The 6th WEPA Annual Meeting
24 February 2011
Overview
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.
- Venue
- Shiba-Park Hotel, Tokyo, Japan
Program
Participants Lists
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
9:35
Results of questionnaire on wastewater treatment done by WEPA Secretariat
Tetsuo KUYAMA
Policy Researcher, Freshwater Sub-group, IGES
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
11:30
Progress in Thailand
Thiparpa YOLTHANTHAM
Director of Inland Water Division
Pollution Control Department, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Thailand
11:45
Progress in Sri Lanka
R.M.S.K. RATNAYAKE
Director (Environmental Pollution Control)
Central Environmental Authority, Sri Lanka
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
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
13:45
Progress in Myanmar
Mu Mu THAN
Staff Officer
Irrigation Department
Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation, Myanmar
14:00
Progress in Malaysia
Syazrin Syima SHARIFUDDIN
Research Officer,
National Hydraulic Research Institute of Malaysia (NAHRIM), Malaysia
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
14:30
Progress in Korea
Soon-Ju YU
Director,
National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER), Republic of Korea
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
15:30
Progress in Indonesia
Maulyani DJAJADILAGA
Head of Data Section
The Minsitry of Environment, Indonesia
15:45
Progress in China
Jinlong GUO
Deputy Director
Drinking Water Source Protection Division, Department of Pollution Prevention,
Ministry of Environmental Protection, China
16:00
Progress in Cambodia
Sokha CHRIN
Deputy Director General of General Directorate of Technical Affairs,Ministry of Environment, Cambodia
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
17:15
Discussion on FY2011 Plan of Activities
18:00
Closing Remarks
Soichiro SEKI
MOE, Japan