The Secretariat would like to report on the First Informal Advisory Meeting held in Kyoto on November 25, 2002. This was one of the events in the preparatory process towards the Ministerial Conference (the 3rd World Water Forum). Around 70 experts from around 40 countries and international organizations gathered to attend the meeting.

 In this meeting, the framework of the Ministerial Conference was outlined and basic concepts, expected outcomes and sectorial topics to be discussed in the Ministerial Conference were presented.

 The discussion followed and it was further understood that the follow-up of the World Summit on Sustainable Development is really important. Also, it was well understood that the Ministerial Conference in Kyoto would be ACTION ORIENTED. This is because discussion on what is important towards solving water issues has already been done many times in previous international conferences. HOW to take ACTION should be focused in the coming Ministerial Conference.

 For further information, please refer to the materials below.

                             Agenda of the First International Advisory Meeting (pdf9kb)(doc)

                             List of Participants (pdf20kb)(doc)

                             Outline of Ministerial Conference(pdf17kb)(doc)

                             Presentation paper for the Ministerial Conference(pdf430kb)(ppt)

                             Basic Policy for the Blueprint for Action (pdf15kb)(doc)

                             How to fill in the Blueprint for Action –examples–(pdf18kb)(doc)

                             Presentation paper for Theme1 (pdf615kb)(ppt)

                             Presentation paper for Theme2 (pdf6265kb)(ppt)

                             Presentation paper for Theme3 (pdf264kb)(ppt)

                             Presentation paper for Theme4 (pdf2909kb)(ppt)

                             Presentation paper for Theme5 (pdf346kb)(ppt)

                             Summary of Discussions (pdf10kb)(doc)

 Please BE AWARE that the materials on the website are only the handouts and the summary of proceedings of the First Informal Advisory Meeting. The Secretariat is now revising some of the materials considering the comments made from the participants in this meeting. That means there might be some minor changes.