Sixth WEPA Annual Meeting

The Sixth Annual Meeting of Water Environment Partnership in Asia (WEPA) was organised by the Ministry of the Environment, Japan and took place on 24 February 2011 at Shiba-Park Hotel, Tokyo, Japan. Thirty nine participants attended, including 26 representatives from 13 WEPA member countries (Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Republic of Korea, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Viet Nam, and Japan). Dr. Mitsumasa Okada, Professor of the Open University of Japan and the chair of WEPA Advisor Meeting chaired the meeting.

Date	24 February 2011
Venue	Shiba-Park Hotel, Tokyo, Japan

Participants Lists

Program

Chairperson: Mitsumasa OKADA, Chair of WEPA Advisory Meeting; Professor, The Open University of Japan
9:15	Opening Remarks Soichiro SEKI Director General for Water Environment, Ministry of the Environment (MOE), Japan
9:20	Session I. Review of FY2010 Activities
9:20	Brief review of FY2010 Activities and summary of the International Workshop Yatsuka KATAOKA Director, Freshwater Sub-group, IGES (61KB)
9:35	Results of questionnaire on wastewater treatment done by WEPA Secretariat Tetsuo KUYAMA Policy Researcher, Freshwater Sub-group, IGES (204KB)
10:15	Introduction of NARBO Activities and Collaboration with WEPA Mr. Tadashige KAWASAKI Japan Water Agency
10:40	General Discussion on FY2010 Activities
11:00	Coffee Break
11:15	Session II. Review of Progress of Water Environmental Governance
11:15	Progress in Viet Nam Hoang Duc HANH Director Da Nang Environmental Technology Center- Institute of Environmental Technology- VAST, VietNam (4.7MB)
11:30	Progress in Thailand Thiparpa YOLTHANTHAM Director of Inland Water Division Pollution Control Department, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Thailand (6.9MB)
11:45	Progress in Sri Lanka R.M.S.K. RATNAYAKE Director (Environmental Pollution Control) Central Environmental Authority, Sri Lanka (8.4MB)
12:00	Progress in the Philippines Vicente Bassig TUDDAO, Jr Executive Director River Basin Control Office, Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), the Phlippines (2.6MB)
12:15	Questions and Answers
12:30	Lunch Break
13:30	Session II. Review of Progress of Water Environmental Governance (cont.)
13:30	Progress in Nepal Gautam RAJKARNIKAR Chief Koshi River Basin Management Cell, Water and Energy Commission Secretariat, Nepal (2.5MB)
13:45	Progress in Myanmar Mu Mu THAN Staff Officer Irrigation Department Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation, Myanmar (4.1MB)
14:00	Progress in Malaysia Syazrin Syima SHARIFUDDIN Research Officer, National Hydraulic Research Institute of Malaysia (NAHRIM), Malaysia (8.1MB)
14:15	Progress in Laos Komany SOUPHASAY Director of Water Policy and Legislation Division Water Resources Coordination Committee Secretariat, Water Resources and Environment, Lao PDR (147KB)
14:30	Progress in Korea Soon-Ju YU Director, National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER), Republic of Korea (9.1MB)
14:45	Question and Answer
15:00	Coffee Break
15:15	Session II. Review of Progress of Water Environmental Governance
15:15	Progress in Japan Nobuo YOSHIDA Director Water Environment Division, Environmental Management Bureau, MOE Japan (1.8MB)
15:30	Progress in Indonesia Maulyani DJAJADILAGA Head of Data Section The Minsitry of Environment, Indonesia (2MB)
15:45	Progress in China Jinlong GUO Deputy Director Drinking Water Source Protection Division, Department of Pollution Prevention, Ministry of Environmental Protection, China (2.4MB)
16:00	Progress in Cambodia Sokha CHRIN Deputy Director General of General Directorate of Technical Affairs,Ministry of Environment, Cambodia (4.2MB)
16:15	Question and Answer
16:30	Discussion on the Progress of Water Environmental Management in WEPA countries
16:50	Coffee Break
17:00	Session II. Review of Progress of Water Environmental Governance
17:00	FY2011 Plan of Activities Mr. Takatoshi WAKO, Deputy Director, Water Environment Division, MOE Japan (154KB)
17:15	Discussion on FY2011 Plan of Activities
18:00	Closing Remarks Soichiro SEKI MOE, Japan