Basin Development Plan 2 nd Regional Stakeholder Forum ‘Unfolding Perspectives and Options for Sustainable Water Resources Development in the Mekong River Basin’ 15-16 October 2009, Chiang Rai, Thailand Forum facilitator: Dr.Vitoon Viriyasakultorn Dr. Viriyasakultorn worked as Senior Environmental Governance Specialist for ECO-Asia, a regional programme of USAID from 2007 – August 2009. Before that He was programme coordinator of Agriculture, Irrigation and Forestry Programme (AIFP) of the MRCS for two and a half years. His previous work at the Regional Community Forestry Training Center (RECOFTC) in Bangkok for 12 years included different positions from trainer to top level management of the organization. His professional work has been mainly on capacity building and training on natural resources conflict management, facilitation, programme management, and organizational development. He currently serves on the Academic Committee of the Rotary Center for Senior Environmental Peace and Conflict Studies at Chulalongkorn University, Thailand. Governance Specialist
Sessio on 1 – The Mekong R River Basi n: Emerge ence of Kn nowledge o on Develo pment Cha llenges an nd Opportu unities Mr. John n Dore John Dore is also Program m Director of th he research ne etwork M-POWE ER (Mekong Pr rogram on Water Envir ronment and Re esilience) resea arch network, a and a political e economy and go overnance writer with particular inte erest in: region nalism; transbo oundary and m multicultural, d eliberative engagemen nt and negotiatio on processes. R Recent writings include editing and contributing g chapters to several b ooks – Social C Challenges for t he Mekong Reg gion (White Lotu us), Democratis sing Water Governance e in the Mekon ng Region (Silk kworm Mekong Press), Contes sted Waterscap pes in the Mekong Re gion: Hydropow wer, Livelihoods s, Governance ( (Earthscan), NE EGOTIATE (IUC CN), and a special issu ue of Water Alt ternatives Journ nal focused on n ‘WCD+10: Re evisiting the La rge Dams Controversy y’ Water Adviso or, AusAID Mr. Suon Seng Fac cilitator of Sess ion & Theme 1 Centre for r Development O Oriented Resea rch, Cambodia, Facilitator of T heme 2 D Dr. Georffrey B Blate Ge eoffrey Blate, Ph.D., leads W WWF’s Climat e Change init iatives in the Greater Meko ong Su ubregion. He is s a tropical fores st ecologist with h 15 years of re esearch and pro oject manageme ent ex xperience in th he Amazon, In ndonesia, and most recently y in mainland Southeast A sia (C Cambodia, Laos s, Thailand, a and Vietnam). Dr. Blate’s career has fo ocused on fore est co onservation, the e role of forests s in internationa al development , and climate c change adaptati ion op ptions for forest management. His interests en ncompass both basic and applie ed research, bu ut a lon ngstanding pas ssion for biodiv versity conserva ation and a se ense of urgenc cy in the need to ha armonize conse ervation with de evelopment goa als have been m motivating facto ors throughout his ca areer. In this r regard, he has developed pro oductive workin ng relationships with an array of pa artners ranging f from local peop le to governmen nt and academi c researchers. G Geoff received his Climate Change Coord inator, WWF Ph h.D. in tropical f forest ecology f from the Botany y Department, U University of Flo orida, his Maste er’s F Facilitator of The eme 3 De egree from the Yale School o of Forestry and Environmental l Studies, and his B.S. from t the Un niversity of Roch hester.
Title o of the pres sentation: : Meko ong wate er resou urces dev velopme ent: eme erging trend ds and p plans Mr. Ton Le ennaerts Chief Techni cal Advisor MRC BDP P Programme Abstra act: While mil llions of poor people use t he natural res sources of the e Mekong River Ba asin for their food security and livelihoo ods, the Meko ong’s water an nd related resource es are largely undeveloped. The hydrolog ical regime of the mainstrea am can be consider red to be in, or r very close to , it’s natural st tate. However, the cumulativ ve impacts of emer rging trends a and developm ents at the g global, basin a and national l levels are expected d to modify the e flow regime o over the comin ng decades. This pre esentation will provide an ov verview of the emerging tren nds, existing p plans, and increasin ng opportunitie es for the priv ate sector in t the developme ent of water an nd related resource es in the Meko ong Basin. A c clear and re-c confirmed com mmitment by th he riparian countries s to a basin-w wide IWRM ap pproach is now w important to o guide this ac ccelerated
Title of the presentation: Hydropower development for poverty reduction in Laos: opportunities and challenges Mr. Changsaveng Boungong Abstract: This presentation aims to share Gov of Laos’ perspectives on how Department of Electricity Ministry of Mines and hydropower development can contribute to economic growth and poverty reduction in Energy, Laos PDR Laos and can be implemented in a sustainable manner. It emphasizes the importance of hydropower to achieve socio-economic development objectives in Laos. It shares the updated information on hydropower development plans and the policies of the Laos Government to make sure that hydropower will contribute to poverty reduction. The Laos government perspectives on challenges and opportunities for sustainable hydropower development in the context of global and regional electricity demand, the sustainability of the fisheries and ecosystem and for equitable development are shared to invite Forum’ s participants ideas on the ways forward.
Title of the presentation: Market opportunities for electricity supply in the Mekong region and alternative energy production options Dr. Tira Foran Abstract: Electricity markets in the Mekong region are profoundly influenced by the quality of long-term official power system planning practices. Researcher, M-POWER This talk reviews several important planning practices: demand forecasting, options assessment, and risk assessment. The author emphasizes the Dr. Tira Foran is a Research Fellow at Chiang Mai relevance of IRP (integrated electricity resource planning) as a proven best University–Unit for Social and Environmental practice. IRP gives balanced treatment to demand-side and supply-side Research. He is interested in the policy and politics options are given balanced treatment, with the objective of investing in the of transition to more sustainable energy systems in least-economic cost first. The time has come for Mekong electricity utilities to developing Asia. Based in Thailand since 2001, Tira implement IRP principles. IRP can be designed as an integrated, participatory has recently worked on estimation of commercially assessment, and in recent years a number of independent analysts have achievable alternatives to central station power; called for Thailand to initiate such a process. As an input to such a process, policy instruments for energy efficiency and the author asked: how much electricity from power stations greater than 20 renewable energy; and improved mechanisms for MW could be avoided if Thailand were to attain its ‘practically achievable stakeholder participation. Ph.D. (Geography) from potentials’ in clean domestic options: (1) energy efficiency; (2) renewable University of Sydney, M.S. from University of energy; (3) combined heat and power systems fired by natural gas. A detailed California at Berkeley, A.B. from Harvard. Past work preliminary estimate of ‘clean domestic’ options Thailand can achieve by 2018, with the World Conservation Union (Thailand), The but not included in PDP 2007 Revision 1, sums to more than 7900 MW Nautilus Institute (California), and Environmental (approximately 33,000 GWh). The figures that Thailand will actually achieve Defense (California). depend on successful implementation of energy efficiency measures in commercial and industrial buildings, as well as on enhanced tariffs for renewable energy. Results depend on participation by the private sector, thoughtful incentives, and political commitment to more transparent and open planning.
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