International Workshop on

Environmental Policy-Making Instruments Based on Public
Participation in a High Technological Society－Energy, Chemical
Substances and Water Management as Central Issues
Date: March 7 - 8, 2015
Venue: Osaka University, Toyonaka Campus, Engineering Science International Bldg., 1st Floor, Sigma Hall
Language: English
Organizers: OSAKA UNIVERSITY, PROJECT TIGER “Policy decision-making and public participation on energy, chemicals and water
management: an international comparative study” (Global Initiative Program), GREEN ACCESS PROJECT II “Review of Legal Indicators
for the Participation Principle in Environmental Matters - Promotion of an International Cooperation towards Strengthening theEnvironmental Democracy” (JSPS Grant-in-Aid), and MITSUI & CO., LTD., ENVIRONMENT FUND – Project “Proposing an Asian
Version of the Aarhus Convention – Constitution of an International Cooperation for Implementing the Environmental Justice”

Saturday, March 7, 2015 10:00 - 17:40
10:00 – 10:10

10:10 - 12:30

10:10 - 10:35

10:35 - 11:00

11:00 - 11:25

11:25 - 11:50

Opening Speeches
Yutaka Takenaka (Dean, Graduate School of Law and Politics, Osaka University - Japan)
Takehisa Awaji (Emeritus Professor, Rikkyo University – Japan)
Session I
Policy-Making and Public Participation
Moderator: Kenji Mitsunari (Professor, Osaka University, Director of Center for the Study of Communication-Design - Japan)& Kota Fukui (Professor, Osaka University, Graduate School of Law and Politics - Japan)
Report 1: Noriko Okubo (Professor / Research Representative, Osaka University, Graduate Schoolof Law and Politics - Japan)
High technology and public participation-based decision-making –current trends and issues
on the environment
Report 2: Daniel Farber (Professor, University of California, Berkeley; Co-Director, Center for Law,
Energy & the Environment – CLEE - USA)
Public Participation in Science-Based Policy Under U.S. Law
Report 3: Keishiro Hara (Associate Professor, Osaka University, Center for Environmental
Innovation Design for Sustainability (CEIDS) - Japan)
Participatory Approach in Sustainability Science: Vision and Indicator Settings at Local Level inJapan
Report 4: Hideyuki Hirakawa (Professor, Osaka University, Center for the Study of CommunicationDesign (CSCD) - Japan)
Public Engagement in Science, Technology and Innovation Policy in Japan:Achievements andChallenges
Q&A Session

11:50 - 12:30
12:30 -14:30
Group Picture / Lunch
14:30 - 17:40
Session IIEnergy
Moderator: Yukari Takamura (Professor, Nagoya University, Graduate School of Environmental Studies - Japan) &Tiago Trentinella (Researcher, Osaka University, Graduate School of Law and Politics - Brazil)
14:30 - 14:55 Report 5: Kazuhiko Matsumoto(Professor, Osaka University, Law School - Japan)
Resuming Nuclear Power Plant Operations and Social Consensus Building
14:55 - 15:20 Report 6: Deng Haifeng (Associate Professor, Tsinghua University, Faculty of Law - China)
Energy Security Strategy, Policy and Public Participation in China
15:20 - 15:45 Report 7:Michel Prieur (Emeritus Professor, University of Limoges; Scientific Director, Center forInterdisciplinary Research on Environmental, Development and Urban Planning Law (CRIDEAU); President of
the International Centre of Comparative Environmental Law (CIDCE) - France)
Decision making process on shale gas
15:45 - 16:15 Coffee Break16:15 - 16:40
16:40 - 17:40
18:00 – 20:00

Report 8: Sven Rudolph (Associate Professor, Kyoto University, Graduate School of Economics - Germany)
Public Participation in Market-based Climate Policy – A Political Economy Perspective
Q&A Session
Reception (Seminar Room Engineering Science International Bldg., 1st Floor.)

Sunday, March 8, 2015 9:00 - 17:45
9:00 – 10:50

Session III
Chemical Substances
Moderator: Keishiro Hara (Associate Professor, Osaka University, CEIDS - Japan) & Soichiro Minami (Researcher,Osaka University, Graduate School of Law and Politics - Japan)

9:00 – 9:25

9:25 – 9:50

9:50 - 10:15

10:15 – 10:50
10:50 – 11:10
11:10 – 15:25

Report 9: Michinori Uwasu (Associate Professor, Osaka University, Center for Environmental
Innovation Design for Sustainability (CEIDS) - Japan)
Participatory approach for food security
Report 10: Zhao Huiyu (Associate Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Koguan Law School - China）
The evolvement of China’s public participation system on site selection of chemical projects:
taking PX projects as an example
Report 11: Hirofumi Aizawa (Ministry of the Environment - Japan)
Global trends of Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers in the context of PublicParticipation
Q&A Session
Coffee BreakSession IVWater Management
Moderator: Tadashi Otsuka (Professor, Waseda University, Law School - Japan) & Riwa Watanabe (Researcher, Osaka
University, Graduate School of Law and Politics - Japan)

11:10 – 11:35

14:45 - 15:25

Report 12: Mitsuo Matsumoto (Associate Professor, Osaka University, Osaka School ofInternational Public Policy - Japan)
Legal Reforms for the Sustainable Governance of Waters in Japan; Long Way towards Local
Autonomy and Citizen Participation
Report 13: Siriporn Wajjwalku (Associate Professor, Thammasat University, Department ofInternational Relations, Faculty of Political Science - Thailand)State-community relations and the integrated water management in Northern Thailand: Thecase study of the People Council of Ing RiverGroup Picture / Lunch(Engineering Science International Bldg., 1st Floor, Seminar Room)
Report 14: Antonio Rossmann (John and Elizabeth Boalt Lecturer in Water Resources Law,
University of California, Berkeley, School of Law - USA)
Citizen Participation in The Great California Drought
Report 15: Mathilde Boutonnet (Professor, Aix-Marseille University, Faculty of Law and PoliticalScience – France)
Public participation in water management in France
Report 16: Patrícia Faga Iglecias Lemos (Secretary of the Environment of the State of São Paulo;
Professor, University of São Paulo, Faculty of Law, Brazil)
Engaging society in the Brazilian water management : how to improve protection andreslience
Q&A Session

15:25 – 15:45

Coffee Break

11:35 – 12:00

12:00 – 13:30
13:30 - 13:55

13:55 - 14:20

14:20 - 14:45

15:45 – 17:45

Session VGeneral Discussion

Moderator: Noriko Okubo (Professor / Research Representative, Osaka University, Graduate School of Law and Politics Japan) & Michinori Uwasu (Associate Professor, Osaka University, CEIDS - Japan)