ISSN 0912-7402

No.60 : March 2015

– Save Water, Save Lakes –The 15th World Lake Conference Highlights

The 15th World Lake Conference (WLC15);“Lakes: The Mirrors of the Earth – Balancing
Ecosystem Integrity and Human Wellbeing,”
was convened in Perugia, in the heart of Italy
during September 1–5, 2014. Attended bynearly 800 participants from 45 countries,
including scholars, delegates from governmental
institutions, private enterprises, NGOs, artists,
students and children, this gathering proved
to be an insightful event highlighting bothscientific and management issues regardinglakes, their surrounding ecosystems andhuman activities. Marking the 30th anniversary
of WLC, the conference was opened withwelcoming addresses by the Local Organizing
Committee Chair, Prof. Lucio Ubertini, andseveral national/international-invited dignitaries,
including Governor Taizo Mikazuki of the
Shiga Prefecture, Japan, and Director General
Hironori Hamanaka of ILEC. Prof. András
Szöllösi-Nagy * , the Rector of UNESCO’s
Institute for Water Education (IHE), gave akeynote address, focusing on water scarcity
issues and the urgent need to increase theresilience of the global freshwater regime.
Over 30 thematic sessions/workshops wereorganized in eight mainstreams, covering diverse
topics ranging from biological to governance andcultural issues. As a particular feature, the session
entitled “Lake Basin Heartware” attracted many
conference participants and the media, since it
was an unprecedented session in the history of
WLCs that first dedicated to themes related tohuman-nature interactions involving religious,
cultural and traditional values of lakes andtheir basins. Another session featuring ILEC’scontinuing activities was “Integrated Lake
Basin Management (ILBM),” which highlighted
various ongoing ILBM cases around the world,
including the local site Lake Trasimeno. In
parallel to the thematic program, several side
events including the International Policy Forum,
Local Policy Forum, and TWAP Open Forum
were organized. Overviews of these fora arefeatured in the following pages of this issue.
During the conference, the venues scatteredaround the historical centre of Perugia also
featured visual programs, in addition to theposter session and industrial exhibition convenedin the main venue. These included special
exhibitions on art/photography related to theconference theme, and a scientific educational
exhibition, both open to the general public in thecity centre through the end of September. The
conference participants also had the opportunity
to discover natural and historical attractionsof the Perugia surroundings, in the technicalfield trips to Lake Trasimeno and the Marmore
Waterfall, as well as the social banquet on the
shores of Lake Corbara.

The five day event concluded with theunveiling of the Perugia Declaration** , whichsummarized all the key discussions andconclusions arising from the conference, andaddressing messages to policy/decision-makers
and lake stakeholders throughout the world.
The next World Lake Conference (WLC16)
is scheduled to take place in 2016 in Bali,
Indonesia. Readers are invited to stay tuned on
our website for coming updates. In closing, we
would like to pay special thanks to the WLC15
host organization, the Umbria Scientific Meeting
Association and all the people who wereinvolved and participated in this event.

＊Prof. András Szöllösi-Nagy retired from UNESCO-IHE as of November 7, 2014.
＊＊The full text of the Declaration is downloadable in pdf format at: www.ilec.or.jp/en/wlc/past/?p=2881, along with a series of conference outcomes.

IN
THIS
ISSUE

■ The 15th World Lake Conference Highlights■ International Policy Forum■ Local Policy Forum:
Connecting Lake Trasimeno and Lake Biwa
■ TWAP Open Forum■ East Africa and Post-AFSAN ILBM
■ A Letter from Scientific Committee (Brazil)■ Scientific Journal of ILEC, “Lakes & Reservoirs” Vol.19■ A Report from a Former JICA Trainee (India)■ Obituary: Mr. Kei Yamazaki,
Advisor (the First Director General) of ILEC
■ Our Internship Experiences at ILEC
■ ILEC Activities Aired on TV in Japan■ Director General Hamanaka Decorated with the Order■ of the Sacred Treasure■ Overview of ILEC Activities (July 2014-March 2015)

