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Pacific Economic Cooperation Council

Event 

Title:
The Water Management Seminar
When:
13 Nov, 2007 - 15 Nov, 2007
Where:
Hotel Bora - Bora Nui - Bora Bora
Category:
PECC Events

Description

 

Jointly Organized By
 France Pacific Territories PECC and the World Water Forum
  
The Water Management Seminar

Hotel Bora-Bora Nui, Bora-Bora, French Polynesia
13 -15 November 2007

 

 

Tuesday, November 13
 
0830 - 0900 Registration

0900 - 0915

Welcoming Address:

 

Session 1: From Global Prospects to Issues Related to Island and Coastal Territories:

  • Chair: Eric Pommier, Chair FPTPECC Polynesia

0915-0930

Speech

  • Loic Fauchon, President World Water Forum
0930-1000
How to Prevent Conflicts Over Water Use Among Stakeholders and Between Economies About Rights to Access to Water and Priorities for Its Use.

1000-1020

The Global Water Issues

1020-1115

Discussion of Selected Cases About Potential Conflict Between Pivate and Industrial Users Over the Use of Water:

 

Groundwater Sustainability, Mining Environmental Issues

 

Groundwater in Island Environments: Resources and Vulnerability

 

Region’s Progress in Implementing the Regionally Adopted Strategy on Sustainable Water Management Through the Pacific Partnership Initiative

1115-1200

General Discussion

  • Moderator: Jacques Leguere, Chair FPTPECC New Caledonia 

1200-1400

Lunch 

1400

Field Trip to the Water and Wastewater Infrastructure of Bora-Bora

1930-2130 Dinner
   
 Wednesday November 14 
   
 
Session 2: Adapted Answers to Local Constraints to Best Fit the Needs
  • Chair: Charles Morrison, President East West Center, International Chair PECC 

0830-0900

An Integrated Water Programme to Satisfy Jointly Private and Public Demand and Protect a Fragile Environment: The Bora-Bora case.

0900-0930

The Reuse of Used Waters: Case Studies of California, Hawaii, Carribean

0930-1000

The Hawaiian Policy to Guarantee the Water Quality

  • Dr Sitiveni Halapua, East West Center
1000-1020

Coffee break

1020-1050

China’s Practices of Water Conservation in Isolated Areas

1050-1120

How to Protect the Resource, Manage it in the Best Economic Way and Develop Alternate Technologies: The Case of Singapore

1120-1200

General Discussion

  • Moderator: Charles Morrison, President East West Center   

1200-1330

Lunch 

   
 
Session 3: New and Classical Avenues for Counter Balancing Water Shortage:
  • Chair: Joel Allain, SUEZ Group 

1330-1350

How to Develop Water Production Units at a Reasonable Cost whilst Keeping Maintenance Cost Low? The Wallis and Futuna case.

1350-1420

Towards A New Culture for Water:  Water Scarcity and Pricing Policy.

1420-1450

The Financing of Infrastructure Projects in Water Management in the Pacific Region

  • Laurent Fontaine, Director of AFD (French Agency for Development) in Polynesia

1450-1520

How to Maintain Essential Services Running in the Case of Earthquakes or Tsunamis; What are the Policies Set Up By Japan to Face Natural Disasters

1520-1540

Coffee Break

1540-1610

Policy Set By Chile to Guarantee the Quality of Water in Coastal Areas

1610-1640

The Capture of Rainwater and its Conservation in Reservoirs to Compensate the Draught Periods and uneven Rainfalls: The case of French Polynesia.

  • Olivier Jacob

1640-1730

General Discussion

  • Moderator : Joel Allain, SUEZ Group 
1930-2130 Dinner hosted by the Mayor of Bora-Bora
   

Thursday November 15

 
Session 4:Towards Best Practices in the Management of Water.
  • Chair: Michel Paoletti, Chair, Overseas Group, Economic and Social Council,Paris. 
0830-0900
The Decision Making Process and the Legal Approach: How to Meet the Regulatory Framework and Settle Disputes over Water Use.
0900-0930
Coffee Break
 
0930-1130
Round Table Discussion 
 
Identification of the necessary contractual and financial framework to develop new technologies, regulations and standards to guarantee access to clean water to all, namely in Islands territories, less developed and isolated areas; identification for future work by the expert group; proposal for recommendations to the World Water council on its fifth meeting.
 
1130-1140
Concluding session
  • Professor Jean Luc Le Bideau, Vice-Chair FPTPECC
1140-1200  Closing of the Seminar

 

Venue

Venue:
Hotel Bora - Bora Nui
City:
Bora Bora
Country:
FRENCH POLYNESIA