Introduction:
Since time immemorial, water has been the detrimental factor in human settlement. In the present context of understanding and scientific & technological advancement too, water is an undeniably important component of human life and environmental integrity. With the diversification of human endeavors, the demand for clean, pure and natural water is increasing day by day. As there is only limited amount of accessible usable water in the globe, and the hydrological cycle adds to this only the limited amount, water is increasingly becoming the stress factor and prospective cause of human conflict. For the wise management of this precious natural resource, we need to redefine the values, importance and uses of water.
The motto of World Water Day 2012 is “Food and Water Security”. To get enough clean water is everyone’s birthright. Water is needed not only for drinking and washing, rather in every aspect of human life. How to secure this right has become a great challenge. Both water haves and not haves should consider themselves to be the members of one global family and conscientiously and responsibly make wise use, share, recycle and conserve water. Nepal Water Expo 2012 is all about the sustainable good use of water for my welfare, for our welfare, for nation’s welfare and for the welfare of whole humanity.
In one hand, we need to explore the possible new sources of water for the ever widening demands, in the other hand, attempts should continue to reduce the wastage, pollution and over exploitation of water, reuse and recycle the wastewater and to conserve water for posterity. Nepal Water Expo 2012 has been designed to accommodate the exhibition of all the modern scientific and technological development in those areas.
Theme:
Water Sustainability for Peace and Security
Objectives:
to exhibit the new technological opportunities of sustainable good use, pollution and wastage reduction and recycling of water
to bring to the knowledge of general public the values, importance, uses and reuses of water in the modern context
to expose all the scattered efforts of river cleaning in one place
to advocate the new possible technological, social or legal initiatives of water conservation
to inspire individuals, families, communities, institutions and government agencies to initiate measures of water conservation at respective level
Special features:
First water specific exhibition of its kind
All the historical fact and figures regarding Bagmati river and river cleaning efforts attempted will be brought together in one place
Cooperation of all the stakeholders from individual to family, society, NGO, INGO and government agencies
Exhibition of new inspiring initiatives that individuals, family, society, different institutions can happily adopt with ownership
Over sixty exhibitors ranging from government agencies, municipalities, NGOs, INGOs, schools, colleges, universities and individuals, related concern trading companies, labs, water treatment plant manufacturers, promoters
Over 10,000 visitors ranging from school, college and university students, general public, officials of government and other institutions, families from local communities, members of religious communities
Different parallel seminars & awareness campaign
Rationale:
Nepal is said to be the second country in the world which is rich in water resource, which comes from the mighty Himalayan Range and hydropower is the major source of electricity in the country. However, the vast amount of water source has not been used in Nepal and this is visible through the load shedding that the country is experiencing for how many years now. What are the obstacles for providing 100% of this resource that we are boasting that we are rich at?
Moreover, water is a renewable resource, yet the supply of clean, fresh water is steadily decreasing especially in Kathmandu. The demand of clean water already exceeds the supply in many parts of Kathmandu City and as the population in the capital continues to rise, so does the water demand. So, what went wrong?
Furthermore, because of visionless actions, the rivers in Kathmandu have become the easiest sites of waste and wastewater disposal transforming them into useless places. This should not happen in other part of the country. Now if we are talking about new prosperous Nepal, we need to make the Kathmandu river system centers of recreation, peace, beauty and tourism. We have to resurrect them as the heart of new modern civilization. If this is the vision of one person, it will be impossible; however, if all the Nepalese people make this vision as their own, then the dream can come true in the shortest possible time.
Though there have been efforts at individual, family, societal, organizational and national levels to restore the rivers but these efforts have not been able to impart any visible impact so far. This might be due to isolated approaches without having any synergic or cumulative effects upon each other.
Furthermore, most of these efforts have been carried out without any research, supports, suggestions and inclusion of the experts. So, it is now high time to expose all those endeavors to everybody’s knowledge and inspire everyone to take ownership over the dream. Further, the public should also be informed about the new possibilities that each individual, household, institution or the nation can initiate for the purpose.
Hence, River of Peace Campaign (RoPC), an initiative of GPA Nepal and Direction Nepal have teamed up to bring all the concerned institutions, experts, individuals and government agencies together to organize, for the first time, ‘Nepal Water Expo 2012. It is to make the people, institutions and government agencies recognize all sorts of uses, importance and values of water as a whole at one site and inform the general public on how human negligence and irresponsibility have transformed beauty into ugly, resources into useless and natural into artificial entities. This might generate deep feeling in responsible people for the immediate ownership and appropriate actions from individual to government level.
