Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism

Introduction of the Asia Wastewater
Management Partnership (AWaP)
31st January 2024

Makoto Kudo
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism(MLIT), Japan
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism

1Asia Wastewater Management Partnership (AWaP)
Laos

17 inclusive targets by 2030
Target6.3“Halving the proportion ofuntreated wastewater”

Gap

Objectives
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Low priority of
wastewater
management

Raising
Awareness on
Wastewater
ManagementGAP

Current
StatusMyanmarVietnam
Malaysia
0%

50%

100%
Source: WEPA

Lack of knowledge
and information

2

Under 5% population
coverage ofsewerageIndonesia

Monitoring ofWastewater
Management

Lack of budget andappropriate technology

3Resolving
CommonChallenges

2Structure of AWaP

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Holding the 3rd General Meeting
3rd General Meeting Date: August 1, 2023
 Venue: Sapporo City, Japan
 Sponsor: MOE and MLIT
 Participants:

 Cambodia: Ministry of Public Works and Transport, Kandal Province Department of Public Worksand Transport
 Indonesia: Ministry of Public Works and Housing Philippines: Department of Public Works and Highways, Local Water Utilities Administration Vietnam: Ministry of Construction, Government Offices, Ministry of Planning and Investment
 Japan: MLIT, MOE, JICA, IGES, JS and JSC

 Discussion
 Partner countries shared own activities carried out in the past five years
based on the 1st AWaP work Plan.
ex) Kizuna Festival in Cambodia, Standardization of pipe jacking method in Vietnam, etc.
The 2nd Work Plan until 2030 has been formulated in the meeting tocontribute to achieving the SDGs goals by sharing and resolving common
issues related to wastewater management.

4The 2nd Work Plan for 2030 ①Activities
Schedules2023

2024

GeneralMeetingOperationscommittee20252026

2027

2028

2029

2030

1. Raising Awareness on Wastewater Management
1.1 Spreading theimportance of wastewater
management and theoutcome of AWaP throughinternational conferences
1.2 Spreading information
to promote understandingof the effectiveness ofwastewater management
to citizens and officials inpartner countries

PublicPublicPublicPublicrelations atrelations at
relations at
relations at
APWF 2024
APWF 2027
APWS
APWF 2030
Spread information at conferences hosted by support organization or international conferences (ex. WEPA)-Implement public awareness activities in each partner country(ex. Expansion of KIZUNA Festival (Cambodia), IECs (Philippines), Training Courses (Vietnam) to other AWaP country)-Report results and outcomes of activity in the annual report
Implement challenges raised in APWS 2022

Implement challenges raised in APWS 2025

Implement challenges raised in APWS 2027

2. Monitoring of Wastewater Management
2.1 Submission of annual
report from partnercountries
2.2 Publishing AWaP
Synthesis Report

Updatingannualreport
Publishing AWaP
synthesis report

Submission of annual report from partner countries / Following-up SDGs target 6.3 achievement

Publishing synthesis report on website (considering collaboration with WEPA)

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The 2nd Work Plan for 2030 ②Activities
Schedules

2023

2024

GeneralMeetingOperationscommittee

2025

2026

2027

2028

2029

2030

3. Resolving Common Challenges
3.1 Sharing and discussing
common Challenges
3.2 Conducting Co-Projects

3.2.1 Promoting
Centralized andDecentralized wastewater
treatment systems

3.2.2 Trenchless sewer
pipe constructing(Discussing issues as they arise)
implement co-projects

summarize
the outcomes of co-projects

Setting AWaP policy for the optimum
wastewater treatment system

Survey and share early solutions (Quick Project) for
wastewater systems improvement in undeveloped
areas

Enhance early solutions (Quick Project) for wastewater
systems improvement in undeveloped areas

Continuous development of national technical standards forthe pipe-jacking method by country
Formulating the draft
guideline In the Philippines

3.2.3 Development ofsewerage technology
adapted to local
conditions

Consensus building for the centralized anddecentralized wastewater treatment systems

HRD through technical seminars or on-site training

Setting and sharing AWaP
policy regarding operation
Organizing regional issues,
especially finance of sewerage
projects

Consensus formation
for AWaP policy

Follow-up the activities implemented in each partner country

Collection of technology and example by country6Close cooperation with WEPA AWaP aims to contribute to the improvement of water environment by construction andoperation of facilities and so on.
 Toward mainstreaming “Wastewater management”, AWaP will implement activities
through close cooperation with WEPA continuously.

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Thank you for your attention!

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Transition of sewered population in Japan（million）
110
100

In 2022,
Sewered population : 101 million people
Percent of sewered population : 81.0%（％）
10090908080707060605050

40

40

3030
2020

10

10001965

1970

1975

1980

1985

1990

Sewerd population(million)

1995

2000

2005

2010

2015

2020

Percent of sewerd population(%)*The figure for FY2010-2021 does not include data , which had some municipalities left by the East Japan Great
Earthquake unable to carry out a survey.

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