Steering Meetings

The 16th INWEPF Steering Meeting was successfully held in Seoul, Republic of Korea from November 5th to 7th, 2019 hosted by the INWEPF Korean Committee. The main theme was “New, green and Smart Paradigm of Agricultural Water". 235 people attended the International Conference from 22 Countries and a Region, 6 international organizations (ICID, FAO, ADB, MRC, IWMI, JICA), Universities, Research Institutes and Private Center etc.

The 15th INWEPF Symposium and Steering Meeting were successfully held in Nara City, Nara Prefecture from November 20th to 22nd, 2018 hosted by the PAWEES and the INWEPF Japanese Committee with cooperated by Nara Prefecture government. The Joint theme was “Promoting Sustainable Paddy Farming to Achieve the SDGs", the PAWEES Sub-Theme was “Smart management of land, water and environment” and the INWEPF Sub-Theme was ”More Resilient and Productive Paddy Farming”.  552 people attended the Nara Conference from 21 Country and Region, 4 international organizations (ICID, FAO, MRC, IWMI), JICA, Universities, Research Institutes and Private Center etc.

The 14th INWEPF Symposium and Steering Meeting were successfully held in Clark Special Economic Zone, Philippines from November 21st to 24th, 2017 hosted by the INWEPF Philippines Committee. The theme of the Symposium was “Strengthening Global Partnership for Sustainable and Climate-Resilient Irrigation and Drainage Systems in Paddy Fields". 14 speakers including four keynote speakers made presentations, and 270 people attended the Symposium from the INWEPF member countries, JICA, international organizations (IWMI), universities, research institutes and private center etc.

The 13th INWEPF Symposium and Steering Meeting were successfully held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia from December 6th to 8th, 2016 hosted by the INWEPF Cambodian Committee. The theme of the Symposium was “Flood and Drought Impact to Paddy Field Eco-system in the Context of Climate Change ". 16 speakers including 3 keynote speakers made presentations, and 200 people attended the Symposium from the INWEPF member countries, international organizations, research institutes and universities etc.

The 12th INWEPF Steering Meeting and symposium were successfully held in Negombo, Sri Lanka from 3rd to 5th November, 2015 Hosted by INWEPF Sri Lankan Committee. Two keynote speeches and about 10 persons made presentation and 150 persons attended from INWEPF member countries, International organizations (IWMI, MRC), Research institutes and universities etc at symposium under the themes “Climate change impacts and sustainability of Paddy farming in Asia".

The 11th INWEPF Steering Meeting and symposium were successfully held in Hanoi, Vietnam from November 5th to the 7th, 2014 Hosted by INWEPF Vietnam Committee. Three keynote speeches and about 10 persons made presentation and 200 persons attended from INWEPF member countries, International organizations (IWMI, MRC, JICA), Research institutes and universities etc at symposium under the themes “Multifunctional Role of Irrigation management in Paddy production and mainstreaming disaster risk management in the context of Climate change".

The 10th INWEPF Steering Meeting and symposium were successfully held in Chiang Mai, Thailand from November 5th to 7th, 2013 Hosted by INWEPF Thai Committee. Three keynote speeches and thirteen persons made presentation and 200 persons attended from INWEPF member countries, International organizations (FAO, IWMI, MRC), Research institutes and universities etc at symposium under the themes “Balancing between Food Safety and Food Security in Paddy Production ".

The 9th INWEPF Steering Meeting and symposium were successfully held in Yangon, Myanmar from November 6th to 8th, 2012 Hosted by INWEPF Myanmar Committee. Two keynote speeches and 10 persons made presentation and 163 persons attended from INWEPF member countries etc at symposium under the themes “Water Management for Paddy Field Irrigation and Impacts of Climate Change".

INWEPF-MANCID joint symposium and the 8th steering meeting were successfully held in Penang, Malaysia from November 1st to 3rd, 2011 by INWEPF Malaysia Committe. Eleven persons made presentation and 128 persons attended at INWEPF-MANCID joint symposium under the themes “Sustainable Agriculture Water Use and Multifunction of Paddy Fields".

INWEPF-PAWEES joint symposium and the 7th steering meeting were successfully held in Jeju , Republic Korea from October 27th to 29th, 2010 by INWEPF Korean Committee. Eleven persons made presentation and more than 60 persons attended at INWEPF-PAWEES joint symposium under the themes "Climate change and Food security with sustainable agriculture" and "Sustainable irrigation techniques".

