1st Asia-Pacific Water Summit; Outline of the First Summit

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1. Theme:

     Water Security: Leadership and Commitment


2. Organizers:

     Asia-Pacific Water Forum
     Steering Committee of the 1st Asia-Pacific Water Summit


3. Dates:

     December 3 and 4, 2007


4. Venue:

     B-con plaza (Beppu Convention Center), Oita Prefecture, Japan
     http://www.b-conplaza.jp/


5. Expected Outcome Documents:

     Leaders' Declaration
     APWS Recommendation


6. Expected participants:

  • Heads of governments: Leaders of the 49 countries and regions in the Asia Pacific region
  • Representatives of stakeholders: Representatives of parliaments, local governments, private sectors, academics, civil societies and media
  • Government officials: Representatives from water ministries of the 49 countries and regions in the Asia Pacific region
  • Resource Persons: Representatives from the lead organizations, selected member organizations and development agencies


7. Draft agenda (this needs to be discussed again and annotated):

1st day
   Opening ceremony
   Speeches by the Heads of Government
   Sessions(Optional)


2nd day
   Plenary2
   Speeches by the Heads of Government
   Sessions(Optional)
   Priority Theme Meeting
   Closing ceremony


8. Other events (Open Event)

There is a series of events which will be organized by the host local government(s)/regional offices of the Japanese Governments, CSOs in cooperation with the Summit SC in Oita Prefecture as well as in any other places in Japan on the occasion of the 1st Summit. The events will include: public symposium, seminars and workshops, exhibitions, and technical visits and excursions.


9. Members of Steering Committee: (As of Oct 4, 2007)

Chair: Yoshiro Mori, President of Asia-Pacific Water Forum / President of Japan Water Forum / Former Prime Minister of Japan


   International board members

  • Keizrul Abdullah, Director General, Department of Irrigation and Drainage, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Malaysia
  • Ahmad Mohamed Ali, President of Islamic Development Bank (IDB)
  • Margaret Catley-Carlson, Chair of Global Water Partnership (GWP)
  • Nino Chkhobadze, Former Minister of Environment and Natural Resources Protection of Georgia, Chair of GWP CACENA
  • Akhmetjan Esimov, Minister of Agriculture of Kazakhstan
  • Loïc Fauchon, President of World Water Council (WWC)
  • Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
  • Han Seung-Soo, President of Korea Water Forum, Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General on Climate Change, President, 56th Session of the UN General Assembly
  • Noeleen Heyzer, Executive Secretary of United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)
  • James Horne, Deputy Secretary, Department of the Environment and Water Resources, Australia
  • Hu Siyi, Vice Minister of Water Resources of China
  • Tommy Koh, Chair of Governing Council of Asia-Pacific Water Forum / Ambassador- At-Large of Singapore
  • Haruhiko Kuroda, President of Asian Development Bank (ADB)
  • Mercedes Lentz, Minister's Adviser of Ministry for the Environment, New Zealand
  • Cristelle Pratt, Director Pacific Islands Applied Geoscience Commission (SOPAC)
  • Sulton Rahimov, Chairman of the Executive Committee of International Fund for saving the Aral Sea (IFAS)
  • Quamrul Islam Siddique, President of Bangladesh Water Partnership Saif-ud-Din Soz, Minister of Water Resources, India


   Japanese board members

  • Katsusada Hirose, Governor of Oita Prefecture
  • Yoshinori Imai, Executive Editor, NHK Japan Broadcasting Corporation
  • Yoshihito Karasawa, President of Japan Medical Association
  • Fujio Mitarai, Chairman of Nippon Keidanren
  • Norio Murakami, President, Google Japan Inc.
  • Ken Noguchi, Alpinist
  • Sadako Ogata, President, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
  • Norihito Tambo, Professor Emeritus of Hokkaido University & the Open University of Japan/ Director of Hokkaido Historical Museum
  • Koji Tanami, Governor of Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC)
  • Masako Uemoto, Vice President of Japanese Trade Union Confederation
  • Masae Wada, Councilor of Housewives Association


Target countries and regions for the Fist Summit


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