MK8: Improving hydropower decision-making processes in the Mekong Basin Project

1. MK8: Improving hydropower decision-making processes in the Mekong Basin Project WARECOD group: Dao Viet Nga Nguyen Thi Ngoc Lan Le Van Hung Bui Lien Phuong Nguyen ThiHieu MadihaVallani Vietnamese component

2. Content • Update research progress • Casestudies • Introduction • Advantages and Disadvantages • Plan

3. 1. Update research progress • Activities have been done so far:

4. 2. Casestudy • 3 S-Rivers • 20 large HPs are operating or under construction in Vietnam • Yaly Fall and PleikrongHPs in Sesan River were chosen. Adapted from Grimsditch, 2012

5. 2. Casestudy

6. Ads and Disads Advantages: • Long time ago  less sensitive, assess impacts of the whole process (plan, construction, operation); • Two periods See changes in policies: Improvement? • Affected people were displaced twice. Disadvantages: • Long time ago  retirement/memory problem/missing documents; • Sensitive area in terms of politics; • Sensitive topics  Difficult to access governmental officials.

7. 3. Plan

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