The 2014 World Water Day
20-21 March 2014
UNU Headquarters Building, Tokyo, Japan
A UN-Water Event
Co-organized by: UNU and UNIDO
Supported by: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan,
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan,
Ministry of the Environment of Japan, Kumamoto City, Global Environment Outreach Centre,
The University of Tokyo Integrated Research System for Sustainability,
Japan Water Forum, Global Compact Japan Network, Global Water Partnership, Sustainability
Science Consortium
Thursday, 20 March 2014
Elizabeth Rose Conference Hall (5F)
09:00-10:30 Journalist Workshop
(By invitation only)
Organized by UN-Water Decade Programme on Advocacy and
Communication (UNW-DPAC) on behalf of UN-Water
Session Focus: Who are we? Why are we here? What to expect for
World Water Day events and plan for today?
Josefina Maestu, Director, UNW-DPAC: Introduction, Resources for Journalists and Water for Life Award
Zafar Adeel, Director, UNU-INWEH: World Water Day
Engin Koncagul, Policy officer, World Water Assessment
Programme, UNESCO: World Water Development Report
Introduction of workshop participating journalists
10:30-11:00
11:00-12:30
Coffee/Tea Break
Journalist Workshop continues
(By invitation only)
Session Focus: What is all about? Why should we report on water and energy? What are the facts, figures, stories on water and energy?
Moderated by Mr. Roel Landingin, Philippine Center for Investigative
Journalism
Josefina Maestu, Director, UNW-DPAC: Presentation on how media have been reporting on the nexus of water and energy?
What has been the key focus on media reporting?

15:15-15:45
Expert Panel
Mr. Minoru Takada, Representative of the NY office of the Sustainable Energy for All initiative and Senior Policy
Advisor at the Executive Office of the Secretary-General:
Energy needs water, future energy scenarios and water risks?
Engin Koncagul: Water needs energy, advancing towards
integrated solutions: some examples
Video Link: The World Bank Initiative: Thirsty Energy
Government of Tajikistan: Integrating water and energy
policies
Richard Taylor, Executive Director, International Hydropower
Association (IHA): The Hydroelectric prospects of water use
and main challenges
Nadhan Govender, Eskom, South Africa Public Electricity
Utility: Regulating and pricing for the poor
Zafar Adeel: Policy concerns: what do we need to know that we
do not know yet?
Questions and Answers (Facilitated by Roel Landingin, Philippine
Center for Investigative Journalism)
12:30-13:30 Lunch break
Elizabeth Rose Conference Hall (5F)
12:45-13:15 Book Announcement by UNU-FLORES and Springer (During Lunch
Break)
13:30-13:45
Asia Pacific Regional Symposium: Water – Energy Nexus in Asia
Jointly organized by UNU-IAS, University of Tokyo IR3S, and Ministry of the Environment (MOE) of Japan
Opening Remarks and Welcome Speech
Kazuhiko Takeuchi, Senior Vice-Rector, UNU
Soichiro Seki, Director-General, MOE
13:45-15:15 Keynote Speech
Reza Ardakanian, Director, UNU-FLORES
Taikan Oki, Professor, University of Tokyo
Srikantha Herath, Senior Academic Programme Officer, UNU-IAS
Coffee Break
15:45-17:00 Panel Discussion
Guangheng Ni, Professor, Tsinghua University
Krishna Paudel, Secretary, Water and Energy Commission

17:00-17:15
Secretariat, Government of Nepal
Chongrak Polprasert, Professor, Thammasat University
Moderator: Kazuhiko Takemoto, Director, UNU-IAS
Closing Remarks
Kazuhiko Takeuchi, Senior Vice-Rector, UNU
Committee Room 3
13:30-15:30 Journalist Workshop continues
Working Groups for the Journalist Workshop: Reporting on
Water-Energy Nexus
15:30-17:30 Working Groups for the Journalist Workshop: Preparing for
Conference Reporting and Plenary Feedback
Lobby (2F)
17:45-18:00 Opening of the Technology and Photographic Exhibition (in cooperation with: Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd.; Ebara Corporation; and
TOTO Ltd.)
Welcome Remarks: Michel Jarraud, Chair, UN-Water,
Kazuhiko Takemoto, Director, UNU-IAS,
Zafar Adeel, Director, UNU-INWEH
Reception Hall (2F)
18:00-19:00 Reception (By invitation only)

