3. GOVERNMENT OF CAMBODIA GOVERNMENT OF LAO GOVERNMENT OF THAILAND GOVERNMENT OF VIETNAM COUNCIL (Members at Ministerial and Cabinet level) *Chairman and three Members JOINT COMMITTEE (Members at Head of Department or higher) *Chairman and three Members MRC SECRETARIAT (Technical and Administrative arm) *Chief Executive Officer (CEO) *Assistant CEO and Direction NATIONAL MEKONG COMMITTEES (NMC) * Chairman *Member Agencies DONOR CONSULTATIVE GROUP (DCG) (Donor countries and cooperating institutions

4. Flooding Fisheries Inter-basin Diversion Agricultural Waste Industrial / Urban Waste Transportation Water Flow Downstream (quantity, quality) Water Flow Upstream (quantity, quality) Dam Irrigation Forests

5. (Core Function) MRC Secretariat / National Mekong Committees Institution Building: Institutional Strength to Carry out Policy; Division of Work Creating Partnerships: Working Together towards Common Goals Knowledge Generation and Planning: Understanding Options and Consequences Arenas for Dialogue and Debate: Balancing Different Interests Development Activities: Sustainable Development / Poverty Reduction Political Decision-Making: Sound Region-wide Policy on Water Resource Use Awareness Raising: Public and Institutional Awareness of Basin Issues MRC Joint Committee / Council Data Collection / Monitoring: Socio-economic and Eco-system Facts and Figures / Environmental Monitoring