PASIG RIVER FORUM Asian Development Bank, Auditoriums A-D 24 April 2012 PROGRAM Time Subject Speaker 8:30 9:00 Registration Welcoming coffee Session 1: Introduction 9:00 – 9:10 National Anthem Invocation Presentation: Children from Estero de Paco 9:10 – 9:20 Welcome Remarks Kunio Senga (Director General, Southeast Asia Department, ADB) 9:20 – 9:21 Call-to-Action Video 9:21 – 9:40 Pasig River Rehabilitation: Progress and Plans Regina Lopez (Chair, Pasig River Rehabilitation Commission) [ Presentation ] 9:40 – 9:50 Q&A Moderator: Amy Leung (Chair, Water COP, ADB) Networking Coffee/Tea Break (9:50 – 10:20) and Exhibition Time Subject Speaker 10:20 – 12:00 Session 2: Learning from Other Countries’ Experiences Chair: Woochong Um (Deputy Director General, Regional and Sustainable Development Department, ADB) • River Settlers: Improving their Welfare Thipparat Noppaladarom (Director, Community Organizations Development Institute, Ministry of Social Development and Human Security, Thailand) [ Presentation ] • Getting Rivers Clean: Innovative Wastewater Management Ditmar Gorges (President, First Environtech Alliance Corporation) [ Presentation ] • Riverbank development: Rethinking the Options Ma Hong (Deputy Manager, Shanghai Chengtou Environment Asset Management) [ Presentation ] • Working Together: Achieving Stakeholder Synergy Wilfried Hasiholan Purba (Director, Environmental Health, Ministry of Health, Indonesia) [ Presentation | Video ] • Integrated River Basin Management: Enhancing Governance Jin-Hee Lee (Research Fellow, Korea Environment Institute) [ Presentation ] • Q&A / Open Forum • Session Concluding Remarks Woochong Um (DDG-RSDD) Lunch (12:00 – 1pm) Executive Dining Room, ADB 1:00 – 2:30 Session 3: Examining Key Challenges and Choices Group 1: Aligning Urban Renewal and Settlers Chair: GM Chito Cruz Panelists: General Manager, National Housing Authority (NHA) 1. GM Chito Cruz (NHA): Socialized Housing Program [ Presentation ] Co-Chair: Wendel E. Avisado 2. Fr. Mark Munda: In-City Development: Lessons from Jaime Cardinal Sin Asst. Secretary, Housing and Urban Development Village in Sta. Ana, Manila [ Presentation | Video ] Coordinating Council (HUDCC) 3. Felino Palafox (Urban Poor Associates): On-Site Development for Riverbank Moderator: Paul Van Klaveren Settlers [ Presentation | Video ] Senior Urban Development Specialist, ADB 4. Mayor Del de Guzman (Marikina City): Aligning Urban Renewal and Settlers: The Olandes Resettlement Area [ Presentation ] 5. Mayor Herbert Bautista and Federica Rentoy (Quezon City): Plans and Programs [ Presentation ] 6. Mayor Alfredo Lim and Armando Andres (Manila): Plans and Programs [ Presentation ] Pasig River Forum – Program version 23 April 2012 Page 2 of 4 Time Subject Speaker Group 2: Reducing Pollution and Waste Chair: Francis Tolentino Chair, Metro Manila Development Authority) Panelists: 1. GM Corazon T. Jimenez (Metro Manila Development Authority): Estero Blitz Co-Chair: Roberto Sheen for Pasig River Clean Up Drive [ Presentation ] Director, Department of Environment and natural Reources 2. Cynthia Villar: Saving the Las Piñas-Zapote River through Waste – Environment Management Bureau – National Capital Management and Social Enterprises 2.a Video: Saving a River, Securing Livelihoods (Las Piñas) Region (DENR EMB-NCR) 2.b Video: Las Piñas Historical Corridor 3. Jet Pabilona (Muntinlupa): Muntinlupa City Lake Rehabilitation