Sessions
1. Reviving Hydrological Cycles: Rainwater Harvesting andSustainable Groundwater Management
2. Governance for Sustainable Urban Water Supply
3. Better Governance: Inclusive Approach through goodpractices on water governance and IWRM
4. Water and Disasters in the Context of Climate Change -From
the Mountains to the Islands
5. Water- Energy-Food- Ecosystems nexus
6. Improving Sanitation and Wastewater Management
7. Roles of Women and Youth in Water Security and SDGs
8. Financing Water-Based Economies: Delivering SDGs
9. Working Together: Multi-Stakeholders Partnership forRegional Cooperation
10. Source-to-Sea opportunities in the Asia-Paciﬁc region

Venue

Contact
Secretariat of APWF: Japan Water Forum
Address : 6th Fl, 5-4 Nihonbashi-Hakozaki-cho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo,
JAPAN 103-0015
TEL : +81(0)3-5645-8040

FAX : +81(0)3-5645-8041

Email : oﬃce@apwf.org

Website : http://apwf.org

SEDONA Hotel Yangon
Address : No. 1 Kaba Aye Pagoda Road, Yankin Township,
Yangon, Myanmar
TEL : +95 1 860 5377

Information
Please visit the 3rd APWS website for up-to-date information.

http://apwf.org/summit/myanmar2017

The ThirdAsia-Paciﬁc
Water Summit
11th - 12th December, 2017
Yangon, Myanmar

2017 Oct.

3rd Asia-Paciﬁc Water Summit
Water Security for Sustainable Development

Program
Day 1 (11th December)
Morning

11th-12th December 2017

Venue
SEDONA Hotel Yangon, Myanmar

Organizer
The Republic of the Union of Myanmar and Asia-Paciﬁc Water
Forum (APWF)

Welcoming and Opening Remarks from the Summit level Representative Myanmar
Welcome Speech from APWF President
Photo Session- by Chair of National Water Resource Committee, the Republic of the Union of Myanmar- by Heads of Government in Asia-Paciﬁc Region- by Heads of non-government institutions-Ministerial-level dignitaries-High-level delegates from international organizations-Experts in the ﬁeld of water

ThemeWater Security for Sustainable Development

7 Parallel Thematic Sessions
Welcome Reception

Day 2 (12th December)
Morning
3 Parallel Thematic Sessions
Leaders statement toward Water Security for Sustainable Development

In pursuit of the SDGs, the 3rd APWS will be held:- to set out a course for the sustainable development of theAsia-Paciﬁc region with a perspective on water.

- to provide and share concrete actions, solutions, innovationtoward transboundary and multi-partnership cooperation for
integrated water resources management, water-based
economy and implementation of globally agreed agendas.

Outcomes
A Message/Declaration will be shared in relevant international
water conferences such as the 8th World Water Forum held in
Brazil on 18th- 23th March 2018.

government.
The APWF is an independent and not-for-proﬁt network organetwork at the 4th World Water Forum (2006) and has devoted
since then to identify and adopt solutions to water-related
issues in the Asia-Paciﬁc region.

The 1st APWS, the ﬁrst-ever international water conference for
top government leaders in the region focusing on water issues,
was hosted by the Government of Japan (Beppu, 2007) and the2nd APWS was hosted by the Government of Thailand (ChiangMai, 2013).

The 1st APWS
・Period : 3-4 December, 2007

・Host Country : Japan・Place : Beppu City, Oita Prefecture

・Theme : Water Security: Leadership and Commitment

Afternoon

・Invitees and Participants : A total of 371 participants, including 10 heads

Recap of discussion in the 3rd APWS
Closing Plenary

Objectives

by the Asia-Paciﬁc Water Forum (APWF) and a host country

Past Achievement

Afternoon

Invitees and Participants-Heads of state and government

ence for top government leaders in the region, focusing onnization. It was established by calling for creation of such

Keynote address

Evening

Asia-Paciﬁc Water Summit (APWS) is the summit-level conferwater issues and sustainable development, which is organizedOpening Plenary

Date

About APWS

3rd APWS Key Messages and Outcomes
Adoption of 3rd APWS Declaration
Closing Remarks from APWF Presidentof state/government and 32 ministerial-level dignitaries・Outcomes : “Message from Beppu” to accelerate the attainment of

universal access to safe water and sanitation by 2025 beyond the MDGs,
as the ﬁrs-ever adoption of the water disaster being part of water issues
at a summit-level conference, corresponding to signiﬁcant risk ofwater-disaster in the region.

Closing Remarks from Myanmar

Evening

Farewell Cocktail

The 2nd APWS
・Period : 19-20 May , 2013
・Place : Chiang Mai

・Host Country : Thailand

・Theme : Water Security and Water-related Disaster Challenges,
Leadership and Commitment

・Invitees and Participants : Over 300 participants, including 18 heads ofstate/government and 16 ministerial-level dignitaries

・Outcomes : “Chiang Mai Declaration” to express the strong will in

addressing solutions to water supply and sanitation issues as well as
disaster risk reduction, by incorporating them into the Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs).