(Held)

Water and Sanitation Symposium
International Year of Sanitation
- A Platform for Action in Africa and Asia







Date: Friday, February 22, 2008
Time: 13:00-16:00
Venue: U Thant International Conference Hall, 3F, UN House
   (United Nations University), 5-53-70 Jingu-mae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Organizers: UNICEF, UNDP, World Bank, Japan Water Forum
Supporting organizations:
   Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, UNIDO, JICA, JBIC, JETRO
Language: Japanese / English (Simultaneous Interpretation)
Focused themes:
 - Water and Sanitation from Climate Change perspectives
 - Water and Sanitation in Africa and Asia


»Profile of Speakers and Panelists(PDF121KB)


Agenda:
 13:00-13:05 Opening Remarks
   Mr. Dan Rohrmann, Director, UNICEF Tokyo


 13:05-13:25 Policy Speech
   Global Water Governance: Improving Access to Safe Water and Sanitation
   Mr. Masahiko Koumura, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan


 13:25-13:40 Keynote Address 1
   "Water and Sanitation - The Asian Challenge in Uncertain Times"
   Mr. Ravi Narayanan, Vice-Chair of the Asia-Pacific Water Forum
   Governing Council


 13:40-13:55 Keynote Address 2
   "Water and Sanitation in Africa" »PowerPoint
   Ms. Vanessa Tobin, Deputy Director, Programme Division of UNICEF


 13:55-14:10 Keynote Address 3
   "Health impacts of climate change: Focus on water and sanitation"
   Dr. Jacob A. Kumaresan, Director, WHO Cetre for Health Development


 14:10-14:25 Break


 14:25-15:55 Short Presentations / Panel Discussion
   Panelists:
    - H. E. Mr. Dennis Noel Oduya AWORI,Ambassador Extraordinary and
      Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kenya in Japan
      Water and Sanitation in Africa
       - The Challenges,The Strategy and The Way Forward
    - Mr. Kazushi Hashimoto, Executive Director, JBIC »Speech
      Basic water issues prevailing in the developing countries
    - Mr. Naohiro Yoshizawa, Project Leader,
      1L for 10L Program, DANONE WATERS OF JAPAN Co., Ltd.
    - Mr. Ravi Narayanan,
      Vice-Chair of the Asia-Pacific Water Forum Governing Council
    - Ms. Vanessa Tobin, Deputy Director, Programme Division of UNICEF
    - Dr. Jacob. A. Kumaresan, Director, WHO Cetre for Health Development


   Facilitator:
    Mr. Hatsuhisa Takashima, Visiting-Professor, Gakushuin University/
    Special Adviser to the Rector, United Nations University


 15:55-16:00 Closing Remarks(Japanese Only)
   Mr. Shunichi Murata, Director, UNDP Tokyo Office