3rd Mayors' Asia-Pacific Environmental Summit

3^rd Mayors' Asia-Pacific Environmental Summit
Honolulu, Hawaii
22-24 September 2003

Post Workshop Statement

The activity concluded on 24 September 2003.

Description

The Mayors' Asia-Pacific Environmental Summit (MAPES) is a knowledge forum where city mayors and managers from across Asia and the Pacific share experiences, identify achievable goals, and commit to achieving these goals. The MAPES 2003 tackles three of the most crucial issues in the urban setting: air quality, water supply and sanitation and solid waste. Addressing these key environmental challenges will help pave the way to achieving sustainable development.

ADB's Role

The MAPES is a remarkable event that in the past years has assembled hundreds of city mayors and managers whose decisions drive urban environmental management programs throughout ADB's DMCs.

Director, RSAN Bradford Philips will lead the ADB delegation and will deliver welcoming remarks at the opening plenary. Charles Andrews (RSDD) is managing the MAPES 2003 Water Track; Matthew Westfall (SERD) is supporting the Solid Waste Management Track; and Cornelius Huizenga (consultant) is facilitating the Air Quality Track.

ADB is a major sponsor of MAPES 2003 and it's involvement includes

funding the attendance of leaders from cities implementing ADB-supported projects
serving as lead convener for the Water Supply and Wastewater Management track
providing support to the Solid Waste Management Track and the Urban Air Quality Management Track

Water Supply and Wastewater Management Track

Water supply directly affects the urban environment; and good water supply services are essential for good wastewater management.

The track will help participating mayors recognize opportunities to improve water services in their cities, and frame sensible, achievable and measurable commitments. It will include the following sessions:

Session 1	introduces half a dozen realities that may influence the way mayors set goals and targets for their water services
Session 2	examines how all of Asia and the Pacific's large cities can afford good quality water supply services
Session 3	examines the potential and limitations for private sector participation (PSP) in water services, and how cities go about achieving PSP
Session 4	examines why some cities do and some cities don't publicly finance wastewater management, and how mayors benefit politically by supporting these investments.

Links

For more information on the MAPES, visit http://www.environmentalsummit.com.

Contacts

We welcome your inputs. Please contact:

Charles Andrews
Principal Water Supply and Sanitation Specialist
Asian Development Bank
E-mail: candrews@adb.org

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