Manila, Philippines — With billions of dollars already invested in a variety of water resource programs in the Asia-Pacific region, particularly in Southeast Asia, organizations involved in these projects now aim to build a resource of learnings that would allow successful water resource projects to be replicated in other locations across the region.

 

 

Hanoi, Vietnam — PEMSEA has commenced its initial preparations for next year's East Asian Seas (EAS) Congress, with the Government of Vietnam confirming its commitment to host the next triennial event.

 

 

NOWPAP convened its first Extraordinary Intergovernmental Meeting (IGM) on 9–10 April in Seoul, RO Korea, to discuss possible measures to address financial sustainability of the NOWPAP Regional Coordinating Unit (RCU) offices in Toyama and Busan. Representatives of member states (PR China, Japan, RO Korea and Russia), as well as United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Headquarters attended the two-day special meeting, which was requested by the chair of the 18th NOWPAP Intergovernmental Meeting.