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Basin Development Plan

BDP : Planning process & tools to identify, categorise & prioritise joint or basin-wide projects and programs

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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1995 Mekong Agreement1995 Mekong Agreement1995 Mekong Agreement1995 Mekong Agreement

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

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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

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BASIN DEVELOPMENT PLAN

MRC ProgrammesMRC Programmes

WUP, EP, AI&F, Fish, Navigation, WRMP & Tourism

TSD & HRD

National ProgrammesNational Programmes

NMCs, Line Agencies, Universities, Research Inst, Bi-lateral, NGOs;

Private Sector;

Other Stakeholders.

Regional ProgrammesRegional Programmes

Greater Mekong Sub-region, ASEAN-Mekong AEM-MITI

BDP APPROACH: COMPREHENSIVE, BDP APPROACH: COMPREHENSIVE, BASIN-WIDE & PARTICIPATORYBASIN-WIDE & PARTICIPATORY

BDP APPROACH: COMPREHENSIVE, BDP APPROACH: COMPREHENSIVE, BASIN-WIDE & PARTICIPATORYBASIN-WIDE & PARTICIPATORY

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BDP ORGANISATIONBDP ORGANISATIONBDP ORGANISATIONBDP ORGANISATION

Programme Coordination Group

Coordination Meeting

NMCs

National BDP/Coordination Unit

Sub-area working groups

BDP Sub- Committee

NMCSecretariat

Line Ministries, Local Authorities, others

MRC/JC

Secretariat

BDP Team

Office of CEO

Working Groups 1,2,3 etc.

Core Programmes ManagementGroup

Ad hoc working Groups as needed

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Regional common issues(irrigation, floods, fisheries, hydropower, navigation etc)

National Policies

National Plans and Programmes

Trans-boundary Factors

Local (sub-area) requirements (mainly based on water balances)

Development/Management Scenarios

Analysis of Trans-boundary Impacts

Regional Strategies

Projects and Programmes (with trans-boundary implications)

NOYes Yes

Review Process

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10 sub-areas10 sub-areas10 sub-areas10 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

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BDP Planning PrBDP Planning ProcessocessBDP Planning PrBDP Planning Processocess

1. Data collection:- natural resources - socio-economics

- government policies

2. Converting data to Information

3. Resource assessment, gap analysis

4. Knowledge of Resource "Stress"+ likely impacts

5. Policies, Rules, Strategies, Tools, Indicators to Guide Development within acceptable resource limits

6.Basin Dev. Plans

7. Project and Action Plan

8. Implementation and Monitoring

BDP FormulationMRC

Imformation System

BDP-Process

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Data on impacts and dependencies

Environment Programme

Water Utilisation Programme

Data on water use

Hydrological data and models

Water utilisation rules

Data on productive aspects of sectors - economic and social support for livelihoods

Environmental impacts and interactions

Basin Development Plan

Project list Development and management strategies

Implementation of development and management

Sector Programmes

DSF

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Components

Ideas Long-list Shortlist Promotion

Criteria Strategies

ImplementationDSF