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Reports from WLC15

International Policy ForumThe International Policy Forum wasorganized to discuss the challenges
and global agenda in managing lakes
and other lentic water systems in theworld. It was attended by more than twodozen experts from around the world,
including 14 panelists from six countries
and two international organizations.
Under the chairmanship of Prof. András
Szöllösi-Nagy, the Rector of UNESCO’s
Institute for Water Education (IHE)*, theexperts covered a range of policy andlegal issues affecting lake and reservoir
management across the world. The
discussions were focused on the ecosystemservices and their sustainable management
approaches, where a new concept“heartware” was introduced in addition toconventional “hardware” and “software”
components, which appreciates historical,
cultural, anthropological and even religious
implications of water governance.
The ILEC Scientific Committee also
contributed to the discussion. Prof. Luigi
Naselli-Flores, the Italian Member, spokeof the role of civil society in lake andreservoir governance. He mentioned thatthese shared waterbodies deserved special
attention, especially in terms of their rolein facilitating the formation of partnerships
among countries. Prof. Walter Rast,
Vice-Chair, pointed out that the Integrated

Lake Basin Management (ILBM) filled
the missing management perspective in thecurrent international water dialogue which
is primarily based on the Integrated Water
Resources Management (IWRM) principles
that overlooks fundamental roles of lentic
water systems (lakes, reservoirs, etc.) in thelinkages with lotic waters systems (rivers,
channels, etc.). He said that this was animportant element for effective governanceof global water resources. Finally, Prof.
Masahisa Nakamura, Chair, rounded out
this discussion by pointing out that ILBM
also created a link between people and lake
and reservoir management by enhancing
the cultural and historically-fostered sharedvalues underlying lake basin governance.
Panelists, representing India, Indonesia,
Italy, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, and Senegal,
echoed these observations by notingthat regulations currently being adopted
in many countries acknowledge the
ILBM principles in lake and reservoir
management. They made special noteof global change, increasing incidencesof water-related natural disasters (floods
and droughts) and increasing competition
among economic sector, and endorsed
ILBM as the basis for managing water
resources in a way that can provide
flexible and emerging responses toglobal change, agreeing that freshwater
should be a central feature of the global
debate. Prof. Szollosi-Nagy concluded theforum by emphasizing the importance ofcommunicating scientific concepts to thegeneral public, underlining that technology
opens new avenues and creates newopportunities for social communication andfor participation and cooperation.

＊Prof. András Szöllösi-Nagy retired from UNESCO-IHE as of November 7, 2014.

Local Policy Forum: Connecting Lake Trasimeno and Lake Biwa
Lake Trasimeno*, the venue lake of the conference, is locatedabout 20 km away from Perugia. Citizens actively involved insustainable use and management of this lake were invited to a side
event, the Local Policy Forum, to meet those who are doing similar
activities in Lake Biwa, Japan. One of the speakers from Lake
Trasimeno was a representative from the local fishermen’s union;
since the traditional fishing method in the lake looks similar to theone exists in Lake Biwa, his talk caught Japanese participants’attention. On the other hand, delegates from Lake Biwa talked about
their unique eco-tourism in a community where spring water iscirculated for household use, and citizen’s long-lasting initiatives forriver ecosystem restoration and water quality monitoring in the lakebasin. Finally, a heartware research team from academic institutes in
the Shiga Prefecture presented a storytelling picture screen that
describes a typical lakeshore livelihood from 60 years ago. The
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forum received a number of positive comments from participants
requesting continued exchanges between the two lakes.

＊More information about Lake Trasimeno is featured on page 8 in the previous issue.

