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For Discussion on activities of thefinal year of WEPA 2nd phaseand beyond
Ministry of the Environment, Japan &WEPA Secretariat
the WEPA 8th Annual Meeting
19 February 2013

Objectives of WEPA
1. Improvement of water environmental
governance/management for better water
environment in Asia
2. Capacity development of governmental officers
through the exchange of knowledge among partnercountries

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What we have done under WEPA?
activities
Interviews
WEPA
WorkshopSurveys

AnnualMeeting

outputDialogue

WEPA
outlookfocus areasfindings

2 thematic focusDomestic
Wastewater

Lessons/knowledge(options to solveproblems)

Water Environmental
Management

Water Environment &Climate Change(Adaptation)

Framework analysis

Issues/challenges ofeach country

Industrial wastewater
management

Commonissues/challenges
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Planned Activities of 2013
‐ Active participation of partner countries in need ‐2009‐2012 findings
Lessons/knowledge(options to solve problems)Issues/challenges ofeach country

Commonissues/challenges

Outreach and Discussion: Asia‐Pacific Water Summit Technical WS (May 2013, Thailand)‐ WEPA voices for the post 2015 international development goals on water (wastewater)

Pilot Activities: 1‐2 pilot activities based on the proposals submitted from partnercountries (e.g. Twinning, group workshop, training)
Outreach: Reports on wastewater management in Asia
Vol.1: Domestic wastewater Vol.2 Industrial wastewater

Outreach: Policy briefs (selected good practices and emerging trends of water environmental
management in the region/partner countries)

The Last Workshop of WEPA 2nd Phase: Multi‐stakeholder Forum(partner country representatives, call for papers on good practices/research findings)

Annual Meeting(Wrap‐up of the 2nd phase & Endorsement of final message of WEPA, Discussion of the 3rd Phase(?))42

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Road Map for the 3rd Phase
June – Dec 2013
Activity in 2013
Feb. 2013
Annual meeting (Feb.
2013)

Mar – May 2013

Implementation ofpilot activities

Planning & necessary
arrangements of pilot
activities

Dec 2013

Summarize lessons
learned from pilot
project (esp. barriers
for implementationand how to avoid/copewith such barriers)

Feb./Mar. 2014
Annual Meeting
Oct. – Dec. 2013
June – Sept. 2013

Preparation forthe 3rd phaseMar. – May 2013
Collecting the ideas
for the 3rd phase frompartner countries

Communication withindividual countries
on idea of activities+ discussion of
selection criteria of
the project to besupported by WEPA

Preparation of
implementation planof the first 2 years of
WEPA 3rd phase withthe list of potential
activities to besupported by WEPA

June‐Dec. Requesting the budget for the 3rd
5phase to the Japanese MoF.

Points to be considered for the WEPA 3rd Phase
1. Water Environmental management status and its improvement
plan (WEMSIP) and solution‐type approach In the 2nd phase, WEPA tried to find the problems/barriers which hinder
promote “implementation (or enforcement)” of water environmental
related regulations/rules.
 In the 3rd phase, WEPA would like each partner country to develop Water
Environmental management status and its improvement plan (WEMSIP),
which clearly demonstrate current status of water environment, its
management and the problems/barriers.
 Then, WEPA will contribute improvement of water environment by providing
our limited resources (fine‐tuned capacity building and knowledge sharing
opportunities) into the problems/barriers clearly stated in WEMSIP, which
will be annually updated by each country at the occasion of WEPA annualmeeting.
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Points to be considered for the WEPA 3rd Phase
2. “Mainstreaming water environment management” by send out
the voice of WEPA to the international arena
 WEPA continues to collect experiences/knowledge of water environmental
management among countries, that will be shared with non‐partnercountries/other regions through international/regional forums and by othermeans.
 There is a movement to locate water quality or wastewater treatment as
one of the focus on the post‐2015 international development goals on water.
WEPA will try to send out its voice to the discussion on goal setting for thepurpose of “mainstreaming” water environment management.
 If the post‐2015 international development goals on water includes water
quality/wastewater targets, WEPA will collect the information/knowledge ofpartner countries on the specific targets and disseminate it to theinternational arena.
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Today’s Discussion Points
Ideas for the final year of the WEPA 2nd phase‐ comments for proposed activities‐ idea of final outputs‐ key points to be included in the WEPA final message‐ how WEPA findings/message can be delivered to stakeholders
in each partner countries (to receive wider audience)

Proposals and suggestions for the 3rd phase activities‐ concrete idea of activities/topic for discussion‐ idea of new knowledge sharing mechanisms among WEPA
countries to facilitate lesson‐learning among partner countries‐ suggestions for selection criteria for the activities in a partnercountries that will be supported by WEPA.
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