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Mayor's Asia-Pacific Environmental Summit

The City of Melbourne hosted the 2006 MAPES. ADB was among the collaborating organizations. For the list of collaborating organizations, visit http://www.environmentalsummit.com/website/organizations/organizations.cfm

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This forum aimed to:

• advance protection of urban environments
• promote sustainable development in cities
• share information and best practices
• build partnerships with business sector, donor organizations, and non-government organizations.

ADB's participation to 2006 MAPES aimed to

• highlight ADB's role in achieving urban environmental management and sustainable development
• improve knowledge base and facilitate the exchange of ADB's good practices on urban water among urban leaders in DMCs
• develop or maintain networking with urban leaders.

For more details about the conference, visit http://www.environmentalsummit.com/

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Mayors and other local government officials.

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Urban leaders and experts.

Resources speakers of ADB-organized sessions include:

A. Plenary Session on Water Management

B. Session on Small-Piped Water Networks

C. Session on Zonal Approach to Water Management

D. Session on e-Governance and Water

E. Session on Cost Recovery and Water Tariff Reforms

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Participants at the breakout sessions on water and wastewater management
From left: Mayor Bhattacharyya (Kolkota), Mayor Ikhlas (Rawalpindi), and KE Seetharam (ADB), chatting with the Lord Mayor John So of City Melbourne during the MAPES Welcome Dinner	Ms. Erna Witoelar, Special Ambassador for the MDGs in Asia & Pacific, United Nations, delivering her speech on Water For All from City Hall during the plenary session on water and wastewater management
KE Seetharam, Principal Water Supply and Sanitation Specialist, Asian Development Bank, presenting his paper on City Living or Living Cities: Mayors' Choice during the plenary session on water and wastewater management	Virgilio Rivera, Jr. Group Director, Regulation and Corporate Development, Manila Water Company, Inc., Philippines, presenting his paper on Small Networks for Big Results
P. U. Asnani representing Mayor Amitbhai Shah, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, India, presenting his paper on Today and Tomorrow of Water Supply: Ahmedabad's Case	Dr Kazi Ali Azam, Managing Director, Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority, Dhaka, Bangladesh, presenting his paper on Improvement of the Water Supply System of Dhaka City by Zonal Approach
Dr Sjahril Effendy Pasaribu, Managing Director, PDAM Tirtanadi Medan, Indonesia, presenting his paper on Zoning-in on Water Management	Mayor Jesse Robredo, Naga City, Philippines, presenting his paper on Naga's I-Governance
Mayor Bikash Bhattacharyaa, Kolkota Municipal Corporation, India, presenting his paper on Kolkota Keys to Water Governance	Ek Sonn Chan, General Director, Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority, Cambodia presenting his paper on Getting Reil on Water
Mayor Muhammad Javed Ikhlas, Rawalpindi, Pakistan, presenting his paper on Cost Recovery and Tariff Reforms: Rawalpindi Case	Mohamed Rasheed, Marketing Director, Male Water and Sewerage Company, Maldives, presenting his paper on Pricing Water in Paradise
ADB booth at ENVIRO 2006