Technical Assistance Consultant’s Report Project Number: 43114 August 2014 Lao People’s Democratic Republic: National Integrated Water Resources Management Support Project (Cofinanced by the Government of Australia and the Spanish Cooperation Fund for Technical Assistance) Prepared by: IDOM Ingenieria Y Consultoria S.A. (Vizcaya, Spain) in association with Lao Consulting Group Ltd. (Vientiane, Lao PDR) For: Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment Department of Water Resources Nam Ngum River Basin Committee Secretariat This consultant’s report does not necessarily reflect the views of ADB or the Government concerned, and ADB and the Government cannot be held liable for its contents. NATIONAL INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT SUPPORT PROGRAM ADB TA-7780 (LAO) PACKAGE 2: RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT NIWRMSP - PACKAGE 2 FINAL REPORT August 2014 NIWRMSP - PACKAGE 2 FINAL REPORT National Integrated Water Resources Management Support Program ADB TA-7780 (LAO) Package 2 - River Basin Management CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY IN ENGLISH ................................................................................................... S1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY IN LAO ........................................................................................................... S4 1. BACKGROUND ............................................................................................................................... 1 2. RESOURCES ASSIGNED TO THE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE .................................................. 2 3. WORK DEVELOPED AND OBJECTIVES ACCOMPLISHED ....................................................... 4 4. SUB-COMPONENT 2.1 NATIONAL RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT............................................ 8 4.1. NATIONAL GUIDELINES FOR RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT PLANNING ............................................ 8 4.2. LAO NATIONAL RIVER BASIN FORUM ......................................................................................... 9 5. SUB-COMPONENT 2.2 NAM NGUM RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT ........................................12 5.1. SUPPORT TO THE OVERALL NNRBCS ACTIVITIES (PREPARATION OF WORK PLANS, CONCEPT NOTES AND BUDGETS) ............................................................................................12 5.2. UPDATE THE NAM NGUM RIVER BASIN PLAN ...........................................................................12 5.2.1. Nam Ngum Guidelines for River Basin Management ..................................................14 5.2.2. Nam Ngum State of the Basin Report ..........................................................................19 5.2.3. Climate Change Adaptation Report .............................................................................24 5.2.4. Nam Ngum River Basin Management Strategy ...........................................................27 5.2.5. Participatory Activities ..................................................................................................28 5.2.6. Communication Plan ....................................................................................................34 5.3. COOPERATION WITH THE PACKAGE 1, OTHER COMPONENTS OF NIWRMSP AND OTHER PROJECTS RELATED WITH ACTIVITIES IN THE NNRB ................................................................35 6. PROBLEMS AND OPPORTUNITIES ...........................................................................................36 7. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT .............................................................39 8. CONCLUSIONS .............................................................................................................................41 ANNEXES ANNEX A. REPORT OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONSULTANT MR CLIVE LYLE ABOUT THE NRB FORUM ANNEX B. DELIVERABLES SUBMITTED DURING THE ASSIGNMENT Title: Final Report File: [Package 2 - Final Report.pdf] Project (Contract No.): NIWRMSP – River Basin Management P2 (S41728) Ed No. 01 First Submission NIWRMSP – RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT (PACKAGE 2) NIWRMSP PACKAGE 2 - FINAL REPORT PAGE I NIWRMSP - PACKAGE 2 FINAL REPORT INDEX OF FIGURES FIGURE 1. TASK FORCE MEETING TO DISCUSS THE NATIONAL RIVER BASIN PLANNING GUIDELINES (BOLIKHAMXAY PROVINCE, JUNE 2014) .................................................................................................. 