Fiscal Year 2016 Activity Report
The activities of the Japan Sanitation Consortium (JSC) outlined below are as stipulated inarticle 4 of JSC’s Term of References:(1) Networking(2) Information gathering(3) Knowledge dissemination and information sharing(4) Support to international donor organizations
The results of the FY 2016 business activities are reported hereafter.
1. NETWORKING(Cooperation with international organizations, creation of a network of sanitation relatedorganizations and bodies from each country)
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Networking based on the work commissioned by the Ministry of Land,
Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT)
JSC provided assistance for the holding of the following meetings in association with theproject commissioned by MLIT: ‘Investigation Assignment for the Construction of a
Network with Overseas Government Bodies in the Field of Sewage Works’ (project period:from 23 April 2016 to 24 March 2017; joint venture with Mitsubishi Institute Inc.):1)

Intergovernmental Consultation with Indonesia Public Project - Ministry ofPublic Works and Housing (PU), 30 June 2016, Jakarta, Indonesia

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9th Japan-Vietnam Regular Consultation, 27 July 2016, Nagoya, Japan3)

Conference on Watershed Management for Controlling Municipal Wastewater inSouth East Asia, 28-29 July 2016, Nagoya City, Shiga Prefecture, Japan4)

Indonesia: Japan-Indonesia Meeting with Vice-Minister of Construction (SewageWorks WG), 22 February 2017, Jakarta, Indonesia

5)Japan-Vietnam Sewage Works Seminar and 10th Regular Consultation, 6 March2017, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam

2. INFORMATION GATHERING(Creation of a sanitation database for the Asia-Pacific Region and execution of country
assessments for sanitation improvement in each country of the region)12.1 Asia-Pacific Water Forum Governing Council Meeting
Mr. Kazushi Hashimoto, JSC Advisor, attended the 19th Asia-Pacific Water Forum (APWF)
Governing Council Meeting held in Singapore on 13 July 2016 in which he expressed JSC ’sviews on sanitation and wastewater management in the Asia-Pacific region.
Mr. Pierre Flamand, JSC Manager of International Affairs, participated at the following
APWF Governing Council Meeting – the 20th – convened in Singapore on 18 January 2017 toshare JSC’s position on the debated issues. The meeting focused on the 3rd Asia-PacificWater Summit and the Regional Process of the 8th World Water Forum, which will be held
in Brasilia, Brazil, from 18 to 23 March 2018. During the meeting was revealed the city andcountry that may potentially host the 3rd Asia-Pacific Water Summit – Yangon City inMyanmar – and was made a preliminarily selection of the organizations that will lead eachtheme of the 8th WWF Regional Process.
3. KNOWLEDGE DISSMINATION AND INFORMATION SHARING(Diffusion of sanitation knowledge and experiences from developed countries; andorganization of international seminars to exchange information and knowledge withdeveloping countries)
3.1 Workshop on Johkasou and Distributed Sanitation in Hungary
From 23 to 28 June 2016 was held in Budapest, Hungary, a workshop to promote thediffusion of domestic wastewater treatment systems in Central and Eastern Europe. Mr.
Pierre Flamand, JSC Manager of International Affairs, attended this event for which theInstitute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) was the Secretariat on the Japaneseside. Following the workshop, a field assessment was carried out along the Lake Balaton, anarea that the government of Hungary wants to preserve from wastewater pollution, toinspect the decentralized wastewater systems that are currently used and identify theissues related to wastewater management as well as the potential of introducing theJohkasou system in this country.
3.2 Japan-China Joint Seminar on Technologies and Policy for Wastewater Treatment inAgricultural Communities
On 13 July 2016 at the Southwest University of Science and Technology (SWUST) in
Mianyang (Sichuan, China), Japan’s Ministry of the Environment (MOE), the Japan
Education Center of Environmental Sanitation (JECES) and SWUST jointly held theabove-mentioned seminar. Dr. Shinhi Kumokawa and Mr. Satoru Takahashi from JECES
participated at this event, in which Dr. Kumokawa made a presentation on the operationand maintenance of Johkasou.

