6th WEPA Annual Meeting

Draft Plan of Activities in FY 2011
(April 2011‐March 2012)

Takatoshi WAKO
Deputy Director, Water Environment Division
Environmental Management Bureau
Ministry of the Environment, Japan1

FY2011 Focus of Action(April 2011‐March 2012)
Considering that key international water meetings such as thesecond Asia-Pacific Water Forum and the sixth World Water Forum
will be held in FY2011, WEPA will focus on the following activities
1) Prepare and distribute “outputs” of WEPA discussion in the second
phase to date (to make outputs, surveys and workshops to wrap up thediscussion at WEPA meetings);
2) Disseminate WEPA message to the world. The message will address
challenges of water environmental management in WEPA partnercountries identified through the WEPA discussions;3) Draft a new version of “WEPA Outlook of Water Environmental
Strategies” of which first version was prepared for the fifth World Water
Forum.
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Activity Plan in FY2011
Theme１：Domestic
Wastewater Treatment
Investigate possible solutions topromote domestic wastewater .
【Activities】
Follow up of survey conducted inFY2010.

Theme2：Climate change
Identify challenges of water
environmental management inwhich climate change concerns areincorporated.
【Activities】
Extended perception survey andfollow‐up of FY2011 survey(produce small brochure whereappropriate)

WEPA
Workshop on Water Environment【Possible Discussion Topics】
・Hot spots of water environmental
problems
・Challenges of water environmental
management (formulation of WEPA
message)‐ Representative of WEPA partnercountries and other relevant local
stakeholders will attend the workshop.

Publish “WEPA OUTLOOK OF
WATER ENVIRONMENTALSTRATEGIES 2012”
Develop the publication by revisionof the outlook 2009 version.
【How to develop】
Interview of relevant stakeholder bythe Secretariat;
Review and revision by partnercountries by their own.

Collaboration withNARBO●Cooperation withNARBO Water Quality
Workshop●Continue Discussion
with NARBO Secretariat
for joint actions

Dialogue(venue to bedecided)

Update of WEPA
Database-Revision of country
information.
- Putting news on
recent activities andmeetings of WEPAOUTREACH: Disseminate WEPA Outputs to the Asia Pacific Water Forum (APWF)
and the sixth World Water Forum
Disseminate WEPA outputs/activities and messages through sessions, putting posters exhibition and other means
3Theme 1: Domestic
Wastewater Treatment
Activity in FY 2010
【 Questionnaire 1 】
Review of National policy for
Domestic Wastewater Treatment【 Questionnaire 2】
Identification of Water
Environmental Hot Spots Polluted
by Domestic Wastewater andIssues on Domestic Wastewater
Treatment(to list 5 rivers and 5 lakes)【 Questionnaire 3】
Good Practice for Sustainable
Domestic Wastewater
Management in Asia
(to list 3 good practices on domestic
wastewater treatment)

Activity Plan in FY 2011
Discussion for Improvement Plan ofDomestic Wastewater Management
System among WEPA countries【Activity Plan】
1. Follow up of Survey of Good Practice
A survey is planed to be conducted for 2
or 3 cases selected among good practices
collected in FY 2010
2. Discussion in Workshop
A session on domestic wastewater
management is planed to be organized
to discuss future challenges based on
survey results and presentations doneby specialists .

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Theme 2: Climate Change
FY2010 Questionnaires and Workshop【Questionnaire1】
Data accumulation for investigationof climate change impacts (tounderstand the status of each WEPAcountry)【Questionnaire2】
Perception Survey→Investigate experts’ view
【Questionnaire 3 (FY2009)】
Climate change impacts in water
resource/environmental strategies→link with climate and water sector
policy was identified【Workshop】
Sharing of the latest research findings,
assessment of climate impact
investigation potential and otherconcerns related to climate→Understanding of Water‐ClimateLink

FY2011
Summarize the discussion in FY2009/2010
To identify the points of consideration indevelopment of water environmental
management that incorporates climate
concerns.
【Activities】
Extended perception survey
Interviews with experts
Development notes on the topic (todisseminate at APWF), where appropriate
Possibility to conduct investigation ofclimate change impact to the waterenvironment in selected WEPAcountries

