The 16th WEPA Annual Meeting and International Workshop

1 & 2 March 2021

Agenda and Presentations (Annual Meeting, Day 1 (1 March))

Opening remarks
Prof. Mitsumasa Okada (Chairman of WEPA Advisory Board, Vice President of the Open University of Japan)
Opening remarks
Mr. Seiji Tsutsui, Director, Water Environment Division, Environmental Management Bureau, Ministry of the Environment, Japan
Progress of WEPA Activities in 2020
Mr. Osamu Mizuno, WEPA Secretariat
Keynote Presentation: Institutional Approach to Spreading Appropriate Decentralized Domestic Wastewater Treatment Facilities
Dr. Yoshitaka Ebie, Senior Researcher, Center for Material Cycles and Waste Management Research, National Institute for Environmental Studies
Q & A

Updates on Water Environmental Governance in WEPA Partner Countries

Cambodia
China
Indonesia
Japan
Republic of Korea
Discussion

Agenda and Presentations (Annual Meeting, Day 2, 2 March)

Updates on Water Environmental Governance in WEPA Partner Countries

Lao PDR
Malaysia
Nepal
Philippines
Sri Lanka
Thailand
Viet Nam
Discussion
WEPA Activity Plan in 2021-2022
Mr. Osamu Mizuno, WEPA Secretariat
Closing remarks
Prof. Mitsumasa Okada, Chairman of WEPA Advisory Board
 

The 15th WEPA Annual Meeting and International Workshop

6 and 8 February 2020

Agenda and Presentations (Annual Meeting, 8 February)

Opening remarks

Mr. Seiji Tsutsui, Director, Water Environment Division, Environmental Management Bureau, Ministry of the Environment, Japan
WEPA Framework in the 4th Phase
Noriaki Murase, WEPA Secretariat
Discussion
Summary of International Workshop
Pham Ngoc Bao, WEPA Secretariat

Session 1: Progress of WEPA activities in FY2019

Report from WEPA secretariat
Bijon Kumar Mitra, WEPA Secretariat
Report of WEPA Action Program in Indonesia on TMDL
Pham Ngoc Bao, WEPA Secretariat
Proposal of WEPA Action Program in Cambodia
Ministry of Environment, Cambodia
Discussion

Session 2:Updates on Water Environmental Governance in WEPA Partner Countries

Cambodia
Japan
Lao PDR
Malaysia
Myanmar
Nepal
Philippines
Republic of Korea
Sri Lanka
Thailand
Discussion

Session 3:Future plan in FY2020

Plan of future activities
Noriaki Murase, WEPA Secretariat

Closing remarks

Professor Mitsumasa Okada, Chairman of WEPA Advisory Board

Agenda and Presentations (International Workshop, 6 February)

Opening remarks

Mr. Seiji Tsutsui, Director, Water Environment Division, Environmental Management Bureau, Ministry of the Environment, Japan Mr. Pralong Dumrongthai, Director-General, Pollution Control Department, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Thailand
Framing presentation
Noriaki Murase, WEPA Secretariat
Keynote presentation (1) Effluent Regulation System under the Water Pollution Control Act
Prof. Emeritus Masaaki Hosomi, WEPA Advisory Board Member
Q&A
Keynote presentation (2) Thai experience on industrial wastewater regulation
Dr. Chaiyo Juisiri, Director of Inland Water Section, Pollution Control Department, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment
Q&A
Recent efforts in industrial wastewater regulation (pollution load control) in WEPA countries: (Malaysia, Republic of Korea)
Recent efforts in industrial wastewater regulation (wastewater quality control) in WEPA countries: (Philippines)
Q&A and Discussion on industrial wastewater regulation

Presentation on Introduction of industrial wastewater treatment technology applicable to Asian countries

Mr. Akihiko Toji, General Manager, International Engineering Section, Water Infrastructure Engineering Division, KOBELCO ECO-SOLUTIONS Co., Ltd.
Mr. Chuchat Saitin, Managing Director, Amata Water Co., Ltd. Mr. Panumas Intarasotthi, General Manager of GEM Environmental Management, Co., Ltd.
Q&A
Comments from Prof. Fujie, WEPA advisor

Closing

 

Bilateral Meeting on the WEPA Action Program in Cambodia

11 December 2019

Agenda of the Meeting and Presentations

Opening Session

Welcome Speech
Tsubasa Hashimoto, Deputy Director, Water Environment Division, Ministry of the Environment, Japan (MOEJ)
Welcome Speech and Opening Remarks
Chea Sina, Acting Director General, Environmental Protection, Ministry of Environment, Cambodia (MOEC)
Brief introduction of WEPA and purpose of consultation meeting
Noriaki Murase, WEPA Secretariat

Session 1: Japanese Experience on Pollution Load Investigation and Pollution Control System for Conservation of Water Quality

Lake Water Quality Conservation Measures of Japan
Tsubasa Hashimoto, MOEJ
Lessons from pollution load investigations in water bodies of Japan
Koichi Fujie, WEPA Advisory Board Member
Initiatives for water environment conservation in lakes of Japan: Case of Lake Biwa
Bijon Kumer Mitra, WEPA Secretariat

Session 2: Environmental Management of Tonle Sap Great Lake and Propose WEPA Action Program in Cambodia

Water Quality and Environmental Management in Tonle Sap Lake
Khov Visong, Tonle Sap Authority (TSA)
Temporal Variation of Sediment and Nutrients (Nitrate and Phosphorus) Dynamics in the Mekong/Tonle Sap River in Cambodia
Oeurng Chantha, Institute of Technology of Cambodia (ITC)
Urban Sewarage System in Cambodia
Lun Hang, Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MPWT)
Proposal for WEPA action program in Cambodia
Him Chandath, MOEC

Closing Session

Wrap-up
Noriaki Murase, WEPA Secretariat
Closing Remarks
Phin Rady, Director, Water Quality Management Department, MOEC