2011/9/20

Water Environment Partnership in Asia (WEPA)
3rd International Workshop

INTORDUCTIONWEPA Secretariat
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies(IGES)

What is WEPA?
WEPA is a partnership program on water quality
management improvement in Asian countries
An initiative of the Japanese Ministry of theEnvironment‐ proposed at WWF3 in March 2003 andlaunched in 2004
Project period :1st Phase: April 2004 ‐ March 2009
2nd Phase: April 2009 – March 201421

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WEPA Partner Countries
11 countries : 1st phase

WEPA Partner Countries(as of September 2011)•••••••••••

Cambodia
China
Indonesia
Korea
Lao PDR
Malaysia
MyanmarPhilippines
Thailand
Viet NamJapan

2 more countries
from the 2nd phase••NepalSri Lanka
3Objectives of WEPA Overall Goal: Strengthening Water Environmental GovernanceTo attain the overall goal, WEPA set the following immediate goals.
 develop an information platform that will contribute to strengthening
water governance and water environment conservation in Asia
monsoon region［WEPA Database http://www.wepa‐db.net/ ］
 To share the data, knowledge and experiences in the region withsimilar natural and socioeconomic conditions[WEPA dialogue, WEPA workshop]
 To contribute to the capacity‐building ofpartner countries through collaborative work
[WEPA meetings (dialogue, workshop)
and a training course under JICA‐WEPAcollaboration]42

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WEPA Focus on the Second Phase
FOCUS:
Knowledge sharing for finding solutions
TOPICS:(photo by IGES)

1. Situation analysis on Water Environmental Governance(Management systems)
2 Two priority topics identified in the 1st Phase2.
(1) Domestic wastewater treatment(2) Adaptation to Climate Change in Water Environmental
Sector53rd WEPA International Workshop: Strucutre
TOPIC1:
Current Policy Responses to Attain National Water Quality Target andFuture Challenges
TOPIC2:
Water quality management in the context of basin management
TOPIC3:o est c Wastewateraste ate Managementa age e t
Domestic• Domestic wastewater management: Implementation issues in wastewater
treatment• Domestic wastewater management: Alternative options to large scale ofsewerage treatment plant63

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TOPIC 1. Current Policy Responses to Attain National
Water Quality Target and Future Challenges
 Share the progress of water environmental management inWEPA countries follow up of the 6th Annual Meeting held in Tokyo
Tokyo, February 2011

 Re‐recognize the water quality target in each WEPA countries
as a reference to one of the targets of the 6th World Water
Forum to be held in Marseille, France, March 2011.
 Target 3 under Priority for Action 3.1 ”Improve the quality of water
resources and ecosystems”

 Exchange ideas on matching of “water environmentalmanagement challenges” and “knowledge‐sharingopportunity” for future WEPA actions.
7Target 3 under Priority for Action 3.1“Improve the quality of water resourcesand ecosystems”
By 2015, eachh country will
ill set a quantitative
i i target, withhan agenda, on reducing nutrient inputs and pollution
from urban wastewater effluent and land‐based activities,
supported by a national prioritization decision toprotect and enhance the quality of water for humanwell‐being and to support the sustainability of water
resources and ecosystems. The target will be supported
by strategic multi‐stakeholder collaboration and byincreasing scientific and technical cooperation at theinternational level.

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TOPIC2: Water quality management in the context ofbasin management
 To know policies and experiences of water quality
management in the context of basin management.
 What is the role that river basin organization should/could playin water quality management?
 Collaborative Session with the Network of Asian River Basin
Organization (NARBO)‐ the Secretariat of NARBO (JapanWater Agency) and two NARBO
members (LLDA of the Philippines andPJ2 of Indonesia) will makepresentations on their experiences.
9TOPIC3: Domestic Wastewater Management
 Share status of analysis done by WEPA Secretariat on domestic
wastewater management challenges.
 Learn from WEPA partners
partners’ experiences on how they try to
manage implementation issues in wastewater treatment
 Consider possible options ofdomestic wastewater treatment
based on the experiences of
WEPA partners – focusing on
alternative options to large scaleof sewerage treatment plant.
 Identify future knowledge
sharing priority of WEPA activities(photo：IGES)
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Structure of and Expectation for the Workshop

 In principle, each session consists of‐ keynote lecture (experiences of host country)‐ country presentations(lessons from our partners)‐ discussion (for identification ofcommon/important issues that WEPA should
further discuss to find solutions)
YOUR ACTIVE PARTICIPATION in
DISCUSSION IS THE KEY FOR SUCCESS OF
THIS WORKSHOP!
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