Reports from WLC15

TWAP Open ForumILEC is implementing the lakes
component of Transboundary Waters
Assessment Programme (TWAP) funded by
Global Environment Facility (GEF), which
represents the first global baseline
assessment of five major types oftransboundary water systems (Rivers,
Lakes, Aquifers, Large Marine Ecosystems,
Open Oceans; c.f., www.geftwap.org). The
TWAP Open Forum, convened during the15th World Lake Conference, provided auseful opportunity to discuss anddisseminate information about the TWAP
Project to experts, and for obtaining theirinternational inputs. The Forum wasattended by nearly 40 experts from aroundthe world.
In the Forum, Prof. Walter Rast, theLakes Group Project Manager, highlighted
the scope and goals of the GEF-TWAP
Project. He also reported on the progress of
the Lakes Working Group, including
discussion of regional expert group andconsultative meetings, and the process fordelineating 206 transboundary lake basinsin the project, as well as the preparation of
global and regional GIS maps highlighting
transboundary water systems and lakebasins as a basis for the GIS-based
analyses. He also discussed the indicators
used to assess the lake basins, thechallenges arising from the lack of uniform
transboundary lake basin data on a global
scale, issues facing transboundary lakes,
their basins and their resources, and theneed to refine the concept of prioritization
as it relates to transboundary lakes andother water systems.
Prof. Masahisa Nakamura, Project
Co-Manager, introduced the Lake Working
Group assessment framework andapproach. He highlighted the data file for
206 transboundary lakes in the project,including the 62 primary transboundary
lakes comprising the main body of lakes tobe analyzed. He also explained thescenario-based analysis to be undertaken in
the project, highlighting the GIS-basedpriority assessment focusing on two majort h r e a t s ( H u m a n Wa t e r S t r e s s a n d
Biodiversity) to lake basins, basedon consideration of 23 drivers describing
four thematic areas (Catchment
Disturbance, Pollution, Water Resource
Development, Biotic Factors). Thisapproach facilitated t h e u s e o f
g l o b a l - s c a l e d a t a a v a i l a b l e in the
supplementary information article
accompanying the article in the Naturejournal on global threats to humanwater security and biodiversity(www.nature.com/articles/nature09440).

It was noted that the overall scenario-based
analysis of the lakes portion of the TWAP
also will consider other relevant global
data and document-based information
related to lakes and their basins, with
Learning Acceleration and Knowledge
Enhancement System (LAKES) playing animportant role, which was developed by
Shiga University and ILEC.
Prof. Nakamura also introduced the
Ecosystem Services - Shared Value
Assessment (ES-SVA). It contained a seriesof questions on Ecosystem Services (ES)provided by the lake and its basin, using a
Driver-Pressure/Stress-Impairment/ImpactRestoration sequence of analysis. The
Assessment was already implemented insome African and South American lakebasins, with the preliminary results also
being reported in other conference sessions.
The Assessment survey will be continued
throughout the life of the project andbeyond, with the results being used for theoverall lakes analyses. On the occasion of
the conference, ILEC organized a series ofRegional Experts Meetings and conducted
two questionnaires among participants, one
f o r t h e E S - S VA a n d t h e o t h e r f o r
appropriately weighting the 23 drivers for
the GIS-based priority analysis as part of
TWAP activities.

East Africa and Post-AFSAN ILBM
ILEC, in cooperation with Research Center for Sustainability
and Environment, Shiga University (RCSE-SU), undertook aproject titled “African Lake Basin Management with Sanitation
Challenges (AFSAN)” from FY 2009 to FY 2011, with financial
support from the Ministry of the Environment, Japan. In thecourse of implementing the project, Lakes Victoria-Nyanza Gulf,
Nakuru (Kenya), and Chivero (Zimbabwe) were able to complete
the initial phase of the Integrated Lake Basin Management(ILBM) Platform Process.
As one of the follow-up activities to further promote ILBM
in East Africa, ILEC organized a special session titled “East
Africa and post-AFSAN ILBM”, funded by Japan Fund for
Global Environment, during the 15th World Lake Conference atUniversity of Perugia. Attended by experts from Kenya-based
agencies/organizations including Ministry of Water, Environment,
and Natural Resources, Country Government of Nakuru,

OSIENALA, and FlamingoNet, the session discussed how ILBM
and transboundary cooperation could be pursued by sharing theoutcome of the Ecosystem Service – Shared Value Assessment(ES-SVA) Survey conducted in several lake basins in East Africa.

