Asia-Pacific Water Forum

Asia-Pacific Regional Synthesis Meeting for the 5th World Water Forum

1.Date &Time : Monday, December 15, 2008 / from 9:30-18:00

2.Meeting Venue: "Hall D7" of Tokyo International Forum
5-1 Marunouchi 3-chome, Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-0005, Japan

3.Language : English and Japanese

4.Organizer　
Asia-Pacific Water Forum(APWF)

5.Co-organizers
EC IFAS, GWP South East Asia, GWP South Asia, GWP CACENA, Korea Water Forum, SOPAC, World Water Council and Secretariat of the 5th World Water Forum　

6.Supported by　
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan, Ministry of the Environment of Japan

7.Objectives
・Synthesize the sub-regional preparatory process in Asia and the Pacific for the 5th World Water Forum
・Finalize the "Regional Perspective Document" of Asia and the Pacific for the 5th World Water Forum
・Follow and monitor the progress after the 1st Asia-Pacific Water Summit

8.Program of the Open Meeting 　
Chair: Mr. Ravi Narayanan, Vice Chair of APWF Governing Council
»List of Participants

9:30-9:40 Opening Remarks
　Mr. Yoshiro Mori, President of APWF / Former Prime minister of Japan

9:40-9:50 After one year from the 1 Asia-Pacific Water Summit and Outlook for the Future
　Mr. Hiroaki Taniguchi, Vice-Minister for Engineering Affairs,
　Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan

9:50-10:10 Video Messages from the Leaders

10:10-10:30 Presentation on the 5th World Water Forum
　»the 5th World Water Forum,Prof. Ahmet Saatci, Vice Secretary General of the 5th World
　　Water Forum

10:30-10:40 Presentation on the objectives of the meeting
　»Objectives of the Asia-Pacific Regional Synthesis Meeting, APWF Secretariat

10:40-10:50 Q&A

(10:50-11:05 Coffee Break)

11:05-11:20 Presentation on "Asia-Pasific Regional Document" for the 5th World Water Forum
　»Preliminary Draft Concept of Asia-Pasific Regional Document, APWF Secretariat

11:20-12:05 Presentations on the progress of the political commitments after the 1st Asia-Pacific Water Summit and the sub-regional documents
　»Central Asia (Dr. Vadim Sokolov, Regional Coordinator, GWP CACENA)
　»North East Asia(Ms. Matilda Park, Korea Water Forum)
　»Oceania and Pacific (Mr. Marc Overmars, Senior Water Adviser, SOPAC)

12:05-12:20 Q&A and Discussion

(12:20-13:30 Lunch)

13:30-14:00 Presentations on the progress of the political commitments after the 1st Asia-Pacific Water Summit and the sub-regional documents
　»South Asia (Ms. Reba Paul, Secretary-General, Bangladesh Water Partnership
　　 (Representing GWP South Asia))
　»South East Asia (Mr. Siswoko Sastrosihardjo, Chairman, GWA SEA)

14:30-15:40 Presentations by APWF lead organizations and implementing organizations of the APWF Concrete Initiatives

○Theme A
　-Financing Water and Sanitation and Strengthening Capacity Development, »Mr. Wouter Lincklaen Arriens, Lead Water Resources Management Specialist, ADB & »Mr. Yuji Okazaki, Group Director, JICA Asian Water & Development Outlook, ADB
　»Asian Water & Development Outlook, ADB

○Theme B
　»Regional Knowledge Hub for Water-related Disaster Risk Reduction, Mr. Katsuhito Miyake,
　　Chief Researcher, ICHARM
　»Climate Change, Glaciers, and Water Resources in the Himalayan Region, Dr. Ramesh
　　Vaidya, Senior Visiting Scientist, ICIMOD

○Theme C
　»Re-inventing irrigation and agricultural water governance in the Asia Pacific to reach the MDGs: a regional programme to support action at all levels through knowledge sharing, capacity building and implementation,
　　Mr. Thierry Facon, Senior Water Management Officer, FAO Regional Office for Asia-Pacific

○KRA 1
　»Initial Knowledge Hubs, Mr. Michael Toh, Singapore PUB
　»Asia-Pacific Water Museum, Mr. Thanakorn Palachai, Vice President, National Science
　　Museum, Thailand

16:00-16:40 Presentations by APWF lead organizations and implementing organizations of the APWF Concrete Initiatives

○KRA 2
　»Increasing Local Capacity, Ms. Rory Villaluna, Executive Secretary, Streams of Knowledge
　»Synthesising gender in Asia-Pacific Water Forum's Work,Dr. Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt, Member of
　　Steering Committee of the Gender and Water Alliance

○KRA 4
　»Towards the Establishment of Regional Network of Ministers for Water and
　»International Year of Sanitation 2008 in Asia and the Pacific,
　Dr. Le Huu Ti, Officer In charge, Sustainable Development & Water Resources Section,
　UNESCAP

○Others
　-“Practical IWRM Guideline", Japan Water Agency
　-»Asia-Pacific Water Documentary (KRA3) and »World Sanitation Project Map: Sanimap,
　Japan Water Forum

16:40-17:10 Q&A and Discussion

17:10-18:00 Discussion on the future activities
　-»Activities at the 5th World Water Forum
　-Preparation of the 2nd Asia-Pacific Water Summit

18:00 Closing

On December 16, we had the honor of being presented to His Imperial Highness Crown Prince of Japan, who generously serves as Honorary President of the United Nations Secretary-General's Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation. All the faces of APWF colleagues looked bright with the joy of talking to His Imperial Highness Crown Prince of Japan about current water issues in Asia-Pacific region.