Pasig River Forum
24 April 2012

Philippines

The Pasig River Forum aimed to ensure a common view of the progress, plans, issues, and opportunities for the cleanup of the Pasig River.

Various initiatives and projects of Manila’s Pasig River were undertaken in collaboration with international donors, national government agencies, local governments, civil society groups, and the private sector since its restoration, which began with the Pasig River Rehabilitation Program in 1989. In 1999, a presidential mandate established the Pasig River Rehabilitation Commission (PRRC) with the clear goal of restoring the Pasig River from a biologically dead river to Class "C" level—that which can sustain life—by 2014. ADB and the PRRC organized this forum to bring together Pasig River's various stakeholders to focus on implementing key actions and leveraging off the experiences of other cities and countries in river cleanup and urban renewal.

Program and Learning Materials
Session / Activity Title Speaker(s)
Session 1 - Introduction Photo Montage of Manila's Pasig River
Manila's Pasig River continues to play an important social, cultural, historical, and political role. Its restoration, which began with the Pasig…
Session 1 - Introduction Welcome Remarks - Pasig River Forum
Though ADB is a bank, it understands that cleaning up rivers and sustaining their cleanliness go beyond providing money to achieve this goal…
Kunio Senga
Session 1 - Introduction Call-to-Action Video - Pasig River Forum
This video shows a comparison of the past and present conditions of Pasig River. It also presents a glimpse of current initiatives and projects to…
Session 1 - Introduction Pasig River Rehabilitation: Progress and Plans
River forms a very important component of a city’s growth; however there is no way of accurately measuring the total value of bringing it back to…
Regina Lopez
Session 2 - Learning from Other Countries' Experiences River Settlers: Improving Their Welfare
Urban poor housing development is an investment and does not only constitute social expenses. The Community Organizations Development Institute in…
Thipparat Noppaladarom
Session 2 - Learning from Other Countries' Experiences Getting Rivers Clean: Innovative Wastewater Management
This presentation analogizes the present situation of Pasig River to an open fracture wound. The 10 million gallon per day storm water filter and…
Ditmar Gorges
Session 2 - Learning from Other Countries' Experiences Riverbank Development: Rethinking the Options
Suzhou Creek in Shanghai, China, faces a challenge in wastewater pollution. Addressing both the systems and causes of pollution, adopting scientific…
Ma Hong
Session 2 - Learning from Other Countries' Experiences Support for Community and Civil Society-Driven Initiatives for Improved Water Supply and Sanitation
Indonesia is home to a number of rivers and tributaries; however nearly three fourths of its rivers are polluted. A Community-Based Total Sanitation…
Wilfried Hasiholan Purba
Session 2 - Learning from Other Countries' Experiences Four River Restoration and Water Resource Management Effort in the Republic of Korea
Finding a cost-effective solution for water management in the Republic of Korea is challenging due to a number of issues. The Government of the…
Jin-Hee Lee
Session 2 - Learning from Other Countries' Experiences Session Concluding Remarks Woochong Um
Session 3 - Examining Key Challenges and Choices Socialized Housing Program
This presentation discusses the mandate and role of the National Housing Authority (NHA) in the Philippines. The priority programs of the agency,…
Chito Cruz
Session 3 - Examining Key Challenges and Choices In-City Development: Lessons from Jaime Cardinal Sin Village in Sta. Ana, Manila
This presentation discusses in detail the Jaime Cardinal Sin Village urban housing project in Manila, Philippines. It also shares the mission and…
Mark Munda
Session 3 - Examining Key Challenges and Choices Manila Waterways: Urban Redevelopment Plan
This presentation discusses the proposed urban redevelopment plan of Manila Waterways in the Philippines, designed by Palafox Associates, and with…
Felino Palafox
Session 3 - Examining Key Challenges and Choices Aligning Urban Renewal and Settlers: The Olandes Resettlement Area
This presentation discusses the Olandes Resettlement Area situated in Marikina City in the Philippines. Alongside the discussion on basic services…
Del de Guzman
Session 3 - Examining Key Challenges and Choices Plans and Programs: Quezon City, Philippines
Considering the magnitude of informal settlers living along the danger areas in the Philippines' Metro Manila, the Local Government of Quezon City,…
Herbert Bautista, Frederika Rentoy
Session 3 - Examining Key Challenges and Choices Plans and Programs: Manila, Philippines
This presentation discusses the cluster grouping of waterways in Manila, Philippines. It shares the present conditions of major waterways in the city…
Alfredo Lim, Armando Andres
Session 3 - Examining Key Challenges and Choices Estero Blitz for Pasig River Clean Up Drive
This presentation features Estero Blitz, a rehabilitation initiative of Pasig River and tributaries by the Metro Manila Development Authority in the…
Corazon Jimenez
Session 3 - Examining Key Challenges and Choices Saving a River, Securing Livelihoods (Las Piñas)
