Enhancing multi-scale Mekong water governance

The CPWF Project PN50 “Enhancing multi-scale water governance” was a flagship activity

of the Mekong Program on Water, Environment Resilience (M-POWER). The goal of

helping improve livelihood security, human and ecosystem health in the Mekong Region

through democratizing water governance was pursued through critical research and

direct engagement with stakeholders involved in managing floods, irrigation,

hydropower, watersheds, fisheries and urban water works at various scales. We

identified commons governance problems and suggested ways that some can be

addressed. Often, for example, there are needs to: strengthen local representation,

improve the quality of deliberative processes, enhance the interplay between institutions

at different levels, and build capacities to handle uncertainties and adapt to changes in

flow regimes.