The 3rd Asia-Pacific Water Summit (3rd APWS)
11-12 December 2017
Venue: Sedona Hotel Yangon, Myanmar
Theme: Water Security for Sustainable Development
10 December 2017
19:00 -Dinner hosted by APWF (invitees only)

Day 1 (11 December 2017)07:00 – 09:30 Registration
09:40 – 09:50 Opening: Video
09:50 – 10:25 Opening and Welcoming Remarks- H.E. Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, State Counsellor, the Republic of the Union of Myanmar
Opening Remarks- H.E. Mr. Baron Waqa, President of the Republic of Nauru
Opening Remarks- Mr. Yoshinori Imai, Vice President of the Japan Water Forum(on behalf of H.E. Mr. Yoshiro Mori, President of the APWF)
Grand Ballroom (Level 1)
10:25 – 10:45 Photo Session
10:45 – 10:55 Break
10:55 – 12:00 Keynote address- H.E. U Henry Van Thio, Vice President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, Chairof National Water Resources Committee (NWRC) and of the National Disaster
Management Committee (NDMC)
Statement of the Ministers of the Asia-Pacific Region- H.E. Mr. José Ramos-Horta, Senior Minister and National Security Advisor, FormerPresident of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste- H.E. Mr. Lim Kean Hor, Minister of Water Resources and Meteorology, Cambodia- H.E. Hardeep Singh Puri, Minister of State and Housing and Urban Affairs, India- H.E. Mr. Keiichi Ishii, Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Japan- H.E. Mr. Sommad Pholsena, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, Lao
People’s Democratic Republic- H.E. Dr. Maximus Johnity Ongkili, Minister of Energy Green Technology and Water,Malaysia- H.E. General Surasak Karnjanarat, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment
Thailand- H.E. Mr. Suhaimi Gafar, Acting Minister of Development, Brunei Darussalam
Grand Ballroom (Level 1)
12:00 - 13:30
Lunch
13:30 - 15:00
4 Parallel Thematic Sessions
Reviving
Governance for
Better Governance: Water and Disasters inHydrological Cycles: Sustainable Urban Inclusive Approach the Context of Climate
Rainwater Harvesting Water Supply
through good
Change: From theand Sustainable(JICA)
practices on water
Mountains to the Islands
Groundwater
governance and(ICHARM / ICIMOD /Management
IWRM
SPC / HELP)(ICIMOD, MLIT
(NARBO/UNESCO)(Japan)Grand Ballroom 2 Grand Ballroom 1 Grand Ballroom 3Mindon(Level 1)(Level 1)(Level 1)(Level 2)
115:00 - 15:30
15:30 - 17:00

19:00 -Coffee Break
4 Parallel Thematic Sessions
Water-Energy-Food- Improving
Roles of Women and(continued)
Ecosystems
Sanitation andYouth in Water
Water and Disasters in(FAO /Wastewater
Security and SDGs
the Context of Climate
MAFF(Japan))Management(Water Mothers
Change:(JSC / MLIT /Myanmar, IWMI,
From the Mountains toMOEJ)
Citizens Process ofthe Islands
World Water Forum 8, (ICHARM / ICIMOD /GWP, WYPW Asia
SPC / HELP)
Chapter)
Grand Ballroom 3 Grand Ballroom 1
Grand Ballroom 2Mindon(Level 1)(Level 1)(Level 1)(Level 2)
Welcome Reception

2Day 2 (12 December)
08:30 - 09:00
Registration
09:00 - 11: 00
3 Parallel Thematic Session
Financing theWorking Together:
Source-to-Sea Opportunities
Implementation of theMulti-Stakeholders Partnership in the Asia-Pacific Region
Water-Related SDGs
for Regional Cooperation(S2S Platform / FAO)
(ESCAP)(GWP / ICIMOD)
Grand Ballroom(Level 1)
Mindon (Level 2)
Inya Room (Level 11)
11:00 - 11:30
Coffee Break
11:30 - 13:00 Leaders Statements toward Water Security for Sustainable Development
Welcome Address and Statement- H.E. U Thant Sin Maung, Union Minister of Transport and Communications of theRepublic of the Union of Myanmar- H.E. U Phyo Min Thein, Chief Minister of Yangon Regional Government of the Republicof the Union of Myanmar
Statements of the Heads of Delegation from the Asia and Pacific countries[Moderator: Prof. Simon Tay, Vice Chair of the APWF Governing Council]- Dr. Swarnim Wagle, Vice Chair of National Planning Commission, Nepal- Dr. Amy Khor, Senior Minister of the Environment and Water Resources, Singapore- Mr. Paula Ma'u, Chief Executive Officer, Ministry of Meteorology, Energy, Information,Disaster Management, Climate Change and Communications, Tonga- Mr. Ngoc Linh Nguyen, Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment,Vietnam- Mr. Park Jaeheyon, Assistant Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Republic ofKorea- H.E. Mr. Nicholas Coppel, Ambassador of Australia to Myanmar- H.E. Dr. Ito Sumard, Ambassador of Indonesia to Myanmar- H.E. Mr. Daniel Zonshine, Ambassador of Israel to Myanmar- H.E. Mr. Kapunan Eco Eduardo, Ambassador of the Philippines to Myanmar- Mr. Zhiguang Liu, Director-General, International Cooperation, Science & TechnologyDept. of the Ministry of Water Resources Ministry of Water Resources, China.
- Mr. Michael John Mangawai, Department of Water, Acting Director General, Vanuatu- Ms. Tenzin Wangmo, Chief Environment Officer, National Environment Commission,Bhutan- Mr. Timur Kydyrmyshev, Second Secretary of Department for Analysis andCoordination of Foreign Policy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kyrgyz Republic- Dr. Nick Scholfield, Chief Executive Officer, Australia Water Partnership- Dr. Toshio Koike, Director, International Centre for Water Hazard and Risk Management(ICHARM), Public Works Research Institute (PWRI)- Dr. David Molden, Director-General, International Centre for Integrated Mountain
Development (ICIMOD)- Dr. Claudia Sadoff, Executive Director of International Water Management Institute(IWMI)- Ms. Lusia Sefo Leau, Chief Executive Officer, Pacific Water and Wastewater Association(PWWA)- Mr. Tom Panella, Chief of Water Sector Group, Sustainable Development and Climate
Change Department, Asian Development Bank (ADB)- Mr. Clausen Joench Torkil, Governor, World Water Council (on behalf of the Presidentof World Water Council)
Wrap-up: Prof. Simon Tay, Vice Chair of the APWF Governing Council
Grand Ballroom (Level 1)3

13:00 - 14:00
14:00 - 16:00Lunch
Recap of discussions in the 3rd APWS
 Summary of Parallel Thematic Sessions[Chair: Ms. Changhua Wu, Vice Chair of the APWF Governing Council]
Closing Plenary Adoption of the Yangon Declaration[Co-chairs: H.E. U Thant Sin Maung,
Mr. Ravi Narayanan, APWF Governing Council Chair]

19:00 - Closing Remarks- Dr. Kotaro Takemura, Chair of the Joint Steering Committee for the 3rd APWS,
Secretary-General of Japan Water Forum as the APWF Secretariat- H.E. U Thant Sin Maung
Grand Ballroom (Level 1)
Farewell Cocktail4