ARRN Establishment Ceremony / ARRN’s 3rd International Forum on Waterfront and Watershed Restoration was held in Tokyo(9 November 2006)

November 09, 2006 | Category: International Forum

ARRN Establishment Ceremony / The 3rd International Forum on Waterfront and Watershed Restoration

On the 9th November 2006, ARRN Establishment Ceremony was held in Tokyo simultaneously with "The 3rd International Forum on Waterfront and Watershed Restoration." These events gathered the officials concerned with river restoration project from 5 countries including Japan, China and Korea that are the ARRN member states, Malaysia as a neighbouring country, and Finland as a representative state from ECRR in Europe. At the Ceremony, it was confirmed and signed that the Japan, China and Korea would be the 3 initial member states of ARRN and conduct activities with a view to actively promoting information exchange in Asia. Following this, various international networking activities related to water and rivers were introduced.


■Date/Time： November 9th 2006, Thursday 10:30 – 16:00
■Venue： The Grand Arc Hanzomon FUJI HIGASHI（4F）, Tokyo, JAPAN
■Organizer： Asian River Restoration Network（ARRN）
■Co-Organizer： China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research (IWHR), Korea Institute of Construction Technology (KICT), Foundation for Riverfront Improvement and Restoration (RFC)

■ARRN Establishment Ceremony

(10:50～11:05 Opening)

Explanation of the purposes and development of the ARRN (ARRN Secretariat, Foundation for Riverfront Improvement and Restoration)

(11:05～11:15 Signing ceremony)

Dr. Wen Gen Liao　China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research （China River Restoration Network）
Dr. Hyo Seop Woo　Korea Institute of Construction Technology （Korea River Restoration Network）
Dr. Koutarou Takemura　Foundation for Riverfront Improvement and Restoration （Japan River Restoration Network）

(11:15～12:00 Introduction of international networks related to water)

(1)Current activities of Europe’s information exchange networks and river policies (Mr. Jukka Jormola, Finnish Environment Institute)

(2)International Network for Water and Ecosystem in Paddy Fields (Dr. Atsushi Suzuki, Rural Development Bureau, The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan)

(3)Outline of the Global Flood Alert System (Dr. Kazuo Kera, 2nd Research Department, Infrastructure Development Institute)

(4)Outline of the activities of NARBO, Network of Asian River Basin Organizations (Mr. Hiroyuki Sindo, Network of Asian River Basin Organizations)

(5)Outline of the Asia-Pacific Water Forum (Ms. Taeko Yokota, Japan Water Forum)

■The 3rd International Forum on Waterfront and Watershed Restoration

(13:00～16:00 General Discussion"River Restoration in the Asia Monsoon Region")

Coordinator: Prof. Nobuyuki Tamai (Kanazawa University; Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo)
Panelists: Japan, China, Korea, Malaysia, European Center for River Restoration (ECRR)

(1)River Restoration in China (Dr. Liao wen gen, Department of Water Environment, China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research, Ministry of Water Resources)

(2)River Restoration in Korea (Dr. Chang-wan Kim, Water Resources Research Department Korea Institute of Construction Technology)

(3)River Restoration in Japan (Mr. Masanao Harada, River Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transportation, Dr. Keigo Nakamura, Public Works Research Institute)

(4)River Restoration in Malaysia (Mr. Cho Weng Keong, Department of Irrigation and Drainage, Kelantan )

(16:00 Closing)

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