Mekong River Basin Water Utilization Project

The Project would help the member states of the Mekong River Commission (MRC): Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam, implement key elements of the 1995 Agreement on Cooperation for Sustainable Development of Mekong Basin (Agreement). The Project's broad development objectives would be to assist the MRC to establish mechanisms to promote and improve coordinated and sustainable water management in the Basin, including reasonable and equitable water utilization and water quality management by the countries of the Basin and protection of sensitive ecological systems including wetlands, flooded forests and the estuary system that support globally significant bio-diversity. This would be achieved through preparation of "Rules" for water utilization (in particular, minimum in-stream flows on the Mekong River) and protocols for information exchange, notification/consultation in accordance with the Mekong Agreement. The Project would assist in the formulation and implementation of the Rules by facilitating consultations among the MRC-member states and helping the MRC develop a Basin Simulation Model Package and Knowledge Base.

The project became effective in March 2000. Its Management Team at the Mekong River Commission has agreed an annual work plan with the four member countries. TORs for basin hydrological modeling have been prepared and country data assembled and reviewed. Reviews of relevant laws and institutional structures in each country are underway. Recruitment of technical specialists is at an advanced stage.

TDA/SAP
SAP for Mekong river commision-2006/2010

Documents & Resources

report Social Impact Monitoring and Vulnerability Assessment, Report on a Regional Pilot Study for the Mekong Corridor Review of climate change adaptation methods and tools An assessment of environmental impacts of tourism in the Lower Mekong Basin From Local Watershed Management to Integrated River Basin Management at National and Transboundary Levels Impacts of climate change and development on Mekong flow regimes: First assessment – 2009 (Booklet) Prior Consultation Project Review Report Proposed Xayaburi Dam Project – Mekong River Assessment of Basin-wide Development Scenarios MRC Annual Mekong Flood Report 2010 Roads and Floods: Best Practice Guidelines for the Integrated Planning and Design of Economically Sound and Environmentally Friendly Roads in the Mekong Floodplains of Cambodia and Viet Nam Flood Situation Report 2011 Annual Mekong Flood Report 2008 Tech-No30-Social-Impact-Monitoring PC-Proj-Review-Report-Xaiyaburi-24-3-11 Assessment-of-Basin-wide-dev-Scenarios-MainReport-2011 project-document MRCWork Programme 2003 MRCWork Programme 2004 MRCWork Programme 2005 MRCWork Programme 2006 MRCWork Programme 2007 MRCWork Programme 2008 MRCWork Programme 2009 Mekong-Project brief Project Document for WP -Part 1 newsletter Mekong January-March 2002 Issue Mekong April-June 2002 Issue Mekong July-September 2002 Issue Mekong October-December 2002 Issue Mekong January-March 2003 Issue Mekong April-June 2003 Issue Mekong August-October 2004 Issue Mekong November 2003-February 2004 Issue Mekong July-October 2003 Issue Mekong February-April 2005 Issue Mekong January-March 2006 Issue Mekong May-July 2005 Issue Mekong August-October 2005 Issue Mekong April-June 2006 Issue Mekong October-December 2006 Issue Mekong July-September 2006 Issue Mekong April-June 2007 Issue Mekong January-March 2007 Issue Mekong July-September 2007 Issue Mekong October-December 2007 Issue Mekong January-March 2008 Issue Mekong April-June 2008 Issue Mekong July-October 2008 Issue workshop Report from the International Conference on the Mekong River Commission (MRC) MRC_Report presentation The Mighty Mekong and its Basin, Opportunities and Challenges (Charts/Maps). Presentation at the GEF international Waters Conference 2000. 5 slides. - [328K] The Mighty Mekong and its Basin, Opportunities and Challenges-Summary of Key Issues and Best Practices/Lessons Learned:Presentation results-notes 2011 Result Notes - Mekong Water Utilization Results map Mekong River Basin Link MRC Master Catalogue maps_graphic mekong-river lmb-boundary -1