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A Letter from Scientiﬁc Committee

Toxic Cyanobacteria: A Good Tool to Connect
Environmental Science and Health Science

Sandra M.F.O. Azevedo (Brazil)

Cyanobacteria represent a very diverse
group of prokaryotes photosynthetic
microorganisms with the majority of
species growing as phytoplanktonin pelagic environment of aquatic
ecosystems. The diversity of this group
includes secondary metabolites produced
as cyanotoxins. The occurrence of
cyanobacterial blooms is increasing
worldwide as a consequence of accelerated
eutrophication process of water bodies,and also of climate change, both intemperate and tropical region. Besides
the environmental and human healththreatens, the consequences are aesthetic
and economic losses as well. Therefore,
these toxic blooms can represent anenvironmental and public health risk.
The cyanotoxin hazard has beenrecognized more than a century ago and anumber of further incidences of poisoningof domestic, wild animals and humans havebeen reported. Ecotoxicological studies
also underline the toxicity of cyanobacterial
metabolites and their potential impact
on aquatic ecosystems. There is alreadya good base of knowledge about thecellular and tissue effects of cyanotoxins
poisoning in terrestrial animals. However,understanding the effects of these toxinsin the aquatic environment is still far
from being achieved. Some important
advances have been verified in the last
decades, especially with the contribution

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widely accepted that the toxicity of abloom majorly depends on the presenceof toxic strains. In natural blooms, toxic
and non-toxic strains co-exist and the
toxic ones have varying toxin contents.
Consequently, cyanotoxin dynamics
are driven chiefly by the dynamics of
toxin producing clones. In the last few
years, marked advances in methodology
allowed the elucidation of sub-specific orclonal dynamics in natural waters. So far,the major conclusion is: cyanobacterial
clonal dynamics and hence cyanotoxin
dynamics are very complex. The driving
forces behind clonal dynamics are poorly
understood and only a few studies havebeen published yet. Light has been shown
to be a driving factor but only for twopairs of strains. In natural water bodies,many other factors might be important, as
nutrient availability, temperature, grazing
resistance, overwintering capacity, etc.
Besides, the role of cyanotoxins is still an
open question and the evolution of toxicity
among species and strains is practicallyunknown - very distant taxa may produce
identical toxins while very closely relateddiffer in this capacity.
In Brazil, toxicological studies withcyanobacteria started at the beginningof the 1990s. However, only after anincident involving the intoxication ofpatients with chronic renal failure in

1996, this matter came to be consideredalso relevant for public health. Afterabout three decades, we can now observethat there are research groups working
in virtually all aspects of the causes andconsequences of toxic cyanobacteria
blooms. We have had a major breakthroughin studies of management and treatment ofwater for public supply, in environmental
aspects relate with cyanobacteria growthand dominance and in toxicology andecotoxicology of some cyanotoxins. But
there are still little advance in cellularand molecular studies that allow us tounderstand the mechanisms controlling thesynthesis of cyanotoxins and their effects
on aquatic community.
Considering the multidisciplinary
characteristic of studies involving toxic
cyanobacteria issues,
the Integrated Lake BasinManagement (ILBM)
developed by ILEC
offers a good conceptual
framework to focus thisarea, allowing various
stakeholders to discusscauses and consequenceswith involvement of
all actors necessary to
prevent and mitigate these
phenomena.

