Formulating the cross-cutting Initiative on Sustainable Hydropower
The MRC's Initiative on Sustainable Hydropower formally began in 2008. Work to determine the final structure continued throughout 2008 involving national and regional multi-stakeholder consultations. During that process, the previous MRC hydropower programme was reformulated as a cross-cutting initiative to be integrated with, and in varying degrees implemented, through other MRC programmes and the Basin Development Plan (BDP). This recognized the multi-disciplinary nature of the challenge, the need for integrated solutions, and the large body of research and knowledge residing with MRC Programmes that needed to be brought together systematically.
This requires information and analysis to balance decisions on hydropower operation with wider cooperation on sustainable development concerning fisheries, navigation, irrigated agriculture, and municipal water supply, as well as crosscutting aspects like the protection of water quality, aquatic ecosystems, wetland areas and flood management.
Main components and outputs of the Initiative on Sustainable Hydropower
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