The 11th Annual Meeting
26 January 2016
Overview
The 11th Annual Meeting was held on 26th January 2016 at Vansana Riverside Hotel, Vientiane, Lao PDR hosted by The Ministry of the Environment, Japan and Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Lao PDR. It aimed to share and discuss concerning the progress of WEPA activity in this fiscal year and the future plan among WEPA member countries. 40 policy makers of related governmental ministries and water experts from 12 countries participated and contributed to the meeting.
- Venue
- Vansana Riverside Hotel, Vientiane, Lao PDR
- Participants
- 40 participants from 12 countries
- Organizers
- Ministry of the Environment, Japan and Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Lao PDR
- Language
- English
- Chairperson
- Professor Mitsumasa OKADA,Open University of Japan (WEPA advisor)
Presentation (26 January 2016)
Agenda 1: Progress of WEPA Activities in 2015 and Plan of WEPA Activities in 2016 and Draft of Action Program of Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
- Progress of WEPA Activities in 2015 and Plan of WEPA Activities in 2016
- Mr. Masaki Suehisa, Deputy Director, Water Environment Division, Environmental Management Bureau, Ministry of the Environment, Japan
- Draft Plan of Action Program
- Ms. Haradas Mudiyanselage Himali Karunaweera, Assistant Director, Environmental Pollution Control, Central Environmental Authority (CEA), Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
Agenda 2: Summary of the Group Workshop
- Summary of the Workshop
- WEPA Secretariat
Agenda 3: Wastewater Management in Livestock Raising Industry
- Pig Manure Management in Asia
- Mr. Tetsuo Kuyama, Manager (Water Resource Management), Natural Resources and Ecosystem Services Area, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies
- Pig Farming Waste Management in Viet Nam
- Ms. Nguyen Thi Quynh Huong, Researcher, Division of Information, Consultancy and Training, Environmental Science Institute (ESI), Vietnam Environment Administration, Socialist Republic of Viet Nam
- Swine Waste Management in Thailand
- Dr. Chao Nokyoo, Pollution Control Department, Director of Inland Water Division, Water Quality Management Bureau, Pollution Control Department Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment Thailand
- Environmental Management of Pig Excreta in Korea
- Dr. Eugene Chung, Senior Researcher, Livestock Manure and Nonpoint Sources Management, Watershed & Total Load Management Research Division, Water Environment Research Department, National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER), Republic of Korea