A dialogue in Sri Lanka
27 August 2012 (On 28th a site visit was conducted for the Japanese participants)
Overview
Central Environment Authority of Sri Lanka (CEA), Ministry of the Environment, Japan and Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) held a dialogue on water environment on 27 August 2012 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The officers from CEA and other related agencies in Sri Lanka participated in the dialogue. The meeting aimed to exchange views and experiences between Sri Lanka and Japan on water environmental management and identify areas in need of policy intervention. Experiences of Japan’s pollution control was shared and the challenges currently faced by Sri Lanka on industrial wastewater management and their possible solutions were actively discussed during the programme among the participants.



- Venue
- Cinnamon Grand Hotel, Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Participants
- 40 participants (35 participants from Sri Lanka and 5 from Japan)