Mekong River Commission Secretariat

The 1^st - BDP 7L Sub-Area Meeting (Sekong Basin) Stakeholder Participation, Identifying Key Issues and Opportunities

	Date:    25-26 February 2010 Venue:     TBD, Champasak Province, Lao PDR Agenda and registration form Click here to download draft agenda and registration form Contact information   For technical information please contact Mr. Aloune Sayavong National BDP Coordinator Lao Mekong River Commission, Vientiane, Lao PDR Tel: + 856 20 576 2569 Fax: + 856 20 2233330 Email: aloune@wrea.gov.la     For international and regional coordination please contact: Ms. Chitlatda Keomuongchanh National Junior Sociologist/Socio-economist Basin Development Plan Programme Mekong River Commission Secretariat, Vientiane, Lao PDR Tel: + 856-21 263 263 ext. 2108 Fax: + 856-21 263 264 Email: chitlatda@mrcmekong.org

 

Under the framework of MRC Basin Development Plan programme, Lao National Mekong Committee would like to invite representatives, stakeholders and individuals from local communities, water user associations, non-state organizations and national agencies at provincial, Sekong Basin

and national levels to participate in the 1st BDP 7L Sub-area Meeting - Upper Sekong Basin.

The meeting is part of a series of MRC BDP sub-area activities which is one of the most prominent means to promote stakeholder participation and decentralized basin planning process of the Lower Mekong Basin.

The meeting will be held in Champasak Province on February 25-26, 2010. The meeting expects around 100 participants from a wide range representative groups and stakeholders. The objective of the 1st Sub-area Meeting in the Upper Sekong Basin is 3 folds,

i) to introduce the MRC Basin Development Planning of the MRC Phase 2’s planned activities and process to stakeholders in the Upper Sekong Basin and collect feedback,

ii) to promote stakeholder participation in river basin planning in LMB at the national tributary level,

iii) and to dialogue and identify current situation, issues and opportunities for strengthening management and development within the aim of sustainable use of resources and poverty reduction in the 7L - Sekong Basin sub-area.

Please find agenda and registration form attached at the upper right corner of this webpage.