PASIG RIVER FORUM

Asian Development Bank, Auditoriums A-D

24 April 2012

PROGRAM
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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

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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
Settlers [ Presentation | Video ] Moderator: Paul Van Klaveren
4. Mayor Del de Guzman (Marikina City): Aligning Urban Renewal and Senior Urban Development Specialist, ADB
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 ]

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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 ]

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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

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