3rd Mekong Forum on Water, Food & Energy 2013. Presentation from Session 1: Strengthening the participation of local communities in resettlemment, compensation, livelihood, and greivance

1. VFI and NUOL
Common Outcomes

2. Make Consulation Participative and
Understandable
• the strengthening and adoption of
appropriate methods of consultation with
affected groups
• the reorganization of information systems to
use relevant language and communication
systems

3. Localise and Mainstream Gender
• localize and to achieve the participation of ethnic
groups and women affected by hydropower
development in the management and regulation
of compensation and resettlement
• the participation of affected ethnic minority
groups in the planning and management of
livelihoods restoration;
• The creation or strengthening of institutional
structures for the sustainable management of
measures for the well being of women of
impacted and relocated communities;

4. Strengthen Capacities, Devolve and
Integrate with Provincial and Local Services
• capacity development for managers and
specialists of safeguard regulatory agencies
and for devolution of responsibilities and
competences to the provincial agencies
• The inclusion of planning, financing and
implementation of resettlement and
livelihoods in programs integrated with
provincial development planning and
administration

5. Questions for Discussion
A. In addition to the tools which we presented, what are useful
tools and techniques that have been used in your country to
encourage greater common understanding of policies.
B. Outside of supporting common understanding, what practical
approaches have been used successfully in your country to
close the policy-implementation gap.
C. What means or approaches have you used to measure
strengthening of policy understanding and implementation.
D. By what systems and approaches have you moved towards
sustainability in supporting policy understanding among all
stakeholders (including affected populations).