Mr. Yang-jin Oh
Official start of the 7th Forum
Design forum processes
Share the outcome of the 6th Forum
First official meeting to prepare for the 7th Forum
• with experts and stakeholders from all around the world
Promote attention and encourage more people to
participate
• In two years preparatory meetings
• In the 7th World Water Forum in 2015
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The Kick-off meeting is an open session to make a sketch of
the 7th Forum
• Various opinions from water experts and stakeholders will be discussed
• Major water issues will be selected for the 7th Forum
The basic framework of the Forum will be designed based on
the issues discussed during the Kick-off meeting
• Over the next 2 years, the discussion will be continued
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After the 6th Forum, the achievements and follow-up
measures will be shared
The Kick-off meeting will promote the continuity of the
World Water Forums
• Enable participants to further advance discussion with the outcome of
previous fora and bring the greatest result
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What will be done over the next
2 days and how?
Plenary Session
Discussion of the
core values
Break-out Sessions 1
: Thematic Process
Group 1
Break-out Sessions 2
Break-out Sessions 3
Science &
Technology Process
Designing the 7th
Forum
Regional Process
Citizens & Youth
Political Process
Communication
& Media
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Group 5
Group 6
Group 7
Group 8
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Plenary Session
• Discussion of the core values of 7th World Water Forum
Present ideas on how to make this forum different and better
 Define together what implementation requires
 Share the results of the online survey on subject areas
 Provide instructions for break-out sessions

Thematic Process
• To make the list of sub-themes and prioritize them for each theme
• To share ideas about ensuring implementation in each subject
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Science & Technology Process
• To share ideas to design the Science & Technology process
• To gather information about expected outcomes from the process
Regional Process
• To share ideas to design the Regional process
• To gather information about expected outcomes from the process
Political Process
• To share ideas to design the Political process
• To gather information about expected outcomes from the process
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Designing the 7th forum towards implementation
• To share initial ideas about the forum design which assure
implementation
Communication and Media
• To gather ideas about developing the internal and international
communication strategy for the 7th forum
Citizens and Youth
• To gather ideas about building an effective water network and
attracting attention of citizens to water issues
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Each session provides presentation for conceptual idea
about the subject (except Thematic Process session)
Each session provides the result of 6th forum (except Science &
Technology Process session)
Each session will make roundtable work to gather ideas of
the participants
• Facilitators will lead each roundtable work to make effective discussion
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Time Table
14:00-14:20
Achievements and follow-up of the 6th World Water Forum Room 325
14:20-14:40
Unique Characteristics of the 7th World Water Forum
Room 325
14:40-15:10
Plenary session: Discussion of the core values of the
7th World Water Forum
Room 325
15:10-15:30
Break
15:30-17:30
Interactive break-out sessions 1:Thematic process
17:30-18:00
Break
18:00-18:30
Plenary synthesis of break-out sessions 1
19:00-21:00
Official Dinner
8 groups
Room 325
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08:30-09:30
Coffee Networking
09:30-09:50
Guidance for break-out sessions 2, 3
Room 325
09:50-10:00
Break
Room 325
Interactive break-out sessions 2
3 groups
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Science & Technology Process: Design and Outcomes
Room 324
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Regional Process: Design and Outcomes
Room 325
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Political Process: Design and Outcomes
Room 314
10:00-12:00
12:00-13:30
Luncheon
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13:30-15:30
Interactive break-out sessions 3
3 groups
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Designing the 7th forum towards implementation
Room 324
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Communication and Media
Room 314
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Citizens and Youth
Room 325
15:30-16:00 Break
16:00-17:00 Plenary synthesis of break-out sessions
Room 325
17:00-17:15 The Way Forward: Road map for 7th World Water Forum
Room 325
17:15-17:20 Closing
Room 325
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Participants will have a better understanding and proactively attend the Forum
• Have clear understanding of core values of the 7th World Water Forum
and share them with other participants
• Engaged in the preparation process of the 7th Forum, which will
encourage them to pro-actively cooperate and participate in the Forum
The 7th Forum will succeed the outcome of the previous
forums and present a more progressive direction
The Forum will build comprehensive consensus on strategic
directions and structures of forum processes
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