Daily garbage production has increased as a result of rapid population growth in urban areas, including in the City of Las Piñas in the Philippines…
Cynthia Villar
Session 3 - Examining Key Challenges and Choices Las Piñas Historical Corridor
One of the highly urbanized cities in Metro Manila, Philippines, the rich historical and cultural heritage of the City of Las Piñas is almost…
Cynthia Villar
Session 3 - Examining Key Challenges and Choices Muntinlupa City Lake Rehabilitation and Wastewater Management Program
A flood-vulnerable area, the City of Muntinlupa in the Philippines responded to the challenge through the establishment of a lake management office…
Jet Pabilona
Session 3 - Examining Key Challenges and Choices Wastewater Treatment Program and Related Environmental Ordinances for Pasig River Rehabilitation
The City Environmental and Natural Resources Office of Pasig City in the Philippines employs different strategies as it moves towards attaining the…
Raquel Austria-Naciongayo
Session 3 - Examining Key Challenges and Choices Technology Options for Wastewater Treatment
This presentation discusses the basic and other types of sewage treatment processes, including existing sewage management facilities and technologies…
Francisco Arellano
Session 3 - Examining Key Challenges and Choices Role of Local Government Units in Environmental Protection
This presentation explains how local governments in the Philippines, as mandated by law, enhances the right of people to a balanced ecology. While…
Rolando Acosta
Session 3 - Examining Key Challenges and Choices Rehabilitation of Four River Systems in Pateros
This presentation shares a list of sequentially-arranged activities targeting rehabilitation of the four river systems of Pateros City in the…
Jaime Medina
Session 3 - Examining Key Challenges and Choices Plans and Programs for Taguig City Rivers and Waterways
This presentation provides a description of the waterways in Taguig City, Philippines. It highlights the issues and concerns on informal settlers,…
Felix Catigay
Session 3 - Examining Key Challenges and Choices Riverbank Development: The Makati City Way
This presentation shares the initiatives that the City Government of Makati in the Philippines has taken to promote riverbank development. Examples…
Danilo Villas
Session 3 - Examining Key Challenges and Choices Pasig-Marikina River Channel Improvement Project
This presentation provides an extensive discussion of the Pasig-Marikina River Channel Improvement Project in the Philippines. It also highlights the…
Patrick Gatan
Session 3 - Examining Key Challenges and Choices Gains in River Rehabilitation: Estero de Paco Story
Using the case of Japan's Sumida River improvement through the installation of Super Levee as an example, this presentation highlights the gains…
Justino Arboleda
Session 3 - Examining Key Challenges and Choices Tourism Potential from Riverbank Development and River Clean Up Perspective
Riverside development that complies with sustainable development and good environmental practices is essential in the restoration of river heritage…
Cynthia Lazo
Session 3 - Examining Key Challenges and Choices Relocation, Resettlement, and Rehabilitation: City of Mandaluyong
This presentation provides a description of the City of Mandaluyong in the Philippines, including the issues and concerns faced by the city. It…
Benjamin Abalos, Jr.
Session 3 - Examining Key Challenges and Choices Plans and Programs for San Juan River and Creeks
This presentation provides a brief description of the City of San Juan in the Philippines. Suggested courses of action to ensure flood mitigation are…
Dante Santiago
Session 3 - Examining Key Challenges and Choices Partnerships for Sewerage and Sanitation: Lessons Learned
Experience of Manila Water Company in the Philippines shows that risks to attaining wastewater targets are best addressed through partnerships with…
Mark Mulingbayan
Session 3 - Examining Key Challenges and Choices Partnerships for BayaniJuan: The Calauan Resettlement Site
This presentation discusses BayaniJuan, the official relocation site located in Laguna City's Municipality of Calauan in the Philippines, for…
Girlie Aragon
Session 3 - Examining Key Challenges and Choices Manila Bay Coordinating Office: The Manila Bay Experience
This presentation discusses the legal bases for environmental protection of Manila Bay in the Philippines. It also explains the Operational Plan for…
Noel Gaerlan
Session 3 - Examining Key Challenges and Choices Engaging Stakeholders and Partners: Adopt-an-Estero / Water Body Program
This presentation discusses the Adopt-an-Estero Program, a collaborative undertaking between different institutions and government agencies to…
Gilbert Gonzales
Session 4 - From Talk to Action: Mayors' Perspectives Presentation: River Warriors from Estero de Paco
Session 5 - Pasig River Potential: Making it Happen Declaration Keynote Address of H.E. Benigno Aquino III, President of the Republic of the Philippines Ramon Paje
Session 5 - Pasig River Potential: Making it Happen Closing Remarks Kunio Senga

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Event Coordinator/s

  • Ellen Pascua

ADB Organizer/s

  • Water and Urban Development Sector Office

Topics

  • Water