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WEPA International Workshop
1. Objectives：(1) Revisit the issues discussed under WEPA in the second phase (progress ofwater environmental management; domestic wastewater treatment;
climate change and the water environment) and other related area (e.g.
water environmental management at basin level) and identify challenges
and opportunities.
(2) Based on (1), develop WEPA Message for promotion of water
environmental management in Asia.
(3) Incorporate findings of (1) and (2) into the WEPA Outlook (publication).
2. Expected participants
About 50 participants
including not only representatives of WEPA partners but also otherstakeholders such from University, NGOs
3. Others
Possible collaboration with other initiatives/organizations such as NARBO will
be sought out
6Collaboration with NARBO

1. Cooperation to the Water Quality Workshop to be organized byNARBO (e.g. sending a resource person, participation in the discussion)
Details will be discussed with the NARBO Secretariat in due course.
2. Asking participation of NARBO Secretariat (and some of NARBOmembers) in the WEPA workshop. If there are any common agenda of
NARBO and WEPA, more proactive collaboration (such as joint session
in the WEPA workshop) will be considered.
3. Where possible, joint events or exhibition at international meetings
such as APWF.
WEPA Dialogue

1. WEPA dialogue aims to discuss the way to improve water
environmental management in the host country and Japan throughexchange information and ideas.
2. It is to be decided where the 2011 Dialogue will be held.

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WEPA Outlook on Water Environmental Strategies (1) – Proposed Structure
Preface(1p)State of water environment and policy issues (executive summary: 4‐5p）
Information of Collaborators (2‐3p)
Country Information (4p/country x 13 countries = 52p)
Technical Annex (20 ‐ 30p)
• Priority Topic 1
Domestic Wastewater treatment (analysis of the state in each WEPA country, goodpractices, hot spots and other relevant information obtained from questionnaires andinterviews.
• Priority Topic 2
Climate change and the water environment (challenges and opportunities identified
through questionnaire and discussion at the WEPA workshop)• Situation Analysis of water environmental management in WEPA countries

History of WEPA Activities (2p)
List of WEPA Partner Organizations (2p)8

WEPA Outlook on Water Environmental Strategies (1) – Country Information• Country Information ＝4 pages/country (easy to read for policy makers)• Country information will be drafted by WEPA Secretariat based on the WEPA
database and 6th Annual Meeting and ask additional inputs/review of focal pointof each country.
Country information (table)• Area, population, GDP, Precipitation, water resource availability, water use, beneficial uses

Main water bodies (map)State of Water ResourcesState of Water Quality• Rivers, Lakes and reservoirs, Groundwater, Coastal/estuaries

Legal Framework• Water related laws (with tree chart where possible)• Ambient Water Quality Standards• Effluent standards• Water quality monitoring *• Critical issues of the country (in relation to water quality)*

Challenges of future water environmental management

9Time line
WWF6／APWFWEPA

May ‐August
Visit to partner countries, WEPA Dialogue,
Drafting of WEPA Outlook
2011

September – OctoberWorkshop (+ Annual Meeting)
September – November
Finalization of WEPA Outlook, Preparation for WWF6,APWF
DecemberPrinting of Outlook, Preparation for WWF6 and APWF
January： APWF(Thailand)

201212-17 March ：WWF6(France)

WEPA INPUTS TO APWFWEPA INPUTS TO WWF6
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Point for Discussion
 Suggestions to the proposed outputs to be distributed at the APWFand WWF6.
 Comments and suggestions to the next WEPA workshop such as
structure, participants and themes/topics to be discussed
 Suggestions to WEPA message, including objectives and elements tobe included.
 General comments to the proposed structure of the WEPA outlook
 Suggestions to the preparation of process of the WEPA outlook (e.g.
roles of focal points)
 Suggestions or proposals for the way to enhance collaboration withother institutions/networks, especially NARBO.
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Thank you very much for your attention.
To produce meaningful outputs of WEPA,
support and contribution of each partner country,
especially of focal point person is vital.

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