Cooperation Agreements (Partners)
The MRC works with many different partners under jointly funded
projects, under formal Memoranda of Understanding or in a research
capacity.
Current
- AFD Francaise De Developpement:
Mekong-HYCOS Project and Water Management
- ASEAN Secretariat provides support
to Initiative on Sustainable Hydropower Programme in Lower
Mekong Basin in relation to Cumulative Trans-boundary Impacts
- Asian Disaster Preparedness Center
collaborates with MRC on operations and research in meteorology,
hydrology, flood management, capacity building of emergency
personnel in MRC member countries, development programmes
in Mekong river basin, dissemination of flood preparedness,
forecasting and warning information to community level.
- Asian Disaster Preparedness Center
(ADPC) and Viet Nam National Mekong Committee (VNMC),
Central Committee for Flood and Storm Control Secretariat
(CCFSCS) cooperate with MRC on the Implementation of Projects
under Component 4 – "Flood Emergency Management
Strengthening", MRC's Flood Management and Mitigation
Progamme.
- Australian Centre for International
Agricultural Research (ACIAR) collaborates with MRC
in a project titled "Stock structure of two important
Mekong River carp species (Henicorynchus spp)."
- Consultative Group on International
Agriculture Research collaborates with MRC on Challenge
Programme on Water and Food (CPWF), a research for-development
programme that operates through a global network of partnerships
and seeks to develop innovative ways of producing more food
with less water.
- Canadian Space Agency and the Natural
Resources Canada works in partnership with MRC on Earth
Observation and Geometrics Support for Flood Management and
Environmental Monitoring in the Mekong River Basin
- European Commission cooperates
with MRC on Capacity building for planning and implementation
of flood preparedness programme at Provincial and District
levels in the Lower Mekong Basin (Phase II)
- Food and Agriculture Organisation of
the UN collaborates on a project of improvement of
Irrigation Efficiency on Paddy Fields in the Lower Mekong
Basin (IIEPF-AEWEPF)
- German Technical Cooperation (GTZ)
contributes to the MRC Result Base Monitoring and Evaluation
- Intergovernmental Organisation of the
Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific (NACA).
MRC Fisheries Programme cooperates with NACA in activities
related to fisheries research, management and publication
of fisheries-related information.
- International Network of Basin Organisations
- International Network for Water and
Ecosystems in Paddy Fields (INWEPF): MRC Agriculture,
Irrigation and Forestry Programme participates in INWEPF symposium/steering
committee and exchanges knowledge/views with other countries/international
organisations.
- International Water Management Institute
(IWMI) collaborates with MRC on strategic review of
MRC’s involvement in the agriculture sector.
- IUCN - The World Conservation Union
collaborates with MRC on policy framework development, management
planning under the framework of the project "Mekong River
Basin Wetland Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Use
Programme."
- National Center of Competence in Research
North-South, Center for Development and Environment; University
of Berne cooperates in activities related to data and
information sharing for research purposes, support to MRC
in research-related aspects through interdisciplinary scientific
capacity.
- National Institute of Rural Engineering
(NIRE), Japan collaborates in the areas of research,
training and information activities with the emphasis on water
resources management for poverty reduction, water utilisation,
basin development plan, agriculture, irrigation and forestry
programme, and water resources and hydrology programme.
- Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific
(NACA) cooperates with MRC in aquatic resources management
for the rural poor, education and training activities, guideline
development for policy and best management practices for inland
fisheries.
- Network of Asian River Basin Organisations
collaborates with MRC on information exchange and training.
- Permanent International Navigation
Association: As an institutional member in the association
for many years, Mekong River Commission is, since 2009, also
seated in the Inland Navigation Committee, the most important
committee coordinating international working groups which
develop regular technical updates on pressing global issues
to benefits members on shared best practices.
- Southeast Asian Fisheries Development
Centre cooperates with MRC primarily in aquaculture-related
activities, as well as capture fisheries and reservoirs fisheries
management.
- Southeast Asia START Regional Center
(SEA START RC) cooperates in study and related project
activities regarding climate change and adaptation, hydrological
studies of the Mekong River Basin, sharing of knowledge and
information on operational modeling capabilities.
- UN ESCAP (UN Economic and Social Commission
for Asia and the Pacific). UN ESCAP is an observer
in MRC governance meetings (Donor Consultative Group), and
MRC shares report to Annual Sessions of UNESCAP.
- UNESCO/IHE Institute for Water Education
Cooperation collaborates with MRC on short courses,
degree training for riparian country professionals, technical
support and quality assurance as well as mapping institutional
capacity and capacity building of local institutions
- WorldFish Centre collaborates
with MRC on fisheries research, preparation of solicited reports,
modelling and socio-economic studies related to fisheries.
- World Meteorological Organisation (WMO)
collaborates on operations and research in meteorology, hydrology,
flood management and water resources and in improving flood
forecasting and warning systems
- World Wide Fund for Nature works
with MRC on cooperative arrangements at the national, and
Mekong Basin levels in the areas of watershed management,
sustainable use of natural resources and other water-related
resources, promotion of renewable energies, flood management
and mitigation solutions.
Former
- Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok
- Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID
)
- Danish Hydraulic Institute
- Hatfield Consultants Ltd
- Institute for Rural Engineering
- Institute for Fisheries Management and Coastal Community
Development
- Institute for Sciences and Techniques of the Equipment
and the Environment for Development (ISTED)
- International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management
(ICLARM)
- International Labour Organisation
- International Maritime Organisation
- Japan Water Agency
- Japanese Institute of Irrigation and Drainage
- Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
- Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD)
- Nordic Development Fund
- Oxfam America
- Public Works Research Institute, Japan
- The Revolutionary Research Project (RR2002)
- United Nations Development Programme
- United Nations Environment Programme
- University of New South Wales and University of Sydney
- Development and Environment; University of Berne
- US Agency for International Development
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