Exhibition layout:
The exhibition is designed to have different categories of stalls:
Catchment Management
Drinking Water and soft drinks
Hydropower and flood control
Aquaculture
Rain Water harvesting
Bagmati river civilization and its historical development
Wastewater management
Solid Waste Management
Entertainment
Parallel to the exhibition, there will be conference and assembly on the related topics.
Expected Outcomes:
General public of Nepal will become more aware of the preservation and conservation of water.
The users will be informed of the latest offerings in water market and helped bridge knowledge gaps on water & wastewater management.
A mutually beneficial exchange of information and cooperation will be facilitated.
One can have interaction with experts, adding to his or her knowledge, and opportunities.
It will serve as exhibition, networking, and education to capture the energy of rapidly expanding water market, creating a venue for business, and bold, forward-looking action.
Partners:
· Solid Waste Management and Technical Support Center, Ministry of Local Development, Government of Nepal
· Department of Water Supply and Sewerage, Ministry of Physical Planning and Works, Government of Nepal
· High Powered Committee for Integrated Development of the Bagmati Civilization, Government of Nepal
· Pashupati Area Development Trust
· Higher Secondary School Association Nepal (HISSAN)
· Private & Boarding School’s Organization Nepal (PABSON)
· Kathmandu Metropolitan City
· Lalitpur Sub-Metropolitan City
· Himalayan Alliance for Climate Change (HIMCCA)
· Global Peace Youth Corps Nepal (GPYC)
· Service for Peace Nepal (SFP)
· Initiative for Original Nobility (ION)
Organizers:
River of Peace Campaign (RoPC), Global Peace Association (GPA) Nepal
Global Peace Association is a nonprofit, non-governmental social organization dedicated for peace and development. It advocates and substantially exemplifies the immutable universal principles by promoting cooperation among diverse groups, family values and culture of service. After practical achievements in those three areas, it organizes Global Peace Festival bringing together all the peace efforts to popularize the unique peace models. The first Global Peace Festival was organized on October 2, 2010 in the Dashrath National Stadium, Kathmandu. The glorious and dignified festival was able to implant the highest vision humanity can ever have, that is ‘One Family Under God’ in the heart of Nepalese people.
RoPC is one of the ongoing initiatives of GPA Nepal. It focuses on the restoration and conservation of rivers, especially those flowing through the big cities like Kathmandu. Since its kick off on September 30, 2010, it has been constantly engaged in an effort to make people of Kathmandu aware of human portion of responsibility to restore Bagmati River and its tributaries. Organizing Nepal Water Expo 2012 is one of such efforts.
Direction Nepal
Direction Nepal has been making initiations to combine substantial industry experience, reputation and relationships to lay the groundwork to develop and organize integrated programs. Today, Direction Nepal is widely regarded as a highly acknowledgeable, value-focused leader in the event management industry in Nepal with the proven capability to provide creative, feasible, efficient, meticulously planned and successful programs.
Direction Nepal organizes more than 12 exhibitions of national and international level in a year apart from managing a whole slew of programs and events for various professional organizations and associations. Each of these exhibitions, programs and events is unique in its core nature and requires customized, logistic and strategic partnership with the concerned stakeholders. Our cosmopolitan, dynamic and talented teams are committed to provide just that.
As a landmark achievement towards realizing its highly ambitious vision, Direction Nepal has recently come up with the concept of Direction Exhibition and Convention Center (DECC).
Nepal’s first privately built and operated exhibition and convention center, DECC is the undeniably, the well-planned and diligently designed venture of Direction Nepal.
This center’s core objective is to provide a platform to promote socio cultural and business activities of national and international level in Nepal.
Sponsors:
The exhibition offers a variety of sponsorship opportunities suitable for small and large organizations. The sponsors will gain visibility for their firms or companies, demonstrate their corporate responsibilities and support for the organizers facilitating the restoration of the river system, and contribute ultimately to the promotion of peace, environment and tourism.
Supporters:
Schools, colleges, universities, clubs, youth organizations, religious communities
Advisory Committee :
Organizing Committee
Event Management Committee
Catchment Management Committee
Drinking water and mineral water Committee
Aquaculture Committee
Rain Water Harvesting Committee
Bagmati Civilization Committee
Solid Waste Management Committee
Wastewater Treatment Committee
Conference Management Com
