“Asia and the Pacific: Megacities, Water, and Climate Change” First Regional Meeting

14-15 June, 2021 | 12:00 – 15:00 pm (Jakarta time)

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Provisional Agenda

Day 1 Opening Session | June 14th 2021

11:50 – 12:00 Join in the Zoom Moderator: Mr. Shahbaz Khan, Director for UNESCO Beijing Cluster Office, UNESCO

12:00 – 12:30 UNESCO Welcoming remarks and opening speech • Ms. Shamila Nair-Bedouelle, Assistant Director-General for the Natural Sciences, UNESCO • Mr. Hans Thulstrup, Officer-in-Charge for UNESCO Jakarta Office, UNESCO

12:30 – 13:00 Official statements from megacities • Mr. Hamidreza Kashfi, Deputy of National Water and Wastewater Engineering Company of Ministry of Energy, Representative of Tehran City • Mr. Dharmendra, IAS, Chairperson of New Delhi Municipal Council, New Delhi • Ms. Suharti, Deputy of Governor of Jakarta (tbc)

13:00 – 13:40 UNESCO Introduction Project scope and roadmap of the Megacities Alliance for Water and Climate • Mr. Alexandros Makarigakis, Programme Specialist, UNESCO

1st Draft of the MAWAC Strategic Global Framework (MAWAC-SGF) and Regional Terms of Reference • Ms. Kaixin Lin, Global coordinator to MAWAC Working Group, UNESCO

2nd International Conference “Water, Megacities and Climate Change” (EauMega 2022) – Regional Session and Mayors’ Congress • Mr. Jean-Marie Mouchel, Co-Chair of the Programme Committee of the Conference

13:40-14:00 Closing the Opening Session • Mr. Shahbaz Khan, Director for UNESCO Beijing Cluster Office, UNESCO

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Day 2 Sharing Session | June 15th 2021

11:50 – 12:00 Join in the Zoom Moderator: Mr. Philippe Pypaert, Programme Specialist for UNESCO Beijing Cluster Office

12:00 – 12:10 Welcome the guest and introduce the floor • Mr. Hans Thulstrup, Officer-in-Charge for UNESCO Jakarta Regional Office, UNESCO

12:10 – 13:50 Technical Presentation Jakarta • Ms. Suharti, Deputy of Governor of Jakarta

Karachi/Sindh • Mr. Khalid Mansoor, Mr. Adnan Asdar, Ms. Simi Kamal, Mr. Ruhail Muhammad, Representative of Governor Sindh Office

Manila • Representative of Manila (tbc)

New Delhi • Mr. Nikhil Kumar, IAS, CEO of Delhi Jal Board, New Delhi

Tehran • Mr. Seyed Ali Chavoshian, Director of the Regional Centre on Urban Water Management, Representative of Tehran City

Summary of the presentation

13:50 – 14:50 Plan the Next Step Discussion 1 • Regional Session and Mayors’ Congress at the 2nd International Conference “Water, Megacities and Global Change”; • Consultation of the MAWAC Strategic Global Framework; • New Water Monographies (2020-2022); • Regional cooperation and regional meetings;

Discussion 2 • Plan the next Working Group meeting and agenda • Plan the next regional meeting

14:50 – 15:00 Summary of the meeting and closing speech • Mr. Hans Thulstrup, Officer-in-Charge for UNESCO Jakarta Office, UNESCO

More information: https://en.unesco.org/news/regional-focus-megacities-alliance-water-and-climate#mawac-aspac 2