The project entitled "Water and Energy: Sustainable development of hydropower involving the private sector in research collaboration in the Lower Mekong region" (short name: SPLASH-Mekong) was funded by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland under the umbrella of SPLASH. The grant was awarded to the Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE), who is a member of EUWI-ERA Net SPLASH project, to carry out the study related to hydropower development in the Lower Mekong Basin (LMB) together with other SPLASH members, namely the Danish Water Forum (DWF) and the Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE), as well as a team of national and regional consultants from the LMB.

Following is the final report of the SPLASH-Mekong project, available for download.

• Part 1
• Part 2
• Part 3
• Part 4
• Part 5

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Regional Workshop for Coordination of Research on Hydropower Development in the Lower Mekong Basin

The workshop entitled "Regional Workshop for Coordination of Research on Hydropower Development in the Lower Mekong Basin", (short name: SPLASH-Mekong workshop) was held at the Mekong River Commission Secretariat, Vientiane, Lao PDR, on 14-15 September 2010. This workshop was funded by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, under the umbrella of SPLASH.

Workshop Proceedings

• Cover, Contents and Group Photo
• Executive Summary
• Workshop Report
• Annex 1: Workshop agenda
• Annex 2: List of participants
• Annex 3: Short summaries of the 4 country-academic reviews
• Summary of findings from Cambodia:
• Summary of findings from Laos
• Summary of findings from Thailand
• Summary of findings from Vietnam
• Annex 4: Summary of Private Sector Review

 

Workshop Presentations

• Coordinating European water research for poverty reduction
  (Kim Chi Tran-Gulbrandsen)
• Overview of Hydropower Development in the Mekong
  (Lawrence J.M. Haas)
• Synthesis of academic reviews
  (Kjell Repp)
• Methods and practices in the hydro power development in the Lower Mekong Basin (Mika Marttunen, Sonja-Maria Ignatius, Juha Sarkkula)
• Sustainable hydropower development: Involving the Private Sector in Research Collaboration (Tira Foran, Timothy Wong)
• Status of planning activities in LMB hydropower develpment
  (Juha Sarkkula)
• MRC Programmes Relating to Sustainable Hydropower
  (Lawrence J.M. Haas)
• Nile Basin Initiative
  (David Ngula)
• Summary of Day 1
  (Juha Sarkkula)
• Increase Cooperation between Academics and Private Sector to Promote Sustainable Hydro Power Development: Some Critical Remarks
  (Jan Moen)
• Water Research Reaching out for Policy and Practice
  (Miriam Feilberg)
• Improving Research on Hydropower Development in the Lower Mekong Basin: Key Issues, Concerns and Recommendations
  (Chhith Sam Ath)
• Interactions Among Key Stakeholders in Hydropower Development in Vietnam
  (Dao Trong Tu)
• Contribution of academic activities at AIT to sustainable hydropower development
  (Dr. Mukand S Babel)
• Bridging the gap between research and development
  (Kim Geheb)
• Special session on Multi-criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) and its application opportunities in environmental planning and decision making
  (Mika Marttunen, Juha Sarkkula)
• What is usable knowledge?
  (Tira Foran)