• The Consultation Programme - details and times of panels and speakers with links to the full texts of the presentations (in PDF format)
• Summary of the Consultation
• Press Release - announcing the consultation
• Press Release - Commissioner's press conference
• Press Release - Consultation opens
• Press Release - 30 papers presented at consultation
• Media Coverage - Viet Nam News 1 March
• Facts and Statistics relating to large dams in this region

This region includes countries to the East of Bangladesh, to Indonesia in the South, and Northwards as far as Mongolia:

Brunei Republic of Brunei singapore China

Lao PDR Thailand Indonesia Malaysia

Japan Mongolia Myanmar Lao PDR

Korea DR Philippines Cambodia

Presentations: The WCD previously invited all interested persons to submit proposals for presentations related to the key objectives outlined above, focusing on the experiences and lessons learnt locally, nationally, or regionally across East and South East Asia. The following themes were proposed as a preliminary framework for developing submissions.

1. Large Dams in East & South East Asia:

A Review of Benefits and Impacts

2. Decision-making and the Planning Process:

Responding to Competing Needs

3. Changing Institutional and Policy Frameworks:

Their Influence on Current Practice

4. Dams and Water Resource Management:

Reviewing Options

The Commission welcomed papers that specifically focussed on providing the WCD with a learning perspective on: past experience in large dams (economic, environmental and social), multi-criteria approaches in planning, participation, tools for implementation, regulatory structures and incentive frameworks, and examples of best practice in all of the above. In addition to thematic panels, one or two country panels may be constituted based on the submissions received.