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International Seminar on Sanitation 2007

15-16 November 2007; Manila, Philippines

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Day 1	Thursday, November 15, 2007
07:30 - 08:30	Registration of Participants
08:30 - 09:30	Opening Program Welcome remarks Jejomar C. Binay Mayor, Makati City Message Hiroshi Nakada Mayor, Yokohama City and President, CITYNET Message [presentation] WooChong Um Director, Energy, Transport and Water Division Regional and Sustainable Development, ADB Keynote Address [presentation] Jack Sim President, World Toilet Organization
09:30 - 10:00	Coffee Break
10:00 - 10:05	Overview of the Conference CITYNET
10:05 - 10:45	Facing the Sanitation Challenges Recognizing the Urgency Economics of Sanitation: “Why Invest and Why Now?” Amy Leung Principal Urban Development Specialist, ABD Making it Happen The Manila Declaration Jade del Mundo Undersecretary, Department of Health, Philippines Panel Reaction Eduardo Banzon, Senior Health Specialist, World Bank Hubert Jenny, Senior Urban Development Specialist, ADB Open Discussion
10:45 - 12:00	Showcasing Philippine Sanitation Initiatives
10:45 - 12:00	Ecological Sanitation Pablo Ortega, Mayor, San Fernando, La Union Local Initiatives for Affordable Wastewater (LINAW) John Emmanuel Timothy Pabilonia, Senior Environmental Management Specialist and Project Leader, LINAW Project Artificial Wetlands German P. Sarana, Mayor, Bayawan City, Negros Oriental Septage Management Evangeline R. Matibag, Manila Water Company, Inc. Public-Private Partnerships for Sanitation in School and Community Danilo Villas, Head, Department of Environmental Services, Makati City Open Discussion
12:00 - 13:30	Lunch Break
13:30 - 14:30	What Other Asian Countries Are Doing Mobilizing Resources for Sustainable Sanitation Gert de Bruijne Senior Adviser, Waste (Advisers on Urban Environment and Development) Introduction to China—Sweden Erdos Eco-Town Project and the main Experiences Zhu Qiang Dongsheng Project, China Sanitation in Bontang Indonesia [English] [Bahasa] H.A. Sofyan Hasdam Mayor, Bontang Indonesia Open Discussion
14:30 - 17:00	Field Visit to Makati City Sanitation Projects Magallanes Septage Treatment Plant Manila Water Company, Inc. Makati School Sanitation Project Makati City Government
17:30 - 20:00	Dinner

Day 2	Friday, November 16, 2007
08:30 - 10:30	CITIES' SANITATION PLANS Presentation of City Sanitation Plans Phnom Penh Colombo Makati Bharatpur Ilo-ilo Pokhara San Fernando Surabaya
10:00 - 10:15	Coffee Break
10:15 - 12:00	Response from Donor Agencies Rudolf Frauendorfer, Senior Urban Development Specialist, ADB Aurelia Micko, Deputy Chief, Office of Energy and Environment, USAID R. Mukami Kariuki, Local Government Programme Coordinator, WB Berta Pesti, Programme Officer, UNITAR Jose B. Dulce, Development Assistance Specialist, USAID Dominique Heron, Vice President, VEOLIA ENVIRONMENT
12:00 - 13:30	Lunch Break
13:30 - 15:00	Call to Action for Sanitation The voice of civil society Salim Alimuddin, OPP-Pakistan The risk to public health John Juliard Go, WHO-WPRO The impact to environment Julian Amador, Director of Environment Management Bureau DENR, Philippines Open Discussion
15:00 - 15:15	Coffee Break
15:15 - 16:45	Celebrating the 2008 International Year of Sanitation (IYS) CITYNET
16:45 - 17:00	Closing Program Closing Remarks K.E. Seetharam [presentation] Principal Water Supply and Sanitation Specialist, ADB Dato Lakhbir Singh Secretary General, CITYNET
	End of Seminar