and Moderator: Sonia Chand Sandhu Wastewater Management Program [ Presentation ] Senior Environment Specialist, ADB 4. Raquel Naciongayo (Pasig): Wastewater Treatment Program and Related Environmental Ordinances for Pasig River Rehabilitation [ Presentation ] 5. Francisco Arellano (Maynilad): Piloting Cost-Effective Technologies for Wastewater and Septage Management [ Presentation ] 6. Renato L. Brion (DILG): Role Of LGUs in Solid Waste and Wastewater Management [ Presentation ] Group 3: Zoning in on Riverbank Development Chair: Rafael C. Yabut Undersecretary, Department of Public Works and Highways Panelists: (DPWH) 1. Mayor Jaime C. Medina and Mario Consolacion (Pateros): Rehabilitation of Four River Systems in Pateros [ Presentation ] Moderator: Rudolf Frauendorfer 2. Felix Catigay (Taguig): Plans and Programs for Taguig City Rivers and Lead Urban Development Specialist, ADB Waterways [ Presentation ] 3. Danny Villas (Makati): Riverbank Development: The Makati City Way [ Presentation ] 4. Patrick Gatan (DPWH): Embankments, River Channel Improvement and Flood Control [ Presentation ] 5. Justino Arboleda (PRRC): Gains in River Rehabilitation: Estero de Paco Story [ Presentation ] 6. Cynthia Lazo (Department of Tourism): Tourism Potential from Riverbank Development and River Clean up Perspective [ Presentation ] Pasig River Forum – Program version 23 April 2012 Page 3 of 4 Time Subject Speaker Group 4: Engaging Stakeholders and Partners Chair: J.R. Nereus Acosta, General Manager, Laguna Lake Development Authority Panelists: (LLDA) 1. Mayor Benjamin Abalos, Jr. (Mandaluyong): Relocation, Resettlement and Rehabilitation [ Presentation ] Moderator: Elaine Thomas 2. Dante Santiago (San Juan): Plans and programs for San Juan River and Social Development Specialist (Civil Society and creeks [ Presentation ] Participation), ADB 3. Mark Mulingbayan (Manila Water): Partnerships for Sewerage and Sanitation: Lessons Learned [ Presentation ] 4. Girlie Aragon (ABS-CBN Foundation): Partnerships for BayaniJuan - The Calauan Resettlement Site [ Presentation | Video ] 5. Noel Gaerlan (DENR – Manila Bay Coordinating Office: The Manila Bay Experience [ Presentation ] 6. Gilbert Gonzales (DENR-Environment Management Bureau): Adopt a Estero/Water body Program [ Presentation ] Networking and Coffee/Tea Break (2:30 – 3:00) Reconvene in the plenary location Session 4: From Talk to Action – Mayors Perspectives Chair: Neeraj Jain (Country Director, Philippine Country Office, ADB) 3:00 – 3:10 • Presentation: River Warriors from Estero de Paco 3:10 – 3:30 • Mayors Panel: Makati, Mandaluyong, Manila, Marikina, Quezon City, Pasig, Atty. Francis Tolentino (Chair, MMDA) Pateros, San Juan, Taguig Session 5: Pasig River Potential: Making it Happen Chair: Amy Leung (Chair, Water COP, ADB) 3:30 • Pasig River Declaration Hon. Rogelio L. Singson (Secretary, Department of Public Works and Highways) 3:30 – 3:50 • Signing of a Pasig River Declaration Nominated signatories 3:50 – 3:55 • Declaration keynote address of H.E. Benigno S. Aquino III, President of the Hon. Ramon JP Paje (Secretary, Department of Environment Republic of the Philippines and Natural Resources) 3:55 – 4:00 • Closing Remarks Kunio Senga (Director General, SERD, ADB) 4:00 – 4:30 Photo opportunity for all signatories and participants, Exhibition Tour and Press Conference Pasig River Forum – Program version 23 April 2012 Page 4 of 4 .