legal plurality: an analysis of power interplay in mekong hydropower
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By Diana Suhardiman and Mark GiordanoTRANSCRIPT
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Legal plurality: An analysis of power interplay in Mekong hydropower
Diana Suhardiman and Mark Giordano
International Water Management InstituteGWSP Conference “Water in the Anthropocene”
Bonn, 21-24 May 2013
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Structure of the presentation
• Mekong hydropower
• Legal plurality: inconsistent policies and institutional discrepancy
• How to best pursue the path of sustainable hydropower development?
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Mekong hydropower
Rapid development (36 dams in operation, 110 planned)
Benefit and concerns about its potential impacts
Current effort to promote sustainable hydropower development
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National policies and legal framework
• National Policy of Sustainable Hydropower (2006)
• Government Decree on Compensation and Resettlement of People Affected by Development Projects (2006)
• Formal guidelines on Environmental Impact Assessment (2011)
• Draft of National Water Resources Strategy (2010)
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International donors’ role in national policies formulation
• National Policy of Sustainable Hydropower: translating lessons from the Nam Theun 2 project (World Bank)
• Guidelines on EIA review (Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, SIDA and DANIDA)
• Draft National Water Resources Strategy (ADB)
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Legal achievement and institutional challenges
• Policy implementation, monitoring and evaluation and enforcement
• Synergizing the roles of environmental and sectoral ministries
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Policy inconsistency in land-water-environment
• Sectoral versus cross-sectoral approaches
• National Policy on Sustainable Hydropower and Electricity Law
• Draft National Water Resources Policy and Water Resources Law
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Institutional discrepancy
Land use planning (MoNRE and MAF) and land concession (MEM)
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General interpretation of policy inconsistencies and institutional discrepancy
• The problem of lack of capacity
• Increasing policy consistency through capacity building
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Alternative interpretation of policy inconsistencies and institutional discrepancy
• A reflection of power interplay in Mekong hydropower
• Understanding factors that creates and sustain legal plurality
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Analysis of power interplay
• The incorporation of socio-environmental standards by international donors
• The positioning of hydropower development for revenue generation
• Emerging importance of private sector actors
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Conclusion:
Lack of capacity is not a driving force behind the current state of legal plurality
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How to best pursue the path of sustainable hydropower development?
• Creating a space for critical discussion
• Topics of interests include: linking revenue generation with redistribution of state funds; state’s budgeting priorities, etc.