The 3rd Governing Council Meeting of the Asia Pacific Water Forum
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1.Date &Time : 10:00-17:00, 23 June 2008
2.Venue : Suntec Singapore International Convention Centre, Meeting Room 208
3.Organizer : Secretariat of Asia-Pacific Water Forum
4.Agenda » Agenda (PDF17KB)
1. Chairmanship of the Meeting
The meeting shall be chaired by the Chair of the Governing Council of the APWF, Prof. Tommy Koh.
10:00 – 13:00
2. Adoption of the agenda
The provisional agenda of the meeting will be considered for adoption.
3. Announcement and Roadmap towards the 2nd Asia-Pacific Water Summit: Vision and Strategy
Announcement of the 2nd APWS shall be made by the Chair.
Roadmap towards the 2nd APWS shall be presented by the Secretariat.
(11:15-11:30 - Coffee Break)
4. Follow-up of the 1st Asia-Pacific Water Summit
The follow-up activities of concrete initiatives announced in the Policy Brief 2007 and at the1st APWS shall be presented by the all Lead Organizations and implementing organizations, namely ADB, JICA / JBIC, ICHARM, ICIMOD, SOPAC, FAO, PUB / UNESCO, UN-HABITAT / SOK, JWF(APWM, Sanimap, ABU), UNESCAP, GWP CACENA, Asia Society and others if any.
(13:00-14:00 - Lunch Break)
14:00 – 17:00
(Continued discussion on follow-up of the 1st Asia-Pacific Water Summit)
(15:45-16:00 - Coffee Break)
5. Schedule of the Asia-Pacific Water Forum in 2008-2009
Schedule of the Asia-Pacific Water Forum in 2008-2009 shall be presented by the Secretariat.
(i) Singapore International Water Week 2008, Singapore, 23-27 June 2008
(ii) World Water Week, Stockholm, 17-23 August 2008
(iii) 5th World Water Forum, Istanbul, 15-22 March 2009
6. Other matters
Any topic of relevance to the APWF may be raised under this item (Time permitting).
7. Closing of the session
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
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
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)
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.
Professor Tommy Koh Chairs the 2nd Asia Pacific Water Forum (APWF) Governing Council Meeting in Singapore (12-13 July 2007)
Over two days (12-13 Jul 07), Professor Tommy Koh, Ambassador-at-Large of Singapore, chaired the Asia Pacific Water Forum’s (APWF) 2nd Governing Council meeting at Waterhub, Singapore’s Public Utilities Board centre for technology, learning and networking. Attended by senior specialists from the four corners of the region, the meeting convened the lead organizations of the APWF, such as the Asian Development Bank (ADB), ICHARM, The World Conservation Union (IUCN), FAO, PUB, UNESCO, UNESCAP, UN-HABITAT, Japan Water Forum, Korea Water Forum, Streams of Knowledge and the Global Water Partnership.
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PREPARATIONS UNDERWAY FOR THE 1ST ASIA-PACIFIC WATER SUMMIT
Mr. Yoshiro Mori, Former Prime Minister of Japan and President of the Asia-Pacific Water Forum chaired the 1st Steering Committee meeting of the 1st Asia-Pacific Water Summit, in Tokyo on March 29, 2007. The meeting was attended by 16 committee members, an eminent group of national and international persons, and more than 110 observers from the media, embassy officials, government officials and other water related stakeholders.
» Agenda / Opening Address / List of Participants / Outline of the 1st Asia-Pacific Water Summit
Briefing Session on the Asia-Pacific Water Forum (APWF) and 1st Asia-Pacific Water Summit
On November 14th, a briefing on the Asia-Pacific Water Forum and 1st Asia-Pacific Water Summit took place at the Tokyo Development Learning Center of the World Bank. The JWF, secretariat of the Asia-Pacific Water Forum, organized this briefing session, which was intended for embassy officials and representatives of international organizations of the region, in order to explain the background and the activities of the APWF and the 1st Asia-Pacific Water Summit. The briefing was attended by approximately 100 representatives of governments of 26 countries and international organizations in the Asia-Pacific region, including ambassadors from Bangladesh, Kyrgyzstan, The Marshall Islands, Micronesia, and Singapore.
Official Launching Ceremony of the Asia-Pacific Water Forum Held
On September 27, the official launching ceremony of the APWF was held in Manila, The Philippines with the participation of President of the JWF Yoshiro Mori. This ceremony took place on the occasion of the ADB's Water Financing Program Conference. More than 160 representatives of over 30 organizations from the Asia-Pacific region attended the ceremony.
Asia-Pacific Water Forum Officially Launched
The Asia-Pacific Water Forum (APWF) was officially launched on Wednesday, September 27th 2006, during a ceremony held at the headquarters of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in Manila, Philippines. (Press Release: PDF44KB)
The ceremony was held during a conference hosted by the ADB entitled "Doubling Water Financing and Results: Conference on ADB's Water Financing Programme 2006-2010".
The APWF is grateful to ADB for offering to host its official launching ceremony during this important event, especially since water financing is one of the three Priority Themes of the APWF.
Ministers from countries in Asia and the Pacific launch collaborative
Mexico City (D.F.), March 21, 2006 – Ministers from seven countries in the Asia-Pacific region today announced the creation of the “Asia-Pacific Water Forum” (APWF), as part of the activities surrounding 4th World Water Forum.
The Ministers responsible for water resources from China, Bangladesh, Korea, New Zealand, Palau, Mongolia, and Pakistan issued the following joint declaration: