For Immediate Release
23 October, 2012
Challenge Program on Water and Food
Vientiane, Lao P.D.R.
2nd Annual Mekong Forum on Water, Food and Energy
Melia Hotel
Hanoi, Vietnam
13-14 November 2012
Nearly 200 senior government officials from five Mekong countries plus international
researchers, NGOs and dam developers are meeting to discuss the relationships between
water food and energy in the Mekong Basin.
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How does hydropower production in the Mekong affect food production?
How will water used for food and energy affect growth in industry and growing
cities?
Forum Sessions (click here for more detail)
1: Starting Small: Hydropower dams for water, food and energy
2: The values of multiple uses
3: Planning and decision support tools to deal with the nexus
4: Food, water and energy in catchments
5: Sharing for energy, food and water
6: Hydropower governance and its implications on upstream/downstream negotiations and
resettlements
7: Dams, livelihoods and flows
8: Gender, water and food
9: China's experiences with the Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Protocol
10: The good dam
11. Research challenges in water governance: institutions, environment and livelihoods
12: Managing controversy
13 Framing entitlements and benefit sharing for dam affected communities
14: The results of an exploration into the water food energy nexus in the Mekong
15: Mekong water resources and the Australian Aid Program: 2013 to 2016
People attending this year’s Forum (ministers, vice ministers, directors, CEOs and other
senior decision makers) are coming from:
Cambodia
China
Fisheries Administration
Mekong River Commission
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Ministry of Energy and Mines
Ministry of Environment
Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology
Office of the Council of Ministers
SinoHydro Corporation
Supreme National Economic Council
National Development and Reform Commission
National Research Center for Resettlement
China Institute of Contemporary International
Relations
Hydro Lancang
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Ministry of Environmental Protection of China
Center for International and Strategic Studies
The Export-Import Bank of China
Yunnan Provincial Energy Bureau
China Institute of Water Resources and
Hydropower Research
Yunnan University
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For Immediate Release
23 October, 2012
Challenge Program on Water and Food
Vientiane, Lao P.D.R.
Laos
Asian Development Bank
Electricité du Laos
Hatfield Consultants Mekong
International Finance Corporation
International Water Management Institute
Lao Institute for Renewable Energy
Lao National Mekong Committee
Mekong River Commission
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Ministry of Energy and Mines
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment
Nam Theun 2 Power Company
Nam Thuen‐Nam Kading River Basin Committee
Secretariat
National University of Laos
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
Theun-Hinboun Power Co.
Xayaburi Power Company Ltd
Thailand
Asian Institute of Technology
Charoen Energy and Water Asia Co., Ltd.
Chiang Mai University
Chulalongkorn University
Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand
Embassy of Finland
FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
International Rivers
Italian Thai Company
For information
Malichanh Srithirath
CPWF Mekong Program
Officer
m.srithirath@cgiar.org
+856 20 5551 2461
Ministry of Energy
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment
Proparco Investment Corporation
Stockholm Environment Institute
Thailand Environment Institute
The World Bank
Vietnam
Australian Embassy
Dak Lak Provincial People’s Committee
Dak Nong Provincial People’s Committee
Institute of Meteorology, Hydrology and
Environment
Kon Tum Provincial People’s Committee
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
Ministry of Industry and Trade
National Institute for Science and Technology
Policy and Strategy Studies
Institute of Water Resources Planning
Vietnam Electricity
Vietnam National Mekong Committee
Vietnam National University
From outside Mekong region
Center for Southeast Asian Studies
Kyoto University
Department of Geography King’s College London
Hydro Tasmania
International Hydropower Association
Nepal Water Conservation Foundation
For media and
communications
Terry Clayton
clayton@redplough.com
+66 81 826 2378
Journalists and broadcasters
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For Immediate Release
23 October, 2012
Challenge Program on Water and Food
Vientiane, Lao P.D.R.
The 2012 Mekong Forum on Water, Food and Energy is hosted by
The Challenge Program on Water and Food is an international, multi-institutional research
initiative established by the CGIAR. The CPWF brings together researchers, development
specialists, government policy makers, NGOs, the private sector and civil society
organizations in six of the world’s largest river basins: the Ganges, Limpopo, Volta, Nile and
Mekong plus the Andes system of river basins. http://waterandfood.org/
The Institute of Water Resources Planning is a professional agency under Vietnam’s
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. The Institute’s mission is to plan water
resources development to regulate water use and to protect and sustainably develop water
resources and aquatic environments for socio-economic development.
M-POWER, the Mekong Program on Water, Environment and Resilience, is a network of
collaborating organizations and individuals working to democratize water governance in the
Mekong Region. M-Power’s mission is to support sustainable livelihoods and healthier
communities and ecosystems in the Mekong Region through action-research, dialogues and
transboundary knowledge networks that encourage diverse collaborative relationships and
improve policy and practice settings.
The International Water Management Institute is a nonprofit, scientific research
organization focusing on the sustainable use of land and water resources in agriculture to
benefit poor people in developing countries. IWMI is headquartered in Colombo, Sri Lanka,
with regional offices across Asia and Africa. The Institute works in partnership with
developing countries, international and national research institutes, universities and other
organizations to develop tools and technologies that contribute to poverty reduction and
food and livelihood security.
The Challenge Program on Water and Food is a partner of
The CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems combines the resources of 14
CGIAR centers and numerous international, regional and national partners to provide an
integrated approach to natural resource management research. This program is led by the
International Water Management Institute.
The Mekong Forum on Water, Food and Energy, Hanoi, 2012 is funded through a grant
from AusAid.
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