1. 1 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)

2. 2 1995 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

3. 3 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

4. 4 BASIN DEVELOPMENT PLAN MRC Programmes WUP, EP, AI&F, Fish, Navigation, WRMP & Tourism TSD & HRD National Programmes NMCs, Line Agencies, Universities, Research Inst, Bi-lateral, NGOs; Private Sector; Other Stakeholders. Regional Programmes Greater Mekong Sub-region, ASEAN-Mekong AEM-MITI BDP APPROACH: COMPREHENSIVE, BASIN-WIDE & PARTICIPATORY

5. 5 BDP ORGANISATION Programme Coordination Group Coordination Meeting NMCs National BDP/Coordination Unit Sub-area working groups BDP Sub- Committee NMC Secretariat Line Ministries, Local Authorities, others MRC/JC Secretariat BDP Team Office of CEO Working Groups 1,2,3 etc. Core Programmes Management Group Ad hoc working Groups as needed

6. 6 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) NO Yes Review Process

7. 7 10 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

8. BDP Planning Process 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 Formulation MRC Imformation System BDP- Process

9. 9 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

10. 10 Components IdeasLong-listShortlistPromotion CriteriaStrategies ImplementationDSF