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Basin Development Plan

Basin Development Plan. VISION : Contribute to economic growth through a participatory process that encourages investment and sustainable development of the shared resources of the Mekong River (1995 Agreement).

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Basin Development Plan

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  1. Basin Development Plan VISION : Contribute to economic growth through a participatory process that encourages investment and sustainable development of the shared resources of the Mekong River (1995 Agreement) BDP : Planning process & tools to identify, categorise & prioritise joint or basin-wide projects and programs

  2. Art 1: Areas of co-operation : sustainable development,utilization, management and conservation of water and related resources Art 2: Projects, Programs and Planning:development of full potential of sustainable benefits to all Riparian states;prevention wasteful use of water;preference on joint and/or basin-wide projects/programs BDP would be used to identify, categorize and prioritize projects and programs to seek assistance for and to implement at the basin level 1995 Mekong Agreement

  3. Basin Development Plan • Strategies : • Balancing development opportunities & resource conservation (social, economic, environmental) • Regional cooperation for basin-wide benefits – taking account of national interests and local issues • Integration of public participation • Capacity building by learning process

  4. BDP APPROACH: COMPREHENSIVE, BASIN-WIDE & PARTICIPATORY BASIN DEVELOPMENT PLAN MRC Programmes WUP, EP, AI&F, Fish, Navigation, WRMP & Tourism TSD & HRD Regional Programmes Greater Mekong Sub-region, ASEAN-Mekong AEM-MITI National Programmes NMCs, Line Agencies, Universities, Research Inst, Bi-lateral, NGOs; Private Sector; Other Stakeholders.

  5. BDP ORGANISATION MRC/JC NMCs Line Ministries, Local Authorities, others Secretariat BDP Sub- Committee NMC Secretariat Office of CEO Core Programmes Management Group Programme Coordination Group National BDP/Coordination Unit BDP Team Coordination Meeting Working Groups 1,2,3 etc. Sub-area working groups Ad hoc working Groups as needed

  6. National Policies Regional common issues (irrigation, floods, fisheries, hydropower, navigation etc) Local (sub-area) requirements (mainly based on water balances) National Plans and Programmes NO Yes Yes Trans-boundary Factors Development/Management Scenarios Analysis of Trans-boundary Impacts Review Process Regional Strategies Projects and Programmes (with trans-boundary implications)

  7. 10 sub-areas 2 – 4 sub-areas in each country to reflect regional diversity - formulate regional strategies for water resources development, taking account of local issues Identify • main development needs and options • likely impacts of development • positive and negative • trans-boundary • social, economic and environmental

  8. BDP Planning Process 6.Basin Dev. Plans 2. Converting data to Information 7. Project and Action Plan 3. Resource assessment, gap analysis 8. Implementation and Monitoring 4. Knowledge of Resource "Stress"+ likely impacts 5.Policies, Rules, Strategies, Tools, Indicators to Guide Development within acceptable resource limits BDP-Process 1. Data collection:- natural resources - socio-economics - government policies BDP Formulation MRC Imformation System

  9. Sector Programmes Data on impacts and dependencies Data on water use Data on productive aspects of sectors - economic and social support for livelihoods Environment Programme Water Utilisation Programme Environmental impacts and interactions Water utilisation rules DSF Hydrological data and models Basin Development Plan Development and management strategies Project list Implementation of development and management

  10. Criteria Strategies Components Ideas Long-list Shortlist Promotion DSF Implementation

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