Water Awareness Program
ADB Regional Journalist Workshop on Water Issues in Asia
Bangkok, Thailand; 5-7 February 2006
Background | Objectives | Topics | Organizers | Participants | Venue
A key component of the ADB Water Awareness Program has been the series of workshops that have been held in Asian cities to help journalists focus on water issues as important stories for their newspapers or broadcast outlets to cover.
The first regional workshop was held in Phnom Penh in February 2003, with its success leading to the decision to hold national workshops for the media of specific countries.
The first national workshop was held in November 2003 in Hanoi and was followed two days later by a Thai national workshop in Chiang Mai, immediately preceding the South East Asian Water Forum. To date, twelve national workshops have been conducted in India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Pakistan, and the People's Republic of China.
Over 400 journalists have attended the ADB workshops. Results have included increased coverage of water issues, greater awareness of the need for sector reform and an increased understanding towards the ADB's innovative water policies and practices across Asia and the Pacific.
Measures have also been taken to consolidate the journalist network and create a journalist community. This has taken the form of an online news group — Asia Water Wire — with Inter Press Service (IPS), which was launched in June 2005.
This regional journalist workshop on water issues showcased the work of Asian journalists who attended ADB's national workshops over the past two and a half years.
 Top
The objectives of the regional workshop were to:
- provide journalists from across the region with examples of best practices in other countries
- consolidate the ADB's Journalist Water Network by providing journalists with the opportunity to network with journalists from other countries
- consolidate and further develop journalists' interest in water issues
- promote the Asia Water Wire (www.asiawaterwire.net) and encourage journalists to write for it
- brief journalists on the up and coming 4th World Water Forum, taking place in Mexico City in March 2006
Top
The workshop covered the following topics:
Top
This workshop was organized by ADB in partnership with:
- Inter Press Service (IPS) Asia Pacific
- Secretariat of the 4 th World Water Forum
Top
Print and broadcast journalists who attended previous ADB national journalist workshops on water issues or those who attended the first regional workshop in Phnom Penh, Cambodia in 2003 were invited to participate.
Twenty-four (24) journalists from 11 countries attended the workshop.
Top
The workshop was held at:
Menam Riverside Hotel
2074 Charoenkrung Road,
Bangkorlaem, Bangkok, Thailand
Tel: 66 (0) 2688-1000
Fax: 66 (0) 2291-9400
Email: menam@menamriverside-hotel.com
|
Media Center 
