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 UNEP IETC and partners present a
special interactive session
at the 3rd World Water Forum in Japan...
"Technology
Alternatives for Developing Countries"
15:45 to 18:30, 16 March, 2003
Gold Room, Takaragaike Prince Hotel
Kyoto, Japan
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Within the context of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals for
Drinking Water and Sanitation, as well as addressing the priorities of the United Nations Environment Programme; Global Programme of Action for
the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities: Developing countries are in great need of affordable, decentralized
solutions and policies for the sustainable use of water. Specifically, developing countries need assistance in:
• Identifying and prioritizing the barriers to the transfer of Environmentally Sound Technologies
(ESTs), and
• Developing action plans to overcome barriers to the transfer of ESTs
This interactive and participatory session served to create a comprehensive strategy for the development and
implementation of actions related to meeting these specific needs of developing countries in the 21st century.
Participants at the session discussed their thoughts with panelists, stimulated new ideas, and strengthened their own capacity to deal with specific challenges.
Presenters, Panelists and Participants in the session focused their efforts and energies on addressing the following
key questions related to ESTs:
• How can Environmentally Sound Technologies (ESTs) be better promoted, transferred and used in developing
countries so that the Millennium Development Goals can be achieved?
• What are the key barriers to overcome and what additional requirements are necessary to facilitate the transfer of
ESTs to developing countries?
• What are the capacity building requirements necessary to promote, transfer and use ESTs in developing
countries?
• How can "markets" for ESTs and further Research and development of ESTs be better stimulated in developing countries?
To read the Session Report,
please click
here.
Session panelists and speakers are listed below, and where available, their
presentation materials/papers and/or abstracts are downloadable by the links following
their names:
Prof. Goen Ho, Director, Environmental Technology Centre, Murdoch
University, Australia
Prof. Ralf Otterpohl, TUHH Technical University Hamburg, Germany
(abstract)
Dr. Ed Mallett, President and CEO,
Ontario Centre for Environmental
Technology Advancement (OCETA), Canada (abstract,
presentation)
Prof. Mooyoung Han, Seoul National
University, Korea
Dr. Jayant Bhagwan, Director, Water Use
and Waste Management, Water Research
Commission, South Africa (presentation
1, presentation 2,
presentation 3,
presentation 4)
Prof. Oscar E. Natale, National Water
Quality Program Coordinator, Argentine
National Water Institute (INA),
Argentina (abstract,
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Jayant Bhagwan, Director, Water Research
Commission-Facilitator of Panel Discussion -"Technology Alternatives for
Developing Countries"
Session
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Panelists-"Technology
Alternatives for Developing
Countries" Session
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Panelists-"Technology
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Ed Mallett, President
and CEO, OCETA-Facilitator of Group Discussion, "Technology Alternatives
for Developing Countries"
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Ralf Otterpohl,
Professor of TUHH Technical University Hamburg- Facilitator of Group Discussion,
"Technology Alternatives for
Developing Countries"
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Report of Group Discussion by participant -"Technology
Alternatives for Developing
Countries" Session |
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Report of Group Discussion by Hari
Srinivas, Chief of Urban Environmental Management Unit, UNEP IETC-"Technology Alternatives for
Developing Countries"
Session |
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Should you require
further information, please
contact:
Dr. Steve Halls
United Nations Environment Programme
International Environmental Technology
Centre (UNEP IETC)
2-110, Ryokuchi-koen, Tsurumi-ku, Osaka
538-0036, Japan
Tel: +(81-6) 6915-4581 Fax: +(81-6)
6915-0304
Email: ietc@unep.or.jp
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