Leadership for Water Security in the Asia Pacific

Ravi Narayanan Chair, Governing Council Asia-Pacific Water Forum

The Asia Pacific – Tapestry or Maze

Population density

Economic Variability

Hydrological Interdependence

Ethnic Diversity

Historical Legacy

Above all, SCALE.

Challenges of:

Interdependence & Complexity

The Measure of the Challenge

The Response: 4 Focus Areas

A • Reversing the inequality calamity

B • Boosting Water Productivity

C • Cleaning up Asia’s freshwater resources

D • Building resilience to disasters

TRANSFORM GOVERNANCE

Or

REGRESS

Leadership – Glue and Propellant

Capacities

Systems

Technologies

The Trinity

Leadership – Glue and Propellant

Political

Of Incentives and Objectives

Bureaucratic

Leadership – Glue and Propellant

Informed demands

Of Citizens

Leadership – Glue and Propellant

Lens: Granularity

For Forensic Approach

Leadership – Glue and Propellant Finally...

The 1st Asia-Pacific Water Summit

- Water Security: Leadership and Commitment -

Date: December 3rd and 4th, 2007 Organizers: Asia-Pacific Water Forum & Steering Committee of the 1st Asia-

Pacific Water Summit Participants

• Number of Delegations: 36 countries and regions *Heads of delegation: 10 heads of States/Governments and 32 ministers

• Leaders from various sectors: 140 people (70 people from abroad) ⇒ Total no. of participants : 371 from 56 countries & regions

The 1st Asia-Pacific Water Summit is the first Summit in history dedicated to the resolution of water issues is to raise awareness of water issues and share a determination to take concrete actions towards the resolution of water issues.

Date 19-20 May, 2013

Place Chiang Mai International Convention and Exhibition Center, Chiang Mai,

Thailand

Organizer Asia-Pacific Water Forum (Secretariat: Japan Water Forum)

Host Kingdom of Thailand

Participants Heads of governments and ministers, as well as leaders from the private

sector, local governments, civil society and media in the Asia Pacific region

Theme Water Security and Water-related Disaster Challenges: Leadership and

Commitment

2nd Asia-Pacific Water Summit

• More than 1,200 people from 35 counties and regions participated overall and 300 people in the opening ceremony.

• Heads of country: 18

• Ministerial level participants: 15

Participants

City on a shining hill

Youth

Governance Science

Using the

Power of:

Thank you

Ravi Narayanan Chair, Governing Council Asia-Pacific Water Forum