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3.3 4th International Workshop on Decentralized Domestic Wastewater Treatment inAsia
The above-noted event, hosted by Japan’s Ministry of the Environment (MOE) and forwhich the Japan Education Center of Environmental Sanitation (JECES) acted as theSecretariat, was held in Jakarta, Indonesia, on 27-28 September. Mr. Kazushi Hashimoto, JSC
Advisor, made a presentation on the success stories and issues related to decentralized
wastewater treatment in Asia. In addition, Mr. Hashimoto and Dr. Shinhi Kumokawa (JECES)
chaired the session that followed the presentations.
3.4 Discussion on SDG 6.3 ‘halving the proportion of untreated wastewater’ between
WHO and Japanese stakeholders (MOE, MLIT, JICA and JSC)
Originating from an issue identified by JSC in the proposed SDG monitoring method toestimate the amount of treated/untreated wastewater, JSC was part of the Japanesedelegation (which also included MOE, MLIT and JICA) that met at the Japan International
Cooperation Agency (JICA) Headquarters Dr. Rifat Hossain (technical expert for publichealth and the environment at the World Health Organization) during his visit to Japan.
During this meeting, opinions were exchanged on the establishment of a monitoring
method for the pilot assessments of the SDG target 6.3 (“halving the proportion ofuntreated wastewater”) and the joint holding of an international conference.
3.5 Attendance at ADB - Yokohama Business SeminarOn the occasion of the Asia-Infrastructure Business Seminar held in Yokohama on 17
November 2016 was announced the publication entitled ‘Sanitation and Sustainable
Development in Japan’ that JSC produced for the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Mr.
Kazushi Hashimoto (JSC Advisor) and Mr. Pierre Flamand (JSC Manager of InternationalAffairs) attended this event and introduced, through a presentation, the publication
content.
3.6 2nd Workshop on On-site Domestic Wastewater Treatment in Malaysia
The National Water Services Commission (SPAN) of Malaysia and the Ministry of theEnvironment (MOE) of Japan held in Cyberjaya, Malaysia, the above-noted workshop. In
this event, Dr. Shinhi Kumokawa (JECES) and Mr. Pierre Flamand (JSC Manager ofInternational Affairs) made a presentation on, respectively, the way of estimating the costof Johkasou operation and maintenance, and the planning of domestic wastewater
treatment. In the meeting that followed the presentations, discussions were also
conducted and opinions exchanged between the representatives of Japan and Malaysia
about on-site wastewater treatment in Malaysia.
4. SUPPORT TO INTERNATIONAL DONOR ORGANZIATIONS(Organization of training courses on sanitation, execution of assessment for projects, advice

3for the selection of appropriate technologies, and introduction of experts to international
donor organizations, such as ADB and JICA)
4.1 JICA Country Focused Training Course on ‘Public Policy and Regulatory Framework
for Sewage Works and Sanitation’
The Japan Education Center of Environmental Sanitation (JECES) has been entrusted for theorganization of a Country-focused Training Course from JICA, carried out between 15January and 11 February 2017. This course was attended by 5 members of the National
Water Services Commission (SPAN) of Malaysia. In a fully supportive manner, JSC conducted
lectures on the legislative system and regulations for on-site/off-site systems in Japan, inaddition to organizing the site inspections of related facilities.
5. OTHER ACTIVITIES
5.1 FY 2016 JSC 10th Steering Committee Meeting
On 27 May 2016 was held JSC’s 10th Steering Committee Meeting. On this occasion, therecord of proceedings of the previous Steering Committee Meeting was approved and theresults of the business activities in FY 2015 were reported. The FY 2016 Business Plan wasalso discussed and approved.
5.2 Implementation of the ‘Water Environment Improvement in Asia’ Model Project ofthe Ministry of the Environment: ‘Johkasou Demonstration Project for Domestic
Wastewater Treatment Improvement in Malaysia’ in FY 2016
Under a joint venture scheme, the Japan Education Center of Environmental Sanitation(JECES) and other organizations made several missions to assess on-site wastewater
treatment in Malaysia in FY 2014 and FY 2015. Other missions were conducted to check theinstallation of the model Johkasou and its treatment performance, and also to assess thepotential of Johkasou business development in Malaysia. The verification of the Johkasou
treatment performance has been continuously carried out in FY 2016. In addition, the tasks
for the business development of Johkasou have been sorted out and the Johkasou
manufacturer started sales preparation.
5.3 Implementation of the Project ‘To Promote Worldwide Dissemination of Night-soil
Treatment Systems’ by the Ministry of the Environment in FY 2016
The Japan Education Center of Environmental Sanitation (JECES) was chosen by the Ministryof the Environment (MOE) to be the contracted organization in charge of implementing theabove-mentioned project. During that fiscal year, JECES conducted field studies in China,
Germany and Australia and transmitted information at international conferences andexhibitions. In addition, the ‘4th International Workshop on Decentralized Domestic
Wastewater Treatment in Asia’ supported by MOE was held in Jakarta.

45.4 Participation in ISO/TC 224 WG 11 (Stormwater Management) as a Secretariat
Member
The WG 11 focuses on the development of new guidelines for stromwater management inurban areas. To make progress and further develop the working draft of the guidelines, twomeetings were held in Berlin, Germany (28 June-1 July) and in Paris, France (12-14
December), in which participated the Secretariat members from Japan, including Mr. Pierre
Flamand, and the WG members from the international community.

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