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Meeting Report
A Dialogue in Malaysia
The Japanese Ministry of the Environment and the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) held a dialogue on water environmental governance on 22 October 2008 in Putrajaya, Malaysia. Officers from Department of Environment and other related agencies participated in the dialogue. The meeting aimed to exchange views between Malaysia and Japan, on the water environmental governance and other areas which have close linkage of water environment issues such as integrated water resources management. The meeting also aimed to contribute to the enhancement of the WEPA database by putting the exchanged information on the database.
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22 October 2008 |
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Mutiara Meeting Room, 13th Floor, Wisma Sumber Asli, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Malaysia |
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From Japan, Professor Okada in Hiroshima University, officers in the Ministry of the Environment and IGES researchers participated in the meeting. The local participants came from organisations related to water quality in Malaysia, and the list of participated organisations is as follows;
- Ministry of Agriculture
- Ministry of Energy, Water and Communication
- Ministry of Health
- Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment
- National Hydraulic Research Institute
- Department of Geoscience and Mineral
- Selangor Waters Management Authority
- Academy of Sciences Malaysia
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Programme
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Agenda |
| 8:00am-8.45am |
Registration |
| 8.45am-9.10am |
Opening Ceremony
 Welcoming from Malaysia delegate
Opening Remarks
Mr. Tetsuo Ito, Director General for Water Environment, Ministry of the Environment, Japan
Introduction to dialogue participants
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| 9.10am-9.15am |
Breifing from WEPA Secreteriat  (482KB)
Kazuko Yamaguchi, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)
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| 9.15am-10.15am |
Keynote Lecture "Japanese Experiences on the Management of Water Environment" (335KB)
Dr. Mitsumasa Okada, Department of Chemical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University, Japan
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| 10.15am-10.30m |
Morning Break |
| 10:30am-11.45am |
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Session 1: | Water Environment Management and Pollution Control Policies in Japan |
"Japan's Lessons Derived From Having Overcome Pollution" by Mr. Masahiko Kawasaki, Director, Water Environment Division, Ministry of the Environment, Japan (2,822KB)
"Non-point pollution control measures and public education in water quality conservation " by Mr. Hirokazu Iwasaki, Deputy Director, Water Environment Division, Ministry of the Environment, Japan
(1,119KB)
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| 11.45am-1.00pm |
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Session 2: | Water Environment Management and Pollution Control Policies in Malaysia |
"State of Wate Resources in Malaysia" by Ir. Dato Lim Chow Hock, Department of Irrigation and Drainage (DID)
(8,310KB)
"The Water Quality Monitoring System/ Program & Pollution Control" by Mr. Hasim Daud, Department of Environment (DOE)
(2,130KB)
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| 1.00pm-2.15pm |
Lunch Break |
| 2.15pm-4.30pm |
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Session 3: | Water Environment Management and Pollution Control Policies in Malaysia |
"IRBM approach in Water Quality Managment - Case Study on Water Quality Management in Sg. Selangor River Basin" by Ms. Azizah Yusof, Selangor Water Management Authority (LUAS)
(3,835KB)
"Management of sewerage service industry" by Mr. Ahmd Rozian Bin Athman, Suruhanjaya Perkhidmatan Air Negara (SPAN)
(4,909KB)
"Regulating drinking water quality through the water services industry" by Mr. Marzuki Mohammad, Ministry of Energy, Water and Communication (KTAK)
(554KB)
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| 4:30 pm- 5.00pm |
Session 4: Discussion on WEPA Fact sheets
(58KB)
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| 5.00pm-5.10pm |
Closing Remarks
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