Stockholm World Water Week 2021

Asia Focus Sessions

The APWF collaborates with various organizations to advance water security challenges
across Asia and the Paciﬁc by sharing knowledge, experiences, and lessons under thetheme of Stockholm World Water Week 2021, Building Resilience Faster. In 2021, wewill organize three sessions as the Asia Focus.
Join us by registration throughwww.worldwaterweek.org/tickets

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Stockholm World Water Week 2021

Best Practices in Innovative Water Financing
in Asia and the Paciﬁc
Monday, 23 August 2021 • 10:00–11:00a.m. CEST
https://bit.ly/2Uc4lWZ
Overview
Climate change adaptation and resilience are critical to advance water security, inclusive
economic development, and SDGs despite shocks and stresses like COVID-19. Development
partners will present a variety of current initiatives towards upscaling and mainstreaming ofinvestments in climate resilience and water security across Asia and the Paciﬁc.
Conveners

ProgramWelcome/Opening Remarks
Mr. Jelle Beekma
Senior Water Resources Specialist, Asian Development Bank (ADB)Asia Focus Sessions

Presentations•Enabling conditions for various innovative ﬁnancing strategies in Asia
Mr. Xavier Leﬂaive
Team Leader, Resilience, Adaptation and Water,Environment Directorate, OECD•Private sector participation in resilience
Ms. Hisaka Kimura
Advisor, Private Sector Operations, ADB•Mainstreaming water resilience in ﬁnancial institutions in Asia
Ms. Kari Davis
Technical Director, AGWA•

Case study on establishing community borewell by Adhikar, a microﬁnanceinstitution in Odisha, India
Ms. Buvaneswari Duraisamy
Senior Manager, Microlending Partnerships, Water.org

Panel Discussion
Moderator: Mr. Ravi Narayanan, Governing Council Chair, APWF
Question to each of the independent panelists
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Banking sector
Dr. G R Chintala
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD), Mumbai

ii. Resilience sector
Ms. Ania Grobicki
Deputy Director of External Affairs, GCF
iii. Service sector
Mr. Perry Rivera, Advisor, Manila Water

Open Q&A with the audience
Closing Remarks
Ms. Neeta Pokhrel, Chief Water Sector Group, ADB

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ASIA FOCUS

Water Cycle Management for Resilient andEquitable Societies
Tuesday, 24 August 2021 • 7:00–8:00a.m. CEST
https://bit.ly/3xEVjzt
Overview
Asia and the Paciﬁc face escalating pressure from the impacts of climate change anddevelopment. The Covid-19 pandemic has demonstrated the region’s current vulnerabilities.
Without fully understanding the rapidly changing hydro-metrological interactions using thebest available science and data, achieving the necessary resilience within a short timeframe
will not be possible. The session brings together a diverse group of speakers from Asia and thePaciﬁc, highlighting different perspectives on the urgency and potential beneﬁts of more robust
information and data ﬂows between science, policymakers, and the public.
Conveners

ProgramWelcome/Opening RemarksYumiko AsayamaManager, APWF c/o Japan Water ForumAsia Focus Sessions

Presentations
Mr. Curt Garrigan
Chief, Sustainable Urban Development Section, Environment andDevelopment Division, ESCAP
Dr. Pierre Flamand
Manager of International Affairs, Japan Sanitation Consortium
Dr. Manohara Khadka
Country Representative - Nepal and South Asia, InternationalWater Management Institute
Mr. Osamu Kondo
Director, Secretariat of Water Cycle Policy Headquarters,
Cabinet Secretariat, Japan
Dr. Ik-Jae (IJ) Kim
Director General, Chief Research Fellow, Water and Land ResearchGroup, Korea Environment Institute (KEI)
Dr. Hans Dencker Thulstrup
UNESCO Regional Science Bureau for Asia and the Paciﬁc

Plenary Q&A from the audience
Moderator: Dr. Hans Dencker Thulstrup, UNESCO Regional
Science Bureau for Asia and the Paciﬁc
Panelists: above speakers

Summary and Wrap Up
Dr. Hans Dencker Thulstrup, UNESCO Regional Science Bureau
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ASIA FOCUS

Accelerating Inclusive Water Governance toadvance Sustainable Development
Wednesday, 25 August 2021 • 8:00–9:00a.m. CEST
https://bit.ly/3AGMxCP
Overview
The water crisis is often a crisis of governance, so addressing effective water governanceshould be one of the highest priorities in Asia-Paciﬁc. Key regional actors will share innovative
approaches in examining and improving water governance to boost sustainable and inclusive
development and kick-start commitments towards concrete collaborative action.
Conveners

ProgramIntroduction and Opening Remark
Ms. Yumiko Asayama
Manager, APWF c/o Japan Water ForumAsia Focus Sessions

Session 1: Position and status of water governance for Asia Paciﬁc countries toaddress issues on regional water governance•Asian Water Development Outlook (AWDO) 2020
Ms. Neeta Pokhrel
Chief of Water Sector Group, ADB•

Asia Focus Water Governance, lesson learned from the AWDO 2020
Dr. Maria Salvetti
Water Policy Analyst, OECD•

Water Integrity Global Outlook 2021
Ms. Barbara Schreiner
Executive Director, Water Integrity Network•

Implementation Status of SDG 6.5.1 Integrated Water Resources
Management in Asia Region 2020
Mr. Colin Herron
Global Coordinator, Water Solutions for the SDGs,
Global Water Partnership (GWP)

Session 2: Learning exchange sharing and discussion on concrete case studies
in water governance (Video Presentation)•Role of International Water Law and informal mechanisms intransboundary water cooperation:
Mr. Raphael Glemet
Senior Programme Officer, Science and Strategy Group, IUCN Asia•

Innovation of capacity building on water-related disasterrisk reduction
Dr. Tetsuya Ikeda
Deputy Director (International Coordination), International Centrefor Water Hazard and Risk Management (ICHARM)•

Japanese lessons about water governance throughout history
Dr. Mikio Ishiwatari
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)•Water governance for Blue Cities
Dr. Oriana Romano
Head of Unit, Water Governance and Circular Economy, Cities, UrbanPolicies, and Sustainable Development Division, Centre forEntrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities, OECD6

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Plenary Panel Discussion (Live)
Moderator: Dr. Yumiko Yasuda, Senior Network and Transboundary Water
Cooperation Specialist/ GWP Regional support to Pan Asia, GWP
Panelists:• Mr. Vishwa Ranjan Sinha, Programme Officer, Science and Strategy
Group, IUCN Asia
• Dr. Tetsuya Ikeda, ICHARM• Dr. Mikio Ishiwatari, JICA
• Dr. Oriana Romano, OECDSession 3: Joint actions and solutions for water governance to accelerate theachievement of the SDGs through enhanced water governance
Presentation “Breaking down the silos: a multi-stakeholder open
program for enhanced water security”?
Mr. Fany Wedahuditama
Regional Coordinator, GWP Southeast Asia
Questions from participantsClosing Remarks
Ms. Yumiko Asayama
Manager, APWF c/o Japan Water Forum