues, a side-event at the Commission for Sustainable Development convened
participants of the 16th Commission for Sustainable Development at the
United Nations in New York City, for an exchange of views on the "Water and
Sanitation: Message to G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit."
The side-event was co-organized by Japan Water Forum, Asia-Pacific Water Forum, Asia Society, UNICEF, UNSGAB and WaterAid, and supported by the Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations. A keynote address was delivered by Dr. Takahiro Shinyo, Ambassador Extraordinary & Plenipotentiary / Deputy Permanent Representative of Japan to the United Nations.
The Japan Water Forum presented the 1st Asia-Pacific Water Summit focusing on its political impact, and WaterAid presented the "Major Groups' Message on Water and Sanitation to the G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit."
A panel discussion, facilitated by Ms. Margaret Catley-Carlson, Member of UNSGAB / Former Chair of Global Water Partnership, followed with the representatives from the co-organizers of the event.
Organizers: Japan Water Forum, Asia-Pacific Water Forum, Asia Society, UNICEF,
UN Secretary General's Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation (UNSGAB), WaterAid
Supported by: Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations
VENUE: UN Delegates Room, Private Dining Room West Terrace (4th floor) in NY.
WHEN? Monday, May 12th 2008, 13:15 to 14:45.
ATTRACTIONS: We invite the participating CSD Participants for a light luncheon
Dialogue between the CSOs/NGOs and Participants of the 1st Asia-Pacific Water Summit (1st APWS)
Date and Time:
From 13:30 to 16:20 on Monday, December 2nd
Venue:
Suginoi Hotel Room "Kankai" (7th Floor of the Main Building)
1 Kankaiji Beppu, Oita, Japan Tel: +81(0)977-24-1161
Co-organized by:
Organizing Committee of Peoples' Forum on Asia-Pacific Water Summit
Secretariat of the 1st Asia-Pacific Water Summit
Language:
English and Japanese (with simultaneous interpretation)
Expected participants:
Civil society organizations, NGOs and participants of the 1st Asia-Pacific Water Summit
PRESS RELEASE: Announcement of the 1st Asia-Pacific Water Summit
Water Security: Leadership and Commitment
The 1st Asia-Pacific Water Summit (1st APWS) will be held in Beppu, Oita prefecture, on December 3 and 4, 2007, with top-level decision-makers participation from the Asia-Pacific region.
"The fact is that, at present, in Asia and the Pacific, 700 million of our citizens do not have access to safe drinking water, the region suffers disproportionately from water-related disasters and degraded land-water ecosystems significantly threaten water productivity. We can turn the situation around if we can agree to make water a high priority in our development plans, if we can improve governance, if we mobilize and allocate more financial resources to water infrastructure and if we acknowledge that the access to safe drinking water is a basic human right of our people." – Former Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, Chair, Steering Committee of the 1st Asia-Pacific Water Summit.
»Read all(PDF, 58KB)
PRESS RELEASE: On the Way to the 1st Asia Pacific Water Summit
Remarks by Mrs. Margaret Catley-Carlson (Chair, Global Water Partnership & Steering Committee member, 1st Asia-Pacific Water Summit) and Dr. Frank R. Rijsberman (Director, Water and Climate Adaptation Initiatives, Google.org)
Kyoto, Japan
8 October 2007
» Download file(PDF, 57KB)
Upload: 2nd Draft Priority Theme Recommendation
The secretariat is pleased to announce the upload of the 2nd Draft Recommendations of each Priority Theme.
APWF will combine 2nd Draft Recommendations of each Priority Theme and Key Result Area into a draft "Policy Brief 2007" to be reported by APWF at 1st Asia-Pacifc Water Summit.
APWF Working Group meeting on draft Policy Brief will be held in Kuala Lumpur on the occasion of the Southeast Asia Water Forum(Oct 21-25). APWF will finalize Policy Brief 2007 by November 16th
» Theme A : Water Financing
» Theme B : Water-related Disaster Management
» Theme C : Water for Development & Ecosystems
Notes of 2nd Steering Committee Meeting and Programme Meeting for 1st Asia-Pacific Water Summit
Venue: ANA Intercontinental Hotel, Japan
The 2nd APWS SC meeting was held in Tokyo on 6 Aug 2007. The meeting was
chaired by former Prime Minister of Japan, Mr Yoshiro Mori who is the President of the Japan Water Forum as well as the President of the Asia Pacific Water Forum (APWF). Mr Mori chaired the morning segment of the meeting attended by 16 SC members, 13 special participants and 122 observers. Mr. Ravi Narayanan chaired the Programme Meeting in the afternoon. The secretariat of the meeting was the Japan Water Forum. Representatives from the diplomatic community in Japan, affiliated agencies, and the media were invited as observers. Government officials attended from 35 countries; Afghanistan, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Fiji, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kiribati, Korea, Kyrgyz, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, New Zealand, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tuvalu and Uzbekistan.
» Notes of 2nd Steering Committee Meeting and Programme Meeting (PDF, 41KB)
Let’s discuss for making the policy recommendation to be announced in the 1st Asia-Pacific Water Summit (1st Draft Outline of Policy Recommendation)
The lead organizations of the Asia-Pacific Water Forum (APWF) are currently preparing the policy recommendation which will be announced in the 1st Asia-Pacific Water Summit, considering the discussions submitted to the Weblog (comments, opinions, suggestions, good practice, etc.).
Reflecting on the discussions in the 2nd APWF Governing Council Meeting on July 12-13, the 1st draft outline of the policy recommendation was submitted to the Governing Council member and is available on the APWF Weblog (as below).
- Theme A : Water Financing
- Theme B : Water-related Disaster Management
- Theme C : Water for Development & Ecosystems
We welcome your active participation in the APWF Weblog discussion!
Special Symposium "Climate Change and Water" - Towards the 1st Asia-Pacific Water Summit and Beyond -
1. General Description
(1) Date & Time
7th August, 2007, 10:00-12:30
(2) Venue
JETRO Headquarters Tokyo, Ark Mori Building, 5F
(3) Organizer
Japan Water Forum
(4) Partner
Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO)
(5) Number of Participants
115
(6) Language
Japanese/English (Simultaneous Interpretation)
Press Release: 2nd SC Meeting of the 1st APWS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 9 August 2007
An Agenda for the 2008 G8 Summit in Japan:
Asia and the Pacific’s Water Distress
World’s Leading Authorities Weigh In:
Need to Make Water and Sanitation Issues the Region’s Priority
Water and sanitation problems still figure desperately low in many of the region’s national priorities, with millions still underserved and at great cost to several of the region’s national economies. This is the brunt of the message that some of the world’s leading authorities on water delivered in Tokyo earlier this week, while attending the 2nd Steering Committee meeting of the 1st Asia-Pacific Water Summit. This group of eminent people are inviting the region’s political leaders to the 1st Asia-Pacific Water Summit (to be held in Beppu, Japan, 3-4 December 2007), making the bid to commit the highest spheres of the region’s political arena to discuss these issues together, in a significant event in the lead-up to next year’s G8 Summit.