On 8 November 2015, NOWPAP set up a booth at Toyama International Festival introducing NOWPAP activities to the visitors. Joining other organizations based in Toyama, NOWPAP participated in the annual event which was aimed at promoting cultural exchange between the local people and foreign expatriates living in Toyama.
On 11 November 2015, NOWPAP RCU staff members attended the 12th meeting of the Sub-Committee on Environment of the Association of the North East Asia Regional Governments (NEAR) and delivered a presentation introducing NOWPAP and its activities. With overlapping membership, NOWPAP has been in touch with NEAR exchanging information during the NEAR Sub-Committee meetings organized every two years in Toyama. It was agreed at this year meeting that the following projects would be conducted in 2016 through the Northwest Pacific Region Environmental Cooperation Centre (NPEC), the host of NOWPAP CEARAC:
- Ecological symposium for school kids in Vladivostok (in conjunction with the 10th "Nature without borders" Forum).
- Marine litter monitoring and marine litter art classes (continued).
- Exhibition of ecological posters (prepared by kids) in Korea.
- Pilot biodiversity surveys (Toyama Prefecture and Primorsky Kray).
In addition, as a contribution from NEAR to a G7 environment ministers meeting in Toyama in May 2016, the second Northeast Asia Environmental Forum will be also held in May 2016.
