Follow-up Conference of the International Year of Sanitation

Follow-up Conference of the International Year of Sanitation (IYS)

Theme: "Beyond IYS - How can we deliver sustainable sanitation services to every citizen of the world?"

Agenda

January 25 (Mon)

9:45 - 18:00

Field Visit for foreign participants
The tour leaves Kasumigaseki, Tokyo at 9:45 AM and visits 2 sanitation facilities, both of which are located in Saitama prefecture.

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January 26 (Tue)

1. Opening

10:00 - 10:30

Opening ceremony

10:00
10:05

10:10

10:15

10:20

Welcome speeches by organizers
Representative, Japanese Government (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
Vice-Rector, United Nations University

Address
» His Imperial Highness The Crown Prince

Speeches
» Video message by Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General, United Nations
(Message

(27kB))
» Mr. Thomas Steltzer, Assistant Secretary-General, UN Department of Economic Social Affairs (DESA)

(34kB)

10:30 - 10:50

Break

2. Plenary

Co-Chair:	Dr. Uschi Eid, Vice-Chair, UN Secretary-General's Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation (UNSGAB)
	Mr. Kazuo Sunaga, International Cooperation Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan

10:50 - 12:20

Presentations

10:50

11:05

11:25

11:40

11:55

» 'Today and tomorrow of sanitation in Asia'

(49kB)
Mr. Arjun Thapan, Special Senior Advisor, Office of the President, Asian Development Bank

» 'Closing the Sanitation Gap in Africa'

(1.73MB)
Mr. Bai-Mass Max Taal Executive Secretary, African Ministers' Council on Water (AMCOW)
Mr. Sering Jalow, Director, Water and Sanitation Department, African Development Bank

» 'The Water and Sanitaion Sector in Latin America and the Caribbean'

(428kB)
Mr. Jorge Humberto Ducci, Senior Economist, Water and Sanitation Division, Interamerican Development Bank

» 'Connections - Sanitation and Sustainable Water Management'

(1.29MB)
Dr. Letitia Asabea Obeng, Chair, Global Water Partnership

'From Evian to l'Aquila, the G8 contribution under the Italian Presidency to the coming challenges on Water and Sanitation'
Mr. Guido Benevento, Italian Co-operation Advisor, Water Resources & Sanitation Sector, Ministry for Foreign Affairs

12:20 - 13:30

Lunch Break

13:30 - 15:00

Country reports "Achievement in IYS and next steps"

13:30

13:45

14:00

14:15

14:30

Reports from countries in Asia
» Ms. Endang Setianingrum Anwar, Sub Director of Management and Capacity Building of Environmental Sanitation Infrastructures Development, Directorate General of Human Settlement, Ministry of Public Works, Indonesia

(1.05MB)
» Mr. Suman Prasad Sharma, Joint Secretary (Water Supply and Sanitation), Ministry of Physical Planning and Works, Nepal

(1.1MB)

Reports from countries in Africa
» Mrs. Mihret Hiluf Nigussie, Director of Agrarian Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Ministry of Health, Ethiopia

(615kB)

Reports from countries in Americas
» Mr. Edgar Eduardo Pulecio Bautista, Director of Strategic Investment, Ministry of Environment, Housing and Territorial Development, Colombia

(694kB)

Discussion

15:00 - 15:30

Coffee Break

3. Topic Sessions

15:30 - 18:00

Session 1: "Sanitation in society - How can we sustainably embed sanitation in social, economic and cultural systems?"

Coordinating organizations:
German Development Cooperation and partners, Japan Water Forum, UNICEF and WaterAid

Co-Chair:
Mr. Ravi Narayanan, Vice-Chair, Governing Council, Asia-Pacific Water Forum / International Mentor, Japan Water Forum
Ms. Barbara Mary Frost, Chief Executive, Directorate, WaterAid

Panelist:
» Mr. Dan Rohrmann, Deputy Director, Programme Division, UNICEF

(1.63MB)
» Dr. Ulrike Pokorski da Cunha, Advisor, Water, Energy and Transport, GTZ
Mr. Robert Gakubia, CEO of the Kenyan Regulator WASREB
Mr. Patrick P. Onyango, GTZ Project manager, EcoSan Project Kenya

(463kB)
» Dr. Vadim Sokolov, Regional Coordinator, Global Water Partnership Central Asia and Caucasus (GWP CACENA)

