Eighth Meeting of HELP
Tuesday, 1 November 2016,
Jakarta, Republic of Indonesia
The Eighth Meeting of the High-level Experts and Leaders Panel on Water and Disasters (HELP) was held on 1st November 2016 at the Ministry of Public Works and Housing in Jakarta, Republic of Indonesia. Ministry of Public Works and Housing was the host of the meeting. The meeting was chaired by Dr. Han, Seung-soo, Chair of HELP. It was attended by about 70 participants from HELP member organizations representing national governments, international organizations, civil society and private sector.
9:30 Opening
- Opening Remarks by Dr. Han, Seung-soo, Chair of HELP, Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction and Water
- Welcome remarks by H.E. Dr. Basuki Hadimuljono, Minister of Public Works and Housing, Republic of Indonesia
- Approval of Agenda
- Approval of New Members
- Remarks by H.E. Dr. Aung Thu, Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation, Republic of the Union of Myanmar
- Remarks by H.E. Dr. Masafumi Mori, Vice-Minister for Engineering Affairs, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Japan
- Remarks by Dr. Shamshad Akhtar, Executive Secretary of UNESCAP
- Remarks by Dr. Bambang Susantono, Vice-President for Knowledge Management and Sustainable Development, Asian Development Bank
10:15 Investment and Financing for Water-related Disasters
- Presentation by Mr. Kenyu Komura, President, Japan Water Agency
- Presentation by Mr. James Dalton, Director of Civil Works, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- Presentation by Mr. Gil-Hong Kim, Senior Director and concurrently Chief Sector Officer, Asian Development Bank
- Presentation by Dr. Wolfgang Kron, Head of Research for Hydrological Hazards, MunichRe
- Presentation by Mr. Niels Vlaanderen, Coordinator International Water Affairs, Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment, the Netherlands
- HELP’s actions towards promoting investment and financing for addressing water-related disasters
11:30 Break
11:45 Action Plan of HLPW, Global Water Architecture, and HELP Action Strategy -position and action of HELP in global process-
- Briefing on the HLPW Action Plan
- Briefing on the recent progress with regards to the proposal for the international decade on water, and recent discussions concerning the global water architecture
- HELP’s Contribution to HLPW and Ideas and Skelton of HELP’s Action Strategy
13:00 Lunch
14:30 Current Status of Regional Actions
- “ROK – ASEAN Cooperation on Water and Disaster” by H.E. Suh, Jeong-in, Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to ASEAN
- “Overview of Korea-ASEAN Cooperation Project on Building Resilience from Water-related Disasters” by Prof. Jang Chul CHIN, Executive Board, Chuncheon Global Water Forum
- “ASEAN Cooperation on Water Resources Management in Environment” by Saroj Srisai, Assistant Director, ASEAN
- “Building with Nature: based on Dutch-Indonesian Experience” by Dr. Bregje van Wesenbeeck, Kingdom of the Netherlands
- “Water and Energy Transition: a fuel for resiliency” by Mr. Loïc Fauchon, Honorary President of World Water Council
- Presentation by Mr. Imam Santoso, Director General for Water Resources, Ministry of Public Works and Housing, Republic of Indonesia
- Presentation by Prof. Dir. Ir. Khin Ni Ni Thein, Secretary of the Water Advisory Group and Member of the National Water Resources Committee, Republic of the Union of Myanmar
15:20 Break
15:30 Drought and Climate Change
- Presentation on HELP’s Second Flagship Document – Special Edition of Water Policy on Drought – by Mr. James Dalton, Director of Civil Works, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- Briefing on COP22 Side Event on Addressing Mega Drought
16:00 Report from Habitat 3
16:20 Advancing Technology and Scientific Knowledge on Water and Disasters
- Report from IFI Side Event
16:50 Other Matters
16:55 Wrap-up
17:00 Closing of HELP meeting
19:00 Dinner hosted by the Ministry of Public Works and Housing
