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
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.
1st Asia-Pacific Water Summit - Call for "2nd" Application to Host an Open Event
The 1st Asia-Pacific Water Summit (APWS) will be held in Beppu city, Oita prefecture, on December 3 and 4, 2007. Water issues are not limited to a particular area such as the fields of environment, agriculture, industry, or development, but are fundamental for human security and all nations' long-term social and economic well-being. In order to address these issues, a visionary leadership is required at the national level. For this reason, the participation in the 1st APWS is limited to political leaders and representatives of the relevant sectors from the Asia-Pacific region.
At the same time, however, it is also crucial to raise public awareness among the Asia-Pacific region's citizens while providing a forum for sharing information, in order to solve various water issues in the region. Therefore, we would welcome your hosting an "Open Event", which will be held during the time period of the 1st APWS and open to a range of people and actors from the region. At Open Events, it is hoped that you will offer practical suggestions and solutions to water issues in the region.
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- 1st Asia-Pacific Water Summit (APWS) "2nd" Application Procedure to Host an Open Event » Download (PDF, 178KB)
- Rules and Procedures for Approval of the 1st Asia-Pacific Water Summit Open Events Applications » Download (PDF, 58KB)
- 1st Asia-Pacific Water Summit Open Event Application Form (Form 1) » Download (WORD, 91KB)
- 1st Asia-Pacific Water Summit Open Event Logistical Assistance Application Form (Form 2) » Download (WORD, 90KB)
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.
» Read more (PDF, 139KB)
Announcement of the 1st Asia-Pacific Water Summit LOGO design
We would like to inform you that Mr. Kazufumi Nagai has created the logo that will be used as a symbol for the “1st Asia-Pacific Water Summit” which will be held in Beppu on December 3-4th, 2007. Mr. Nagai is not only a successful artist throughout Japan, he also feels concerned and devoted to the meaning and the significance of the summit.
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
The Steering Committee for the 1st Asia-Pacific Water Summit
The Steering Committee for the 1st Asia-Pacific Water Summit was established on 7th December 2006 on the occasion of the meeting of the Japan Water Forum Advisory Council.
First Announcement of THE 1ST ASIA-PACIFIC WATER SUMMIT
The 1st Asia-Pacific Water Summit will be held on December 3-4, 2007 in Oita Prefecture, Japan. The Summit will be organized as one of keystone activities of the Asia-Pacific Water Forum (APWF), an independent, not-for-profit, non-partisan, non-political network dedicated to solving water problems in the Asia-Pacific region.
Latest News of the 1st Asia-Pacific Water Summit
The date of next year's 1st Asia-Pacific Water Summit has been decided after consultations with the concerned parties. It will be held on December 3rd and 4th, 2007 in Oita, Japan.
Venue for the 1st Asia-Pacific Water Summit: Beppu City, Oita Prefecture
The Asia-Pacific Water Summits, to be organized every two or three years as one of keystone activities of the Asia-Pacific Water Forum (APWF), shall target top-level policy and decision-makers beyond the water sector, such as heads of the government and ministers of finance and planning, as well as leaders from the private sector, local governments, civil society and the media.
Proposed Sites for the 1st Asia-Pacific Water Summit
The 1st Asia-Pacific Water Summit is set to be held in Japan in 2007, for the first time since the establishment of the Asia-Pacific Water Forum.