Asia-Pacific Water Forum

The First Asia-Pacific Regional Preparatory Meeting for the 5th World Water Forum

in Singapore on Friday, June 27, 2008
on the occasion of the Singapore International Water Week 2008

» Final Minutes

1. Date and time: From 9:00 to 12:00 on Friday, June 27, 2008
2. Venue: Learning Oasis Room in WaterHub, 80 & 82 Toh Guan Road East

3. Organizers:
Asia-Pacific Water Forum (Japan Water Forum as Secretariat)
Secretariat of the 5th World Water Forum
World Water Council

4. Objectives:
- to discuss how to coordinate the regional inputs to themes and topics of the 5th World Water Forum
- to identify 5 sub-regional preparatory meetings at which the discussions on sub-regional inputs would be discussed

5. Agenda:
9:00-9:05 Opening

Presentation on the 5th World Water Forum
9:05-9:15 - Mr. Paul Reiter, Co-chair of the Programme Committee of 5th World Water Forum
9:15-9:25 - Prof. Zekai Şen, Representative of the Mayor of Istanbul

9:25-9:35 Proposed regional process in the Asia-Pacific region towards the 5th World Water Forum / Mr. Hikaru Shoji, Chief Officer, Japan Water Forum
9:35-9:50 Q&A

9:50-10:30 Short presentations by participating thematic/topic coordinators of the 5th World Water Forum (5 minutes/theme or topic: Topic 1.3 / Topic 2.3 / Topic 2.4 / Topic 3.3 / Theme 4 / Theme 6)
10:30-10:40 Q&A

10:40-10:55 Coffee Break

10:55-11:20 Short presentations on sub-regional focuses to the themes and topics of the 5th World Water Forum
(5 minutes/sub-region: Northeast Asia / Southeast Asia / South Asia / Central Asia / Oceania & Pacific)

11:30-12:00 Discussions on possible contributions from other participants, future schedule and next steps
12:00 Closing