Water

Promotion and Awareness
Media Activities - Journalist Attendance at ADB Sponsored Water Forums

ADB arranges for selected high-caliber journalists to participate in significant water forums. Significant coverage resulted, including a 4-part feature in the Times of India and a Page 1 feature in The Kathmandu Post. Among such forums are:

• 4th World Water Forum (Mexico City; 16-22 March 2006) - 10 journalists from Asia will participate in the Forum.

• ADB Water Week 2004 (Manila, Philippines; 26-30 January 2004) - over 350 delegates from 27 countries participated, including some 36 journalists.

• 1^st Southeast Asia Water Forum (Chiang Mai, Thailand; 17-21 November 2003) - over 500 water stakeholders attended the forum. ADB's journalist participants facilitated some of the sessions

• Asia Pacific Regional Consultation Workshop on Water & Poverty (Dhaka, Bangladesh; 22-26 September 2002) - journalists from The Hindu, The Nation, and Asia Youth Television attended

• Regional Consultation Workshop on Water in Cities (Manila, Philippines; 14-16 October 2002) - journalists from Kathmandu Post, Philippines News Agency, and Times of India attended

• Regional Consultation Workshop on Poverty and Floods (Manila, Philippines; 17-18 October 2002) - journalists from Kathmandu Post, Philippines News Agency, and Times of India attended