Asia Focus inStockholm
World Water
Week 2019
Asia Pacific Water Forum (APWF) and its partners
are putting a spotlight on the state of water in Asia
by sharing the steps, achievements, and remaining gapsthat need to be bridged as assessed by the Asia Water
Development Outlook (AWDO), the flagship water
publication of the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
includes four sessions on water cycle management,rural water and sanitation, governance and inclusive
development, and finance, which are all in line withthe Yangon Declaration: Pathway Forward adopted byc Water Summit

Security in Asia and PacificConvenors
APWF, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial
Research Organisation (CSIRO), International Centreof Excellence in Water Resources Management(ICEWaRM), International Water Management
Institute (IWMI), Japan Sanitation Consortium,Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) Asia, UNESCO
Scientific Bureau of Asia and the Pacific Presentations

and Scalability are three important dimensions thatwill guide the debate and discussions. The outputs will

Along with these four sessions, a special showcase event

www.linkedin.com/in/adb-water• Water Cycle Management for the Sustainable
Knowledge Base• Striving for the Improvement of WastewaterManagement to Achieve Good Water Cycle
Management: Introduction of ‘Ho Chi MinhWater Environment Improvement Project’and ‘AWaP’twitter.com/adbwater• Water Solutions for Sustainable Development:
Mobilizing Science, Systems Thinking, andEvidence-based Approaches• Towards Inclusive Water Management: Taking
Action for South Asia
• Natural-based Solutions for Water Cycle
Management in the Greater Mekong
Subregion Countries• Transboundary Water Management: Principles,Policies, and Politics
2. Inclusive Asia-Paciﬁc Rural Water and Sanitation:
Pathways to the SDGs
Tuesday, 27 Aug •  16:00–17:30 • Room L9Convenors
APWF, Global Water Institute (GWI) – University of New
South Wales (UNSW), Global Water Partnership (GWP)
Southeast Asia, Japan Water Forum, and the United
Nations Human Settlement Programme (UN-Habitat) Presentations• Support to the Grassroots Activities throughJapan Water Forum Fund
• Enhancing the Climate and Disaster Resilience ofVulnerable Rural Communities through Provisionof Water Supply and Sanitation• Rural Water Security through Springs
Rejuvenation: Progress through Partnerships
in India• Development of a Community-owned
Groundwater Treatment Plant to Mitigate Risk
Factors for Chronic Kidney Disease of Unknown
Etiology (CKDu) in Galwaduwagama Village,Anuradhapura,Sri Lanka• Precision Targeting in Delivering Safe Water
And Sanitation Services: Water and Sanitation
Household-based E-survey In Indonesia
3. Strengthening Governance to Address Asia’sWater Challenges
Wednesday, 28 Aug •  09:00–10:30 •Room M6Convenors
APWF, ADB, GWP, International Centre for Water Hazard
and Risk Management under the auspices of UNESCO(ICHARM), Stockholm International Water Institute(SIWI), UN-Habitat, and Water Integrity Network (WIN) Presentations• ESCAP’s Tools for Water Governance andInclusive Development• Applying Integrity Tools for Water and Sanitation:
Experiences from Bangladesh• Enhancing Capacities of Water Utilities in theMekong Region• Linking Integrity Tools with Capacity
Development of Water Utilities: Experiences fromLao PDR, Cambodia, and Viet Nam• Multilevel Water Governance: Lessons Learnt
from Thailand• Water and Disaster Risk Management:
Perspectives from Asia
• Creating Partnerships at All Levels for
Water-Related Disaster Risk Reduction byInvolving All
4. Inclusive Financing for Water
Wednesday, 28 Aug •  11:00–12:30 •Room M6Convenors
ADB, APWF, IWC and Waterpreneurs, OECD, Manila
Water, Water.org, WWF, and JICA
 Presentations• Blended Finance for Water-Related Investment• The Philippines’ Water Revolving Fund
• Utility Creditworthiness and Alternative Lending
Instruments: The Southeast Asia Experience• Rural and Small-Town Water and Sanitation
Financing in Indonesia• Bankable Water Solutions for Food and Beverage
Companies in Myanmar• Innovate 4 Water Forums in Asia and the Paciﬁc
5. Showcase: Water Security for All: Asian Water
Development Outlook 2020
Thursday, 29 Aug •  12:00–12:45 • Room M1Convenors
ADB, APWF, Chulalongkorn University of Thailand,and OECD Presentations• The Five Key Dimensions of Water Security:AWDO 2020
• Enabling Water Security: A Focus on Governance• Investing in Water Security: A Focus
on Finance• AWDO as a Policy Tool: Thailand Case Study