The 9th Annual Meeting
21 January 2014
Overview
The 9th Annual Meeting of WEPA was held on 21 January 2014 at Head Quarter of Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), Hayama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan hosted by the Ministry of the Environment, Japan. It aimed to share and discuss the progress and plan of future activities of WEPA



- Venue
- IGES Head Quarter, Hayama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
- Participants
- 34 people from 11 countries
- Summary of the Meeting
- Chairperson’s summary
Program
Chairperson: Dr. Mitsumasa Okada, chair of WEPA Advisor Meeting
10:00
Opening Remarks from Ministry of the Environment Japan
Mr. Masaaki Kobayashi, Director-General, Ministry of the Environment, Japan
Welcome Remarks from IGES
Mr. Hideyuki Mori, President, IGES
Photo Session
10:15
Agenda 1: Report of activities 2013
Presentation 1: Outline of activities Mr. Tetsuo Kuyama, WEPA Secretariat
Presentation 2: Reflection of the WEPA workshop on decentralized domestic treatment in Asia
Ms. Yun Insiani, Ministry of Environment, Indonesia
11:00
Agenda 2: 2013activity: Industrial Wastewater Management
Presentation 1: Outline of activities“Industrial Wastewater Management in WEPA Member Countries”
Dr. Pham Ngoc Bao, WEPA Secretariat
Presentation 2: Industrial Wastewater Management in Lao PDR
Dr. Pengkhamla Phonvisai, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Laos
12:00
Lunch
14:30
Agenda 3: Final Report of 2nd Phase of WEPA
Outline of WEPA 2nd Phase Final Report
Ms. Yatsuka Kataoka, WEPA Secretariat
15:15
Agenda 4: Reflection of 2nd Phase and Future Plan
Presentation 1: Activity report in the 2nd Phase of WEPA
Mr. Tetsuo Kuyama, WEPA Secretariat
Presentation 2: Reflection of activities in the 2nd phase of WEPA
Professor So Kazama, WEPA advisor
Presentation3: Plan of 3rd phase of WEPA
Mr. Masahiro Yasuda, Ministry of the Environment, Japan
17:00
Other Topic
- 7th World Water Forum Dr. Hojeong Kim, Korea Environment Institute, Korea
17:30
Summary and Closing