The 18th WEPA Annual Meeting
8 February 2023, Siem Reap, Cambodia (+ online)

Progress of overall WEPA activities inFY2022
8 February 2023

Kazuyuki YAGIWEPA secretariat
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)

Outlines of the 18th WEPA Annual Meeting
Purpose The Annual Meeting aims to share the progress andfuture plans of overall WEPA activities.
 In addition, the meeting intends to discuss current
issues and challenges on industrial wastewater
management in WEPA partner countries by inviting
an update report from each country and facilitatinginteractive discussions.

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Outlines of Agenda
 Opening session
 Session 1: Progress of WEPA activities in FY2022•

WEPA Activities in FY2022 from the WEPA Secretariat•

Report on WEPA Action Programs in Cambodia, Myanmar, and Lao PDR

 Session 2: Update reports from partner countries•

Reports from each country (15 min each) Session 3: Discussion and future plans•

General discussion•WEPA Activity Plan in FY2023

 Closing3

Progress of WEPA Activities in FY2022
1. 17th WEPA Annual Meeting (22 April 2022
@Kumamoto)
2. WEPA Action Programs• Cambodia• Myanmar• Lao PDR
3. Assessment on Water Environmental Governance
4. Renovations of the WEPA Website/Database
5. Distribution of WEPA News

1. 17th WEPA Annual Meeting
Outline of the event Date: Friday, April 22, 2022, 15:00-19:00 (Japan time) Method: Hybrid event (meeting room in Kumamoto City + online viaZoom)
 Local meeting place: TKP Kumamoto Conference Center Organizers: WEPA Secretariat, Ministry of the Environment, JapanParticipants 52 participants from 13 WEPA partner countries52 (1) WEPA Action Program in Cambodia
Capacity building of the officers at sub-national level on
identifying major pollution sources and estimate
pollution loads in Tonle Sap Lake
Implemented by the Department of Water Quality Management,
Ministry of Environment, Cambodia (MOEC)
Objectives
 To improve the water quality managementof Tonle Sap Lake by enhancing thecapacity of sub-national level government
officials
Outcomes Development of a Guidebook
 Consultation with related national
ministries and local governments
 Organizing Capacity Building Workshop for6
sub-national level government officials2 (2) WEPA Action Program in Myanmar
Establishing surface water quality standards including
rivers, lakes and marine water
Implemented by the Environmental Conservation Department,
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation(MONREC-ECD), Myanmar
Objective Support the development of environmental standards for surface
water quality by ECD
Outcomes Development of the National
Surface Water Quality Standards(NSWQS) Support for capacity building of staff
involved in water quality monitoring
and assessment

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2 (3) WEPA Action Program in Lao PDR
Development of Guidelines for the selection ofappropriate decentralized domestic wastewater
management systems in Lao PDR

Implemented by the Department of Natural Resources andEnvironment Inspection, Ministry of Natural Resources andEnvironment (MONRE), Lao PDR
Objective To strengthen the capacity of relevant stakeholders byproviding scientific basis to develop the standard for septic
tanks and decentralized wastewater management systems
Outcomes Clarification of legal, institutional,financial, and technical issues
 Water quality survey in three cities
 Draft training curriculum andmaterials

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3. Assessment on Water Environmental Governance Focusing on “Compliance withRegulations in Industrial Wastewater
Management", a questionnaire wassent to each FP in November; The results of the survey are compiledby the secretariat, along withinformation from past surveys andinformation included in the WEPA
Outlook 2021;
 Also, the secretariat requested update reports frompartner countries at the 18th WEPA Annual Meeting asshared in the questionnaire; The above information will be compiled and disseminatedon the WEPA website.

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4. Renovations of the WEPA Website/Database New Homepage will be launched in mid-March, 2023

• Top PagePCversionSmartphoneversion10

4. Renovations of the WEPA Website/Database New Homepage will be launched in mid-March, 2023

• second level

WEPA Database
Meeting/Workshop

About WEPA

Action Program

News11

5. Distribution of WEPA NewsNo. 37 (Delivered on July 1, 2022)• Report on the 17th WEPA Annual
Meeting• 4thAPWS Report• Start of PoDIUM-2 projectNo. 38 (Delivered on November 1, 2022)• Preparation of the 18th WEPA Annual
Meeting• Progress Reports of WEPA Action
Programs• Information on the 10th Septic Tank WS
No. 39 (To be distributed in March 2023)• Report on the 18th WEPA Annual
Meeting• Progress Reports of WEPA Action
Programs• WEPA Database Renovation• Other12

WEPA Secretariat 2022-2023

Kazuyuki YAGIProgramme Manager

Yukako INAMURA
Policy Researcher

Bijon Kumer MITRA
Deputy Director

Pankaj KUMAR
Senior Policy
Researcher

Ngoc-Bao PHAM
Deputy Director

Osamu MIZUNO
Programme Director

Binaya Raj SHIVAKOTI Miyako CULSHAW-ISHII
Project Officer
Senior Policy
Researcher1313

Thank you!