The 12th Annual Meeting
30 November 2016
Overview
The Ministry of the Environment, Japan and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Viet Nam co-hosted the 12th Annual meeting of WEPA on 30 November 2016 at the Melia Hotel, Hanoi, Viet Nam. Almost 40 governmental officials from all 13 WEPA partner countries and experts on water management attended. This meeting was held not only to discuss the progress of WEPA activities since the last annual meeting and the plan for the next year, but also to share country updates on water environmental management policies and similar activities of other networks.
- Venue
- Melia Hotel, Hanoi, Viet Nam
- Participants
- 39 participants from 13 countries
- Organizer
- Ministry of the Environment, Japan
- Language
- English
- Chairperson
- Prof. Mitsumasa Okada, The Open University of Japan as a WEPA advisory board member
Presentation (30 November 2016)
Session 1: Review of the WEPA Activities
- Report for the activities implemented since the last WEPA annual meeting and announcement for the new WEPA website to be launched by the WEPA Secretariat
- Mr. Tetsuo Kuyama, Task Manager (Water Resource Management), Natural Resources and Ecosystem Services Area, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)
- WEPA Action Program, Progress Report by Sri Lanka
- Dr. R.M.S.K Ratnayake, Acting Deputy Director General, Environmental Pollution Control, Central Environmental Authority, Sri Lanka
Session 2: Country updates – Recent developments for water environmental management in each partner country
- Cambodia
- Mr. Rady Phin, Deputy Director, Department of Water Quality Management, General Directorate of Environmental Protection, Ministry of Environment
- China
- Dr. Feixiang Sun, Assistant Professor, Institute of International Environmental Policy, Policy Research Center for Environment and Economy
- Indonesia
- Mr. Iim Ibrahim, Section Head of Water Pollution Control for Processing Industries, Directorate for Water Pollution Control, Ministry of Environment and Forestry
- Japan
- Mr. Masaki Suehisa, Deputy Director, Water Environment Division, Environmental Management Bureau, Ministry of the Environment
- Lao PDR
- Dr. Phengkhamla Phonvisai, Deputy Director General, Pollution Control Department, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment
- Malaysia
- Mr. Mohd Fadhil Kasim, Research Officer, Water Quality and Environment Research Center, National Hydraulic Research Institute of Malaysia, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment
- Myanmar
- Ms. Khon Ra, Director, Hydrology Branch, Irrigation and Water Utilization Management Department, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation
- Nepal
- Mr. Madhav Dev Acharya, Senior Divisional Engineering Geologist, Water Resource Division, Water and Energy Commission Secretariat
- Philippines
- Dr. Vicente, Jr. Bassig Tuddao, Assistant Regional Director for Technical Services (Director III), Regional Office No IV – MIMAROPA, Department of Environment and Natural Resources
- Republic of Korea
- Dr. Kyunghyun Kim, Division Head, Water Quality Assessment Research Division, National Institute of Environmental Research
- Sri Lanka
- Mr. T. M. A. S. K. Rodrigo, Director, Natural Resources Management, Central Environmental Authority
- Thailand
- Ms. Thiparpa Yolthantham, Director of Planning, Water Quality Management Bureau, Pollution Control Department, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment
- Viet Nam
- Mr. Nguyen Minh Cuong, Deputy Director, (Head of ASOEN Vietnam office), Department of International Cooperation, Science and Technology, Vietnam Environment Administration, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment
Session 3: Plan of Activities for 2017, presented by the WEPA Secretariat
- Presentation by the WEPA Secretariat
- Mr. Tetsuo Kuyama, Task Manager (Water Resource Management), Natural Resources and Ecosystem Services Area, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)
Session 4: Presentations by resource persons
- Summary of SEAWE12
- Dr. Futoshi Kurisu, Associate Professor, Research Center for Water Environment Technology, the University of Tokyo
- Institutional approach for dissemination of Decentralized Domestic Wastewater Treatment System
- Dr. Yoshitaka Ebie, Senior Researcher, Centre for Material Cycles and Waste Management Research, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan
- Project for Strengthening Capacity of Water Environmental Management in River Basin “Trial for the River Basin Water Environment Management in Vietnam”
- Mr. Ichiro Adachi, Project Leader, Environment Management Policy, WEMRB, JICA Project Office