Scientific Journal of ILEC
Lakes & Reservoirs: Research and Management

Volume 19 Table of Contents

Issue 1（March, 2014）
Page

Title of Article

1st Author

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The myths and realities in the management of the Kapenta fishery at Lake Kariba (Zimbabwe)
Spatial variations in nutrients and other physicochemical variables in the topographically closed Lake
Baringo freshwater basin (Kenya)
Determining the spatial variations of phosphorous in a lake system using remote sensing techniques
Does distance between aquatic plant assemblages matter in defining similarity between them duringhigh water-level periods?
Bacterial abundance on the skin, gills and intensities of Cyprinus carpio in Lake Naivasha, Kenya:
Implications for public health and fish quality
Food-web patterns and diversity in tropical fish communities
15th World Lake Conference 1st Announcement – Lakes: The Mirror of the Earth

Kefasi Nyikahadzoi

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37
46
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Henry Ouma
Sheela Albert Moses
Jose de Ribamar
Oscar O. DondeUpali S. Amarasinghe

Issue 2（June, 2014）
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Title of Article

1st Author73

The 15th World Lake Conference is on the Horizon
Abundance of native fishes, wild-introduced salmonids and escaped farmed rainbow trout in a
Patagonian reservoir
Catch per unit effort and yields as indicators of exploited fish communities: application to two West
African reservoirs
Discriminating four temperate lakes using phytoplankton absorption spectra
Impacts of wind waves on sediment transport in a large, shallow lake
Lakes of Malaysia: Water quality, eutrophication and management
First assessment of the ecological status of Kaaraoun reservoir, Lebanon
15th World Lake Conference 2nd Announcement – Lakes: The Mirror of the Earth

Walter Rast

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Victor Cussac
Justin Kantoussan
David Kalenak
Zhen-Gang
Zati Sharip
Ali FadelIssue 3（September, 2014）
Page

Title of Article

1st Author

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174

Sedimentation and internal loads in Krishnagiri Reservoir, India
Evaluation of Owabi Reservoir (Ghana) water quality using factor analysis
Use of geographical information system and remote sensing techniques for planning culture-based
fisheries in non-perennial reservoirs of Sri Lanka
Artisanal and commercial fishing gear and practices in the Lake Victoria basin drainage systems of
Kenya: A photodiagrammatic verification
Declining commercial fish catches in Lake Victoria’s Winam Gulf: The importance of restructuring
Kenya’s aquaculture programme
Integrating economic and hydrologic interdependence in reservoir management
Reducing reservoir impacts and improving outcomes for dam-forced resettlement: experiences incentral Vietnam

Elangovan Arunbabu
Osei Akoto

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W. M. Hiranya Kelum Wijenayake
Daniel O. Okeyo
Solomon Omwoma
Deepayan DebnathJane Singer

Issue 4（December, 2014）
Page

Title of Article

1st Author

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240

The 15th World Lake Conference: An overview of an international event
Effects of environmental factors on cyanobacteria dynamics in Lake Baringo, Kenya
Stakeholder evaluation of the feasibility of watershed management alternatives, using Integrated
Lake Basin Management
A numerical tool to predict ice growth in lakes
Land-use impacts on small-scale Mpologoma wetland fishery, eastern Uganda: A socio-economic perspective
Sensitivity of water quality indicators in a large tropical reservoir to selected climate and land-use changes
Multivariate analysis of the sediment quality of a tropical coastal lake system
List of Reviewers

Walter Rast
Casianes O.Olilo

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B. A. Saunders
Horacio Toniolo
Grace A. Ssanyu
Gustavious P. Williams
Sheela A. M.

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A Report from a Former JICA Trainee
Dr. Suhas Khobragade (India)
Dr. Suhas Khobragade participated in the Group Training Course on “Integrated Basin Management for Lake
Environments” organised by JICA and ILEC, Japan in 2013. Dr. Khobragade has been working as scientist in thearea of Lake Hydrology at the National Institute of Hydrology (NIH), Roorkee in the northern part of India. He has
also been organizing various short training courses on Lake Conservation, and is currently undertaking detailedhydrological investigations on Sukhna Lake in Chandigarh, India. You can contact him at
Many lakes in India have been subjected to quantitative andqualitative degradation in the last few decades due to unscientificmanagement, urbanization and human interference in thecatchments. Siltation, organic pollution, eutrophication, reduced
inflows are some of the major problems of many urban lakes inIndia. Lately, conservation and proper management of lakes forsocio-economic benefits have been assumed great significancein India. The Ministry of Environment and Forests has launcheda special National Lake Conservations Programme (NLCP). The
National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee, which is a premier
research organization of India in the field of hydrology and water
resources under the Ministry of Water Resources, has carried out anumber of studies on various lakes such as Dal, Nainital, Bhopal,
Pichhola, Mansar, Renuka, Barapani, in addition to a number oftanks and reservoirs. To share the technical knowhow developed
over the years with the field engineers, planners and academicians,
NIH has been organizing regular training courses on conservationand management of lakes.
However, after attending the training course on the Integrated
Lake Basin Management (ILBM) at ILEC, during 2013, I learnt

