Project Description
MK6 worked to nurture developer and civil society dialogues and independently trial the Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Protocol (HSAP) in the Mekong Region. The HSAP is a transnational code of conduct developed by the hydropower industry in response to the World Commission on Dams (WCD) and industry need for greater certainty via clear approval processes and accreditation. The project’s objective was to provide opportunities for Mekong civil society and hydropower developers to discuss and trial the HSAP as part of the outreach of the global multi-stakeholder Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Forum (HSAF).
Partners
MK6 was led by the Mekong Program on Water, Environment and Resilience, in collaboration with the Challenge Program on Water and Food, the Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Forum, and Australian Aid.
Outputs
Sustainability assessment of Vietnam’s electricity planning
Using Section 1 of the 2009 Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Protocol. Mekong Program on Water, Environment and Resilience.Download publication
Sustainability assessment of Thailand’s electricity planning
Foran, T., Resurreccion, B.P., Kansantisukmongkul, C., Wirutskulshai, U., Leeruttanawisut, K. and Lazarus, K. 2010.
Using Section 1 of the 2009 Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Protocol. Mekong Program on Water, Environment and Resilience.Download publication
Sustainability assessment of Cambodia’s electricity planning
Pech, S., I.M., S.S., Solieng, M. and Ham, K. 2010.
Using Section 1 of the 2009 Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Protocol. Mekong Program on Water, Environment and Resilience.Download publication
Sustainable Hydropower Development in the Mekong
M-POWER, Challenge Program on Water and Food and WWF China, 2011.
Round Table, China 2011. Mekong Program on Water, Environment and Resilience.
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From Local Watershed Management to Integrated River Basin Management at National and Transboundary Levels
Hanne Bach; Torkil Jønch Clausen; Dang Thuy Trang; Lucy Emerton; Thierry Facon; Thomas Hofer; Kate Lazarus; Christoph Muziol; Andrew Noble; Petra Schill; Amphavanh Sisouvanh; Christopher Wensley; Louise Whiting, 2011.
Mekong River Commission, Lao PDR – ADB, CPWF-Mekong, FAO, GIZ, IUCN, IWMI, M-POWER, WWF.
Download book –ISBN: 978-9932-412-04-4.
Review of the Mekong River Commission’s Basin Development Programme, Phase2
Regional Members of the Panel of Experts, 2010.
Mekong Program on Water, Environment and Resilience.
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Funding
MK6 was funded by a grant from the Australian Government through Australian Aid, with additional funding from the Blue Moon Fund
Duration
November 2009 to February 2012
Contact the team:
M-POWER Project Manager and Dialogues Lead: Ms. Kate Lazarus –katelazarus2008@gmail.com
M-POWER Content Lead and Trialling Lead: Dr. Tira Foran – TiraForan@gmail.com
CPWF Mekong Basin Leader: Dr. Kim Geheb – k.geheb@gmail.com
HSAF Sustainability Forum Coordinator: Dr. Helen Locher – hl@hydropower.org
