WEPA Seminar “Current Situation and Future Prospect of Water Environment Governance in Asia”
23 January 2014
Overview
The WEPA Seminar was held on 23 January 2014 at Soukairou Hall, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Roppongi, Tokyo, Japan. The Seminar was aimed to introduce WEPA activities to Japanese audience as well as to share the information of water environment and its management framework in Asia with them.
- Venue
- Soukairou Hall, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Roppongi, Tokyo, Japan
- Participants
- about 170
- Organizers
- Ministry of the Environment, Japan
- Secretariat
- Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)
- Language
- English/Japanese
Program
13:00
Opening Remarks from Ministry of the Environment Japan
Mr. Eiji Hiraiwa, Director General for Water Environment, Ministry of the Environment, Japan
13:05
Key Note Speech “Water as a Key Component in Sustainable Development of Asia”
Dr. Motoyuki Suzuki, Emeritus professor, University of Tokyo (WEPA Special Advisor)
13:45
Introduction of WEPA
Mr. Tetsuo Kuyama, Manager (Water Resource Management) , Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)
14:05
Kick-off Presentation from WEPA Partners “Current state and future policy direction of the water environment management framework in Asian countries”
Dr. Wijarn Simachaya, Deputy Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Kingdom of Thailand
Dr. Alahapperuma Saranga Damith, Director General, Central Environmental Authority, Sri Lanka
Dr. Do Nam Thang, Deputy Director General, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE), Vietnam
Dr. Vicente Bassig Tuddao, Jr, Director of Governance and Enforcement , Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Philippines
15:45
Coffee Break
16:15
Panel Discussion ”Future actions required for improvement of water environmental governance in Asia and expectations for Japan”
- Moderator: Dr. Mitsumasa Okada, Professor, Open University (Chair of WEPA Advisor Meeting)
- Panelist: Dr. Chrin Sokha, Deputy Director General, Directorate of Technical Affairs, Ministry of Environment, Cambodia Dr. Taegu Kang, Senior Researcher, National Institute of Environmental Research Mr.Masanobu Miyazaki, Director, Ministry of the Environment, Japan and the speakers of Kick off Presentations
17:00
Questions and Answer
17:30
Closing