and realized that “science” alone cannot solve issues related tolake conservation. For sustainable conservation and management,
it is more important to follow an ILBM approach. Although in
India people have recently started talking about the Integrated
Water Resources Management (IWRM), it has been observed thatthe lentic component is clearly missing in this so-called IWRM
approach. Therefore I decided to change the training course title
as “ILBM Approach for Conservation and Management of Lakes”
from 2014 onward. Accordingly, the first course on this topic wasorganized during November 10-14, 2014 at NIH. The training
was attended by 22 participants from different states of India
including field engineers, academicians, research scholars, andNGO representatives. Unfortunately, no representatives from the
Ministry of Environment and Forests and organizations working
under NLPC attended. Since it was our first course featured
ILBM, only one theoretical lecture on the ILBM concept andcase study from Sukhna Lake that demonstrates how the concept
can be applied was included. I delivered the ILBM lectures
briefly making comparison with the IWRM, differences between
lentic-lotic environments, the Six Pillars of Governance, ILBM
Platform Process, heartware etc. The otherlectures were on the hydrological aspects
and case studies.
The training received positive feedback
from participants who appreciated the ILBM
concept. They particularly appreciatedthe “heartware” terminology and concept,
suggesting that more detailed lectures on
different aspects of ILBM should be includedin the training course. Therefore, I plan to
add more lectures on ILBM concept fromnext time, including Lake Brief preparation,philosophy and principles of ILBM, the Six
Pillars of Governance, Indian experience onheartware, etc. Continued efforts are wanted
to propagate and popularize the ILBM in
India.

Obituary:

Mr. Kei Yamazaki, Advisor (the First Director General) of ILEC
Mr. Kei Yamazaki, Advisor and formerly Director General of ILEC, passed away at the age of 84
on September, 8th, 2014. Mr. Yamazaki, previously served as Administrative Vice-Minister of theEnvironment, Japan, was inaugurated as the first Director General of ILEC in 1987. He stepped out in2004 and continued to contributing to world’s lake conservation as Adviser to the Foundation.

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Our Internship Experiences at ILEC
From September to December 2014, ILEC received two interns. They contributed articles to share their experiences with our readers.

ILEC Internship: Where Learning Meets Experience
Cita Ekanijati (Indonesia)
The three month internship at ILEC has become an extremely precious experience for me, beyond my highest
expectation, to gain knowledge, work experience, and interpersonal study. Its highlight was the training course on
the Integrated Lake Basin Management (ILBM). Through helping this training, I was able to understand the state ofsome of the biggest and most important lakes in the world, and to get a grasp of the threats to these lakes and how
ILEC has developed and standardized methodologies to assess lake responses and restore their health. I was also very happy to find out that thenext World Lake Conference in 2016 would be held in Indonesia, my home country. I hope that through adopting the ILBM, Indonesian lakes
could be well managed and sustainably maintained.

What I Perceived from My Internship at ILEC
Nira Sharma (Nepal)
Working as an intern gave me a first-hand experience on ILEC’s dedication towards sustainable management oflakes and their basins. I also had a great opportunity to attend the ILBM training course with JICA trainees. What
struck me was how Lake Biwa now stands as a prominent example of successful ILBM application by incorporating
all the Six Pillars of Governance. Also notable was the high level of environmental awareness among the population
around the lake, with a history dating back to the 1970’s “Soap Movement”. Having come from Nepal, a country with a vast resource offreshwater lakes and with its own share of woes regarding conservation efforts, I found it quite reasonable that the major stakeholders involve inlake conservation and management. It is also imperative that Nepal should reach out for more ILBM traineeship opportunities.