(376kB)
» Dr. Yuriko Kameyama, Save the Children, Japan

(1.85MB)
» Mr. Md. Shariful Alam, Project Director, Policy Support Unit, Local Government Division, Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development & Cooperatives, Bangladesh

(294kB)

18:30 -

Reception

January 27 (Wed)

9:30 - 12:00

Session 2: "Optimizing sanitation technology - Ways to select the most suitable sanitation technology tailored to local conditions"

Coordinating organizations:
Japan Sanitation Consortium, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure Transport and Tourism, Japan and Ministry of the Environment, Japan

Co-Chair:
» Ms. Amy Siu Ping Leung, Director, Urban and Social Sectors Division, East Asia Department, Asian Development Bank

(56kB)
Mr. Takehiko Kawai, Chief, Japan Sanitation Consortium Secretariat

Panelist:
» Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak, Founder, Sulabh International Social Service Organisation, India

(9.82MB)
» Dr. Chizuru Aoki, International Environmental Technology Centre, DTIE, UNEP

(258kB)
» Dr. Hui Zhao, Deputy Director-General, Department of Rural and Town Development, Ministry of Housing and Urban and Rural Development, China

(1.11MB)
» Ms. Yuyun Yunia Ismawati, Director, BALIFOKUS Foundation

(2.8MB)
» Mr. Antonio Cesar da Costa e Silva, Executive Assistant, Direction of Technology, Enterprizes and Environment, Sabesp-Sanitation Company of the State of Sao Paulo

(3.2MB)
» Dr. Satoshi TAKIZAWA, Professor, Department of Urban Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Tokyo

(1.3MB)

12:00 - 13:00

Lunch Break

13:00 - 15:30

Session 3: "Financing sanitation - Combining governance, financial schemes, capacity building and funding to enable sustainable sanitation services"

Coordinating organizations:
Japan International Cooperation Agency and Asian Development Bank

Co-Chair:
» Dr. Anand Chiplunkar, Principal Water Supply and Sanitation Specialist, Regional and Sustainable Development Department, Asian Development Bank

(732kB)
Mr. Naoki Mori, Deputy Director General, Global Environment Department, Japan International Cooperation Agency

Panelist:
» Dr. Guy Hutton, Senior Economist, Water and Sanitation Program, World Bank

(671kB)
» Dr. Graham Philip Alabaster, Chief of Watsan Section, UN-HABITAT

(703kB)
» Mr. Jitendra Shankar Mathur, Joint Secretary, Department of Drinking Water Supply, Ministry of Rural Development, India

(1.73MB)
» Mr. Virgilio Cervantes Rivera, Jr., Group Director, Regulation and Corporate Development, Manila Water Company

(973kB)
» Dr. Le-Huu Ti, Chief of Water Security Section, Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), United Nations

(881kB)
» Prof. Viet-Anh Nguyen, Vice Director, Institute of Environmental Science & Engineering, Hanoi University of Civil Engineering

(739kB)
» Mr. Nejib Hamed Abid, Departmental Manager, Plinification and Development Stadies, National Sanitation Utility (ONAS), Tunisia

(2.04MB)

15:30 - 16:00

Coffee Break

4. Plenary

16:00 - 17:30	Plenary Co-Chair: Dr. Uschi Eid, Vice-Chair, UN Secretary-General's Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation (UNSGAB) Mr. Kazuo Sunaga, International Cooperation Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan Panelist: Session Chairs
16:00 - 16:30 16:30 - 17:30	Session reports » Topic Session 1 (46kB) » Topic Session 2 (12kB) » Topic Session 3 (15kB) Discussion on "Next steps to achieve the MDG target and beyond"

5. Closing

17:30-17:45	Closing
	Wrap-up by Conference Chair » Chair's Summary (136kB) Closing remarks

• Documents
Please be advised that we will not distribute printed documents at the conference in order to be environmentally-friendly. All the documents will be distributed only through the conference website.

• Working Languages
Working languages of the conference will be English and Japanese. All presentations and documents will be made and distributed in English.

• Conference Attire
Attire during the conference will be business suits. The weather in Tokyo in January will be approximately 6 Celsius degree (42 Fahrenheit degree).

(Last Modified: 22th Jan 2010)

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