Third Workshop - Transboundary Water Cooperation "Sharing Benefits from Transboundary Water Management". The Nile, SADC/Zambezi  Basins and the Mekong.

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UN Water Thematic Paper on Transboundary Waters: Sharing Benefits, Sharing Responsibilities, 2008

Presentations:

• Workshop Paper
  Palle Lindgaard-Jørgensen, Danish Water Forum/DHI
• Benefit sharing in transboundary basins - the political context
  Christer Holtsberg, Senior Advisor
• A framework for implementing benefit sharing
  John Metzger, Danida Water Advisor, Uganda
• CASE: the Decree for benefit sharing for hydropower development in Vietnam
  Larry Haas, Environment and Energy Expert
• Socio-economic development and benefit sharing in the Nile Basin
  Helen Natu, NBI
• The Mekong Basin perspective
  Hang Pham Thanh, Coordinator, MRC Basin Development Plan
• Guidelines for benefit sharing in the SADC area
  Tracy Molefi-Mbui, Ministry of Mineral, Energy and Water Resources, Botswana
• Costs and benefits for communities
  Tek Vannara, Advocacy Manager, CEPA, Cambodia
• Engaging Stakeholders in Transboundary Water Management and Basin planning related to costs and benefits
  Tracy Molefi-Mbui, Ministry of Mineral, Energy and Water Resources, Botswana
• Experiences from Nile Basin Discourse
  Sarah Naigaga, Nile Basin Discourse
• Transboundary co-operation on fisheries management
  Roger Mollot, WWF Greater Mekong

20-22 January 2010 in Vientiane, Laos.

During World Water Week in Stockholm, August 2009, Transboundary Water Cooperation in the Nile, the SADC/Zambezi Basin and the Mekong was discussed at a seminar convened jointly by Danish Water Forum, DANIDA, SIDA, Mekong River Commission and DHI.

Participants at the seminar also representing the 3 regions found it highly relevant to focus on benefits for communities and livelihoods from sharing waters and taking this perspective into the regional cooperation instead of merely focusing on distribution of water. Based on these recommendations Danish Water Forum and Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs decided to organize a workshop on “Sharing Benefits from Transboundary Water Management”. 

The seminar also discussed how the Transboundary Water Cooperation initiated by DWF and Danida in Mekong, the Nile and SADC/Zambezi might be widened to cover other basins and include other partners.

The workshop was hosted by the Mekong River Commission Secretariat in Laos and sponsored by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and DWF.