ILEC Activities Airedon TV in JapanILEC and its activities were aired on the following
regional TV programs in Japan:
Topic

Date

Time

JICA Training Participants being ﬁlmed by NHK crews

TV Program
Title

Type

Broadcasting
Area

TV
Station

Sep. 9, 2014

5:45-6:10 p.m.

Kirarin Shiga

News

Shiga

BBC＊

Sep. 21, 2014

6:15-6:29 p.m.

Mizuumi to no Kizuna-WLC15-Documentary

Shiga

BBC＊

The 15th
World Lake
Conference

You can watch this coverage on YouTube at:www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtVz712Yvls&feature=youtu.be

Oct. 2, 2014

6:10-7:00 p.m.

Omi Hatsu 610

News

Shiga

NHK＊＊

Mar. 8 & 15, 2015

8:45-9:00 a.m.

Hiei no Hikari

Religion

Kyoto and Shiga

KBS＊＊＊

7:30-7:55 p.m.

Kansai Nesshisen

Documentary

Kansai＊＊＊＊NHK＊＊

6:10-7:00 p.m.

Omi Hatsu 610

News

Shiga

NHK＊＊

Nov. 14, 2014
JICA
Training Course Nov. 20, 2014

＊BBC: Biwako Broadcasting Co., Ltd. / ＊＊KBS: Kyoto Broadcasting System Co., Ltd.

＊＊＊NHK: Japan Broadcasting Co. / ＊＊＊＊Kansai includes Osaka, Hyogo, Kyoto, Shiga, Nara, and Wakayama Prefectures.

7Director General Hamanaka Decorated with
the Order of the Sacred Treasure

Having been recognized for his services to the nation and to the public, Director General Hironori Hamanaka of ILEC
was decorated with the Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold and Silver Star (Zuiho-jukosho) on November 3, 2014.

Overview of ILEC Activities (July 2014 - March 2015)
2014
July 15 A delegation headed by the Regent of Jayapura, Papua
Province, Indonesia, visits ILEC
22 A JICA partnership program (known as “Grassroots Program”)
training team from the Philippines visits ILEC
August 2-5 A JICA commissioned training program for Iran,“Integrated Wetland Management for Ecosystem Conservation in
Lake Biwa”【PIC❶】
29 Delegates from Hunan Province, China visit ILEC during theirtraining program in Japan
September 1-5 The 15th World Lake Conference, ILEC ScientificCommittee General Meetings, TWAP Expert Group Meetings, andEast Africa ILBM Special Session (Perugia)
16 An Indonesian student from the Graduate School of Global
Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, interns at ILEC (Dec. 15)
17 A Nepalese master’s degree holder (graduated from the Graduate
School of Engineering, Osaka University) interns at ILEC (Dec. 15)
October 3 A JICA commissioned training program, “Integrated
Basin Management for Lake Environment” kicks off (concludedon Nov. 28)【PIC❷】
27 Delegates from National Hydraulic Research Institute of
Malaysia (NAHRIM) visit ILEC
November 10-14 TWAP Lake Group Technical Working Group
Meeting at ILEC and Shiga University (Shiga Pref.)

PIC ❶

PIC ❷

2015

PIC ❸

January 10-17 TWAP Lake Group Wrap-up Meeting at ILEC andShiga University (Shiga Pref.)13 Preparatory Meeting with Daegu Gyeongbuk Development
Institute on the 7th World Water Forum at ILEC
February 11-12 Consultative visit to Daegu Gyeongbuk
Development Institute on the 7th World Water Forum (Daegu)
March 2-3 Participation in TWAP Steering Committee Meeting (Paris)
3-5 East Africa ILBM Expert Group Meeting (Nakuru)【PIC❸】
7-8 Participation in the SATOYAMA Initiative domestic network
seminar/excursions (Fukui Pref.)

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