Friday, 21 March 2014
U Thant International Conference Hall (3F)
09:30-10:00 Welcome and Opening Remarks
David Malone, Rector, UNU
Michel Jarraud, Chair, UN-Water & Secretary-General WMO
Hans D’Orville, Assistant Director-General, UNESCO
Taizo Nishikawa, Deputy to the Director General, UNIDO
Toshiyuki Adachi, Vice Minister for Engineering Affairs, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan
10:00-10:20 Artistic Event
Eriko Takemoto (Contralto) and Kei Mashima (Piano)
(In cooperation with: Kawai Musical Instruments Manufacturing Co., Ltd.)
10:20-10:50 Water for Life Awards
Michel Jarraud, Chair, UN-Water: Introduction to ‘Water for Life’
UN-Water Best Practices Award
Josefina Maestu, Coordinator and Director, UNW-DPAC:
Importance of the Award and Selection Process
Michel Jarraud, Chair, UN-Water: Announcement of the Video
Projection of the Award Candidates
Seishi Kohyama, Mayor of Kumamoto City, Japan: Announcement
for Award Winner of Category 1 (Michel Jarraud and Seishi
Kohyama to present the award plaque and certificate to the winner)
M i guel Ángel Navarro Portera, Ambassador of Spain to Japan:
Announcement for Award Winner of Category 2 (Zafar Adeel,
President of 2014 Edition of the Award, and Miguel Ángel
Navarro Portera to present the award plaque and certificate to
10:50-12:00 the winner)
Launch of World Water Development Report
Michela Miletto, Acting Coordinator, UN World Water Assessment
Programme (Presentation on WWDR 2014)
Michel Jarraud, Chair, UN-Water & Secretary-General WMO
Hans D’Orville, Assistant Director-General, UNESCO
Taizo Nishikawa, Deputy to the Director General, UNIDO
Kazuhiko Takemoto, Director, UNU-IAS
Domenico Giorgi, Ambassador of Italy to Japan
Yoshiaki Morikita, Director-General, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure,
Transport and Tourism of Japan
Master of Ceremony: Blanca E. Jimenez Cisneros, Director, Division of
Water Sciences, Secretary, IHP, UNESCO

12:00-13:30 Lunch Break
Side Events (During Lunch Break with boxed lunch provided)
12:15-13:00 Rose Hall (5F)
Launch of Towards 2020, The Global Water Partnership’s
2014-2019 Strategy (Organized by GWP)
Ursula Schaefer-Preuss, GWP Chair
Kenzo Hiroki, GWP Vice-Chair
Khin-Ni-Ni Thein, GWP Myanmar
Moderator: Ania Grobicki, GWP Executive Secretary
Video Link: Water and Energy
12:15-13:00 Reception Hall (2F)
Country Experiences on Water and Energy: Some findings of
the World Water Development Report 2014 (Organized by
UNESCO)
Michela Miletto, WWAP: Welcome
Engin Koncagül, WWAP: Setting the Stage
Thomas Chiramba, UNEP: Environmental Sustainability at the Core of Water-Energy Nexus
Jong Jeong Lee, K-Water Institute, Korea: The Water-Energy Nexus
in Korea’s Four Major Rivers
Bijon Kumer Mitra, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies,
Japan: Recent improvements in currently unsustainable use of water resources in thermal energy generation in India
Kuniyoshi Takeuchi, International Centre for Water Hazard, Japan:
Water and energy issues in Japan with a regional perspective
Questions and answers
12:15-13:00 Committee Room 3 (5F)
Addressing Water-Energy Nexus: The Role and
Sustainability of Hydropower from Freshwater Reservoirs
(Organized by UNU-FLORES, International Hydropower
Association, and UN-Water Decade Programme on Capacity
Development)
Reza Ardakanian, Director, UNU-FLORES: Addressing the water-energy nexus in managing multi-purpose reservoirs
Richard Taylor, Executive Director, IHA: The Hydropower
Sustainability Assessment Protocol
Jens Liebe, UNW-DPC: The role of multi-stakeholder capacity
development in the water-energy nexus
Presentations to be follow by Panel Discussion
Moderator: Mathew Kurian, UNU-FLORES

U Thant International Conference Hall (3F)
13:30-14:10
14:10-15:10
Keynote Speech
High-Level Policy Panel: Addressing Water-Energy Nexus within the Post-2015 Development Agenda and SDGs
Albert Butare, Former Minister of State for Infrastructure,
Government of Rwanda; CEO, Africa Energy Services Group Ltd
Michel Jarraud, Chair, UN-Water & Secretary-General WMO
Hans D’Orville, Assistant Director General for Strategic Planning,
UNESCO
Nizomiddin Zohidov, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs,
Government of Tajikistan
Toshiyuki Adachi, Vice Minister of Engineering Affairs, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport, and Tourism of Japan
Moderator: Zafar Adeel, Director, UNU-INWEH
15:10-15:30
15:30-16:30
Coffee/Tea Break
Expert Panel
Nandha Govender, General Manager, Eskom, South Africa Public
Electricity Utility
Christian Jersale, Representative Director and President, Veolia
Water Japan
Philippe Joubert, Senior Advisor and Managing Director, World
Business Council for Sustainable Development
Josefina Maestu, Coordinator and Director, UNW-DPAC
Kotaro Takemura, Secretary General, Japan Water Forum
Richard Taylor, Executive Director, IHA
Moderator: Reza Ardakanian, Director, UNU-FLORES
16:30-16:45
16:45-17:00
Vision for the 7th World Water Forum
Jung-moo Lee, Chairman of the National Committee for the 7 th
World Water Forum and Former Minister of the Construction and Transport of Korea
Announcement of Stockholm Water Prize
Torgny Holmgren, Director General, SIWI
17:00 Closing
A Message from World Youth (Video)
Koïchiro Matsuura , President, Maison Franco-Japonaise
Michel Jarraud, Chair, UN-Water
Zafar Adeel, Director, UNU-INWEH
Master of Ceremonies: Zafar Adeel, Director, UNU-INWEH

Committee Room 1 (5F)
17:25-17:55 Press Conference (Invitation only)
Journalists attending the workshop and media representatives from Japan
Reception Hall (2F)
18:00-19:30 Reception (invitation only)