Progress of WEPA Activities in 2015
andPlan of WEPA Activities in 2016
Masaki Suehisa
Deputy Director, Water Environment Division
Environmental Management Bureau
Ministry of the Environment, Japan1

Progress of WEPA Activities in 2015

The 10th Annual Meeting
Date: 11 February, 2015
Venue: Colombo, Sri Lanka

We discussed....
(1) The Third Phase of WEPA - Vision, mission, and work program (2) Progress of WEPA Activities in 2014
(3) Opportunities of Collaboration with other networks andorganizations, and(4) Plan of WEPA Activities in 2015

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Progress of WEPA Activities in 2015
Activities of WEPA in the Third Phase(Presented at the 10th Annual Meeting of WEPA)

3rd Phase of WEPA：Actions for Issue Solution
Facilitating knowledge exchange anddialogues, thereby building capacity
Group workshop

Identifying critical issues, supporting
resolution thereof and sharing
experiences related thereto

Annual Meetings

Bilateral Dialogues
Action program

Facilitating cooperation with international organizations and donor agencies

Outreach
Webdatabase

Outlook + OtherPublications

Inputs to international conferencessuch as WWF
3Progress of WEPA Activities in 2015
2015年のWEPA活動実績

Draft Schedule of Action Programs(Presented at the 10th Annual Meeting of WEPA)FY2014
ActionProgram(Vietnam)
ActionProgram(SriLanka)
ActionProgram

VNDeveloping
Draft APWEPA

Support

FY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018Implementing AP Activities

IntensiveSupport
LK Developing
Draft AP

Implementing AP Activities

Intensive
SupportDeveloping
Country A Draft AP

WEPA Support

WEPA

AP Final
Reports

Follow Up

SupportFollow Up

AP Final
Reports

Implementing
AP Activities

Intensive
SupportAP Final
Reports

Progress of WEPA Activities in 2015

Action Program【Vietnam】
Title: Action Program on the Pig Farm Wastewater Management
Purpose: Collection of basic data for improving water
environmental governance

Activities: Inventory survey at 4 pig farms (wastewater sampling
and water quality analysis, identification of basicunit) and Stakeholder meeting5Progress of WEPA Activities in 2015

Outreach (1)“WEPA Outlook on Water Environmental
Management in Asia 2015”“WEPA Outlook on Water Environmental
Management in Asia 2015” compiling country
profiles and challenges of water environmental
management in WEPA countries was published in
English and Japanese.
Brochure “Water Environment Partnership inAsia”
WEPA brochure introducing WEPA activities in
the Third Phase was published in English andJapanese.

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Progress of WEPA Activities in 2015

Outreach (2) 7th World Water Forum（April 12-17, 2015 at Daegu and Gyeongbuk, Republic of Korea)- Session on “Strengthening Frameworks for Governing and Managing
Water Quality”- Poster exhibition and distribution of WEPA Policy Brief

 WEPA Database（http://wepa-db.net/index.htm）- Update database based on the latest information received frompartner countries
7Plan of WEPA Activities in 2016
Draft Schedule of Action Programs(Presented at the 10th Annual Meeting of WEPA)FY2014
ActionProgram(Vietnam)
ActionProgram(SriLanka)
ActionProgram

VNDeveloping
Draft APWEPA

Support

FY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018Implementing AP Activities

Intensive
SupportLK Developing
Draft AP

Implementing AP Activities

Intensive
SupportDeveloping
Country A Draft AP

WEPA Support

WEPA

AP Final
Reports

Follow Up

SupportFollow Up

AP Final
Reports

Implementing
AP Activities

Intensive
SupportAP Final
Reports

Plan of WEPA Activities in 2016

Action Program
Action Program 2016 【Sri Lanka】
Title: Program to analyze shallow well water as a baseline
survey of ground water quality in Gampaha District(Tentative)
Purpose: Collection of basic data for improving

water environmental governance
Activities: Draft preparation of Action Program
Representative of Sri Lanka will makea presentation on Action Program later.

9Plan of WEPA Activities in 2016
- Follow-up of Action Program 2015 [Vietnam]- Preparation for WEPA Action Program 2017
New proposal for Action Program will be invited for implementation in2017.
Proposal will be shortlisted by the WEPA Secretariat based on thecriteria listed below.
<Points of attention in proposing Action Program>a) Applicability and disseminationb) Contribution to Water Environmental Governancec) Justification Based on Present Challenges and Needsd) Sustainability
10Plan of WEPA Activities in 2016

Workshops, Meeting and Seminar• Bilateral Meeting• The 12th Annual Meeting
Date: In the beginning of 2017
Venue: to be confirmed＜Agenda (tentative)＞
・Progress of WEPA Activities in 2016
・WEPA Action Program
・Plan of WEPA Activities in 2017

• WEPA Workshop
Theme will be examined based on discussions andcomments in Workshop on 25 January 201611

Thank you very much for support andcontribution to the activities conducted.

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