Mekong River Commission (MRC)
Description:
The MRC is an international, country-driven river basin organisation that provides the institutional framework to promote regional cooperation in order to implement the 1995 Agreement. The MRC serves its member states by supporting decisions and promoting action on sustainable development and poverty alleviation as a contribution to the UN Millennium Development Goals.
The MRC supports the Mekong Programme, a Regional Cooperation Programme for the Sustainable Development of Water and Related Resources in the Mekong Basin owned by its member countries.
The four goals of MRC for 2006-2010 are:
- Goal 1: To promote and support coordinated, sustainable, and pro-poor development;
- Goal 2: To enhance effective regional cooperation;
- Goal 3: To strengthen basin-wide environmental monitoring and impact assessment;
- Goal 4: To strengthen the Integrated Water Resources Management capacity and knowledge base of the MRC bodies, National Mekong Committees, Line Agencies, and other stakeholders.
The programme work of the Mekong River Commission includes basin planning, environmental monitoring, flood management and mitigation, navigation, water utilisation, fisheries management, irrigation, agriculture and forestry, hydropower and capacity building.
Contact Information:
Email:
- MRCS@mrcmekong.org
- Virginia@mrcmekong.org
Website: http://www.mrcmekong.org