The 6th steering meeting of INWEPF and symposium were held at JICA Research Institute in Tokyo from November 16th to 18th, 2009 by INWEPF Japanese committee. The meetings with participants from 17 member countries and the concerned persons were successfully ended.
Over 130 people participated in the symposium held on 16th, and had a time for discussion and exchanged opinions with presenters.
The representatives from INWEPF member countries had a steering meeting and working group (WG) meetings on 17th. The target of this phase as 'Promotion of sustainable paddy farming' and concrete roadmap (ex. implementation of case studies, collection cases) toward World Water Forum 6 (WWF6) held in 2012 were decided.
The participants from INWEPF member countries visited to Ryoso Land Improvement District in Togane City, Chiba Prefecture and Oyama Senmaida Rice Terraces in Kamogawa City, Chiba Prefecture on 18th.They discussed and exchanged opinions with the concerned persons.

The INWEPF 5th Steering Meeting and Workshop was successfully held in Bali, Indonesia from November 13th to 15th, 2008. INWEPF Indonesian committee hosted these events. The theme for this meeting and workshop is " Efficient and sustainable Water Use to Address Poverty and Food Security ". A total of about 70 participants from member countries attended.

The INWEPF 4th Steering Meeting and Symposium was held at July 5-7 in Bangkok, Thailand. At the meeting, delegates of member countries and related international organizations assembled, discussed and exchanged information on paddy fields. The overview of the meeting is shown as below.

Date :July 5-7, 2007
Venue :Bangkok (Thailand)
Schedule :Keynote speach, Symposium, Workshop, field visit, Steering Meeting, etc.

The INWEPF 3rd Steering Meeting and Workshop was successfully held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from September 17th to 19th, 2006. INWEPF Malaysia hosted these events. The theme for this meeting and workshop is "Rice Paddy: Now, Tomorrow and the Future". A total of 42 participants from member countries attended. In the workshop, action plans for INWEPF was discussed and output was made up as "Kuala Lumpur Workshop Statement". In Steering Meeting, Report on INWEPF activities 2005-2006 as well as contribution to the 4th World Water Forum was presented. One of the remarkable output of the Steering Meeting is proposal of three working groups on "Multiple Roles of Paddy Fields","Vision, Policy and Information Dissemination on INWERPF activities and programs" and "Monetary Assessment and Value Adding in the Multifunctional Roles of Paddy Fields". For the 4th steering meeting, the delegate of Thailand expressed their willingness to host the meeting in 2007 and that was approved by all participating members.

INWEPF Second Steering Meeting and Symposium on the Water and Environment in Paddy Fields were held on 2-4 November in the Lotte Hotel World (Jamsil),Seoul, Korea.
Myung-Soo, Lee, Vice minister of Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Korea gave a welcome message. Then, Keizrul bin Abdullah, Honorary President of ICID from Malaysia and Va-son Boonkid, Chief Engineer of Royal Irrigation Department from Thailand made keynote Speeches.
The delegates from 14 countries and 6 international organizations participated in the following symposium. It was opened to the public, so it had many participants. In the symposium, delegates from each country besides Japan made presentations related 2 themes, "Participatory Water Management and Multi-functionality in Paddy Fields", "Water Quality and Environmental Conservation in Paddy Fields" and participants had a lively discussion about multi-functionality in paddy fields and environmental conservation.
The next day, 3 November, as country reports, delegates of 14 countries reported on paddy farming and policies on agriculture of their own countries. Japan introduced Japan's policy on agriculture, titled "The revised basic plan for Food, Agriculture and Rural Areas and Rural resource conservation".
In the afternoon, the special session, titled "Contribution to the WWF4" was held. The session has 2 parts. In former part, International organizations which join INWEPF as members reported their activities.
In latter part, they discussed "Message from the INWEPF" to the WWF4.
14 countries and 6 organizations participated in the steering meeting held following the special session. After election of chairperson and adoption of agenda, Yasuro Nakajo, deputy director general, Rural Development Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Japan reported the INWEPF activity of the first year as Japan INWEPF secretariat which had hosted the 1st steering meeting. Then, revisions of terms of reference and strategic action plan were adopted after active discussion. In addition, it was decided that Malaysia will host the 3rd steering meeting.
The last day, 4 November, it was made an on-the-spot inspection of Mihocheon Project and Daecheong Dam, etc.

Draft Annotated Agenda for steering meeting(PDF : 111KB)
Minutes of meeting(PDF : 37KB)

On November 2, 2004, the INWEPF was formally established, being approved at 1st Steering Meeting. At the meeting, the Terms of Reference and Strategic Action Plan 2004-2005 were agreed by the INWEPF members.
Draft Annotated Agenda(PDF : 24KB)

The INWEPF Inaugural Symposium was held in Tokyo on November 1 and 2, 2004. The symposium focused on importance of multifunctionality of paddy fields and participatory irrigation management. Delegations from 18 countries and 10 international organizations and more than 200 people participated in the symposium.

2019 SEOUL INWEPF & PAWEES International Conference (The 16th Steering Meeting) (2019.11.5-7)

PAWEES-INWEPF International Conference Nara 2018 (The 15th Steering Meeting and Symposium) (2018.11.20-21)