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Mekong River Commission Office of the Secretariat in Phnom Penh (OSP) Office of the Secretariat in Vientiane (OSV), 576 National Road, #2, Chak Angre Krom, Office of the Chief Executive Officer P.O. Box 623, Phnom Penh, Cambodia 184 Fa Ngoum Road, Tel. (855‐23) 425 353. Fax (855‐23) 425 363 P.O. Box 6101, Vientiane, Lao PDR Tel: (856‐21) 263 263. Fax: (856‐21) 263 264 REPORT OF REGIONAL PUBLIC CONSULTATION ON THE DON SAHONG HYDROPOWER PROJECT Grand Champasak Hotel Pakse, Lao PDR 12 December, 2014 Contents Table of Abbreviations ............................................................................................................................. iii List of Figures ........................................................................................................................................... iv Part 1: Introduction ....................................................................................................................................... 1 Rationale ................................................................................................................................................... 1 Objectives of the consultation .................................................................................................................. 1 Pre‐consultation activities ........................................................................................................................ 2 Methodology ............................................................................................................................................. 2 Part 2: Summary and discussion of issues raised by stakeholders at the meeting ...................................... 4 1. Climate change ...................................................................................................................................... 4 2. Use of additional information by the NMCs ......................................................................................... 4 3. Lessons learnt from Xayaburi ................................................................................................................ 6 4. Public consultation process (including the national consultations) for the DSHPP .............................. 9 Public participation and involvement ................................................................................................... 9 Recommendations for future consultations ............................................................................................... 10 Figure 3: This figure illustrates the general process of how comments from public consultation or information sharing will be taken into account ............................................................................ 11 Suggestions to guide interaction with stakeholders at DSHPP public consultations ............................. 11 Logistical and organisation points .......................................................................................................... 13 Part 3: Notes from Regional Public Consultation on Don Sahong Hydropower Project Prior Consultation .................................................................................................................................................................... 14 Questions and Comments following the presentations ............................................................................. 14 Session 1: Welcome remarks by the Joint Committee Chairperson ................................................... 14 Session 2: Orientation on the MRC’sPrior Consultation Process by MRC Secretariat CEO Hans Guttman and representatives from the member countries ............................................................... 14 Session 3: About the Don Sahong Hydropower Project presented by the project developer/LNMC 15 Session 4: MRC Technical Review and initial findings, presented by Dr. Piriya Uraiwong, MRC Secretariat ........................................................................................................................................... 18 Session 5: Statements from stakeholders ........................................................................................... 22 Session 6: Plenary Session .................................................................................................................. 23 Session 7: Perspectives and input from participants .......................................................................... 29 Part 4: Online submissions via MRC Websites ............................................................................................ 32 Annexes ................................................................................................................................................... 33 Annex 1: Agenda for the consultation meeting, 12 December, 2014 ........................................................ 34 Annex 2: Itinerary for optional field trip, 11 December, 2014 ................................................................... 36 i Contents Table of Abbreviations ............................................................................................................................. iii List of Figures ........................................................................................................................................... iv Part 1: Introduction ....................................................................................................................................... 1 Rationale ................................................................................................................................................... 1 Objectives of the consultation .................................................................................................................. 1 Pre-consultation activities ........................................................................................................................ 2 Methodology ............................................................................................................................................. 2 Part 2: Summary and discussion of issues raised by stakeholders at the meeting ...................................... 4 1. Climate change ...................................................................................................................................... 4 2. Use of additional information by the NMCs ......................................................................................... 4 3. Lessons learnt from Xayaburi ................................................................................................................ 6 4. Public consultation process (including the national consultations) for the DSHPP .............................. 9 Public participation and involvement ................................................................................................... 9 Recommendations for future consultations ............................................................................................... 10 Figure 3: This figure illustrates the general process of how comments from public consultation or information sharing will be taken into account ............................................................................ 11 Suggestions to guide interaction with stakeholders at DSHPP public consultations ............................. 11 Logistical and organisation points .......................................................................................................... 13 Part 3: Notes from Regional Public Consultation on Don Sahong Hydropower Project Prior Consultation .................................................................................................................................................................... 14 Questions and Comments following the presentations ............................................................................. 14 Session 1: Welcome remarks by the Joint Committee Chairperson ................................................... 14 Session 2: Orientation on the MRC’sPrior Consultation Process by MRC Secretariat CEO Hans Guttman and representatives from the member countries ............................................................... 14 Session 3: About the Don Sahong Hydropower Project presented by the project developer/LNMC 15 Session 4: MRC Technical Review and initial findings, presented by Dr. Piriya Uraiwong, MRC Secretariat ........................................................................................................................................... 18 Session 5: Statements from stakeholders ........................................................................................... 22 Session 6: Plenary Session .................................................................................................................. 23 Session 7: Perspectives and input from participants .......................................................................... 29 Part 4: Online submissions via MRC Websites ............................................................................................ 32 Annexes ................................................................................................................................................... 33 Annex 1: Agenda for the consultation meeting, 12 December, 2014 ........................................................ 34 Annex 2: Itinerary for optional field trip, 11 December, 2014 ..................................................................