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Background
The "River Restoration in Asian Monsoon Region" session on 4th World Water Form was cosponsored by three countries of China, Korea and Japan in Mar. 2006. In the session, panel discussion was held between the representatives of Malaysia and UNESCI-IHE additionally to that of three countries. At the end of the discussion, the necessity of cooperating network, data base of the river restoration and river restoration technical guideline suits for an Asian monsoon region was proposed. Taking this suggestion, Asian River Restoration Network (ARRN) was established in November 2006 with relative organizations in China, Korea and Japan. |
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| ARRN Establishment Ceremony (November 9, 2006) |
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ARRN Objective ARRN is a non political network for exchanging knowledge and technological information on the restoration of rivers and watersheds in Asia. One of the objectives is to provide various opportunities and venues for river restoration related organizations and individuals to share and exchange knowledge and experiences related to the restoration of rivers and watersheds through the network. ARRN aims to enrich the participants' knowledge and scientific technology through mutual and multilateral cooperation, and ARRN also contributes to creation of rich river environment in Asia. |
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ARRN Activities ARRN provides relevant information through website and newsletter as well as on the occasions of international forum, technical workshop and academic conference to exchange knowledge and technical information on river restoration. ARRN also aims to provide opportunities for groups and individuals to share and exchange their knowledge and experiences in the field, which would enable the participants to improve their knowledge and techniques through interaction. ■Activities for technical support ■Activities for research and development ■Activities for publication ■Activities for public relations 
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Management Structure The management structure of ARRN is as followes. River Restoration Network (RRN) ARRN is organized with cooperation of domestic networks in each participating countries / regions, and so called as the management secretariat on a domestic network in those countries / regions to be "River Restoration Network (hereafter, RRN) " generically. As for a domestic network, a free activity in home countries or in local region is encouraged. Governing Council The operating policy of ARRN is decided by "Governing Council" that consists by the representative of the Council in each RRN organization. The Council is summarized by the chairman approved in the Council, and resolves the activity plan and the budget planning, etc. of the year. Secretariat The Council is administrated by the "management secretariat" resolved to the management conference. The management secretariat accomplishes the management conference and various ARRN activities. General Participants General participants are individuals or groups, who or which participate in event such as forums and uses profit of Web site. General participants need to register participation according to the rule that domestic RRN organization provides and assumes the generic name of the person who declares participation in ARRN. 
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ARRN Newsletter |
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ARRN newsletter is delivered to ARRN members once in three months.
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ARRN News mail ARRN news mail has not been delivered yet, however, it will be delivered to the ARRN members soon. |
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ARRN Annual Report |
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Major activities of ARRN are introduced in "ARRN Annual Report".In the report, the various ARRN activities are arranged with photographs as well as ARRN outline.
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ARRN Charter Click the icon above to watch ARRN Charter. (PDF:74kB) |
ARRN Overview Click the icon above to watch ARRN Overview. (PDF:1.4MB) |
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ARRN Secretariat Asian River Restoration Network Secretariat Technical Coordination & Cooperation Division Foundation for Riverfront Improvement and Restoration (RFC) Ichbancho FS Bldg. 3rd Floor, 8 Ichibancho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JAPAN, 102-0082 TEL: +81-3-3265-7121 FAX: +81-3-3265-7456 E-mail: info@a-rr.net Website: http://www.a-rr.net/jp/ 
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