8 FIGURE 2. DISTRICT DISTRIBUTION OF THE NAM NGUM RIVER BASIN ........................................................13 FIGURE 3. STEPS COMPLETED (IN BLUE) OF THE NAM NGUM RIVER BASIN PLANNING PROCESS ................14 FIGURE 4. OUTLINE OF THE NAM NGUM RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT PLANNING PROCESS AND PRINCIPAL REPORTS ............................................................................................................................................17 FIGURE 5. PROCESS PREPARATION OF THE NAM NGUM RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT PLAN ........................18 FIGURE 6. THE NAM NGUM RIVER BASIN SUB-BASINS MAP ......................................................................20 FIGURE 7. THE INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT PLANNING CHALLENGES FOR THE NAM NGUM RIVER BASIN .............................................................................................................................24 FIGURE 8. MULTI-MODEL GLOBAL AVERAGES OF SURFACE WARMING FOR THE SRES SCENARIOS A2, A1B AND B1 .............................................................................................................................................25 ST FIGURE 9. PROJECTED SURFACE TEMPERATURE CHANGES FOR THE EARLY, MID AND LATE 21 CENTURY (B1, A1B AND A2 SRES SCENARIOS) ..................................................................................................26 FIGURE 10. THE PARTICIPATORY WORKSHOPS WERE HELD IN EACH OF THE FOUR AREAS OF THE NNRB THAT SHARED SIMILAR WATER CHALLENGES ..................................................................................................29 FIGURE 11. GRASS ROOT WORKSHOPS HELD IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE NAM NGUM RIVER BASIN ...........31 FIGURE 12. INTERVIEWS WITH FISHER GROUPS AND IRRIGATION ASSOCIATIONS IN DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE NNRB .............................................................................................................................................32 ST FIGURE 13. PARTICIPANTS OF THE 1 MEETING OF THE NNRBC (OCTOBER 2013) .....................................33 FIGURE 14. PARTICIPANTS OF SOME OF THE FOUR NN TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP MEETINGS .................33 FIGURE 15. PARTICIPANTS OF THE TECHNICAL WORKSHOP TO DISCUSS THE CONCLUSIONS OF THE NN CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION REPORT ..............................................................................................34 NIWRMSP – RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT (PACKAGE 2) NIWRMSP PACKAGE 2 - FINAL REPORT PAGE II NIWRMSP - PACKAGE 2 FINAL REPORT INDEX OF TABLES TABLE 1. PACKAGE 2 CONSULTANT TEAM ................................................................................................ 2 TABLE 2. MOST SIGNIFICANT CONTRACT VARIATIONS .............................................................................. 2 TABLE 3. ACTIVITIES OF THE OF COMPONENT 2 IN THE DMF ..................................................................... 7 TABLE 4. PARTICIPANTS IN THE LAO NATIONAL RIVER BASIN FORUM ......................................................10 TABLE 5. CURRENT PERFORMANCE OF THE MAIN FUNCTIONS OF WATER RESOURCES IN NAM NGUM RIVER BASIN .............................................................................................................................................22 (GREEN COLOUR MEANS HIGH PERFORMANCE, YELLOW COLOUR MEANS MEDIUM PERFORMANCE AND RED COLOUR LOW PERFORMANCE) ..............................................................................................................22 TABLE 6. NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS IN THE MAIN PARTICIPATORY ACTIVITIES FOR THE NNRB PLAN .......31 TABLE 7. SUMMARY OF RELEVANT GOL DECREES AND DECISIONS ON IWRM AND MAIN DONORS SUPPORTED ACTIVITIES .......................................................................................................................36 NIWRMSP – RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT (PACKAGE 2) NIWRMSP PACKAGE 2 - FINAL REPORT PAGE III NIWRMSP - PACKAGE 2 FINAL REPORT ABBREVIATIONS ADB Asian Development Bank AFD Agence Française de Développement AusAID Australian Agency for International Development (DFAT from November 2013) C2 Component 2 of NIWRMSP C2.1. Sub-components: C2.1 National River Basin Management of NIWRMSP C2.2. Sub-components: C2.2 Nam Ngum River Basin Management of NIWRMSP CDTA Capacity Development Technical Assistance CTA Chief Technical Advisor DDG Deputy Director General DFAT Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade DG Director General DMF Design Monitoring Framework DTL Deputy Team Leader DoNRE District Department of Natural Resources and Environment DWR Department of Water Resources (under MoNRE) EDL Electricity of Lao GDP Gross Domestic Product GoL Government of Lao PDR IFC International Finance Corporation IHC Instituto de Hidráulica de Cantabria (Hydraulics Institute of Cantabria) IRRM Integrated River Basin Management IWRM Integrated Water Resources Management Lao PDR Lao People’s Democratic Republic LNMC Lao National Mekong Committee MAF Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry MEM Ministry of Energy and Mines MICT Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism MoF Ministry of Finances MoH Ministry of Public Health MoNRE Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment MPI Ministry of Planning and Investment MPWT Ministry of Public Works and Transport MRC Mekong River Commission NARBO Network of Asian