By Ham Kimkong, DES/RUPP, M-POWER Fellow Presented at the Mekong Forum on Water, Food and Energy Phnom Penh, Cambodia December 7-9, 2011 Session 8a: Presenting the work of the M-POWER Fellows

1. THE STUDY ON NOTIFICATION AND DECISION-MAKING PROCESSES ON THE HYDROPOWER IN THE 3S RIVERS IN CAMBODIA Ham Kimkong DES/RUPP 7-9 th Dec, 2011 Mekong Forum on Water, Food and Energy

2. Source: FACT Map of Cambodia/Study Area

8. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

9. Research Sites Province/Districts Communes No. of Households Villages Sesan (ST) 1 40 2 Oyadav (RT) 1 40 2 Total 2 80 4

10. Map of Se San River (Stung Treng and Ratanakiri/Catchment Area) Source : SWECO, 2007

11. Source: 3SPN 2010

12. MAP OF VILLAGES AND SESAN COMMUNE, OU YA DAV DISTRICT, RATANAKIRI ( RESEARCH SITE)

13. Map of Phluk commune, Sesan District, Stung Treng ( Research Site)

17. Proposed Hydropower Dam on 3S Rivers, Sesan, Srey Kong and Srey Pok, Mekong ’ s tributaries JICA, April, 2007 No Name Stung Treng Ratanakiri Installed Capacity MW Annual Energy production (GWh/yr) Year of Commission Statue Financial Assistance 1 Sesan River 420 MW Unknown 2018? proposed Dam US$510 M 2 Sre Pok River 90 MW ? -- a/n 3 Stung Treng 980MW Unknown 2020 -- Unknown 4 Lower Sre Po II (ST) 222 MW N/A N/A -- Unknown 5 Lower Sesan II (ST) 207 MW -- -- Feasibility Study a/n 6 Lower Se San III (RTK) 375 MW -- -- -- -- 7 Lower Sre Por III (RTK) 330 MW -- -- Proposed Dam a/n

18. Kimkong, 2007. Approval/feasibility Study Stage on Domestic Hydropower Dam No Name Installed Capacity MW Annual Energy production (GWh/yr) Year of Commission Statue Financial Assistance 1 Stung Atai, Koh Kong 120MW 479 million (KWhr/yr) 2012 Construction Approved CYC/ 2 Stung Chay Areng, Koh Kong 180 MW Unknown 2015? Feasibility Study SCG 3 Krayang, Lower Tatai, Koh Kong 110 MW 588 2012 Feasibility study CHMC/ 4 Ta Tai, Koh Kong 190 MW Unknown 2015 Feasibility Study CHMC/ 5 O’Som Tatai, Pursat 80 MW 426 2010 Feasibility Study SCG/ ? 6 Stung Kamchay, Kampot 193MW 498 2010 Under construction Sinohydro/ 7 O’rom Chan O’rom , Mondokiri 173KW Unknown Unknown Under constructed Kon and NIPPON KOEI firms, Japanese

19. HYDROPOWER DECISION MAKING AND NOTIFICATION LETTER PROCESS ON SESAN RIVER Vietnam Hydropower Dam Project Company CNMC Ministries Provinces Governors Department lines District Offices Office at districts Communes Affected Communities and villages VNMC Noticed that the notification letter undertake a long process with hierarchy administrations of government offices in order to take action and its responsibility. It takes about several weeks in whole process to reach at affected communities. The slowness is not because of the delivery yet it is because of check and verify and translation works. As a result, it leads to process take several weeks as there is nobody who is in charge directly in this work. Diagram 1: Flowing of official notification letter

20. Hydropower dam Projects VNMC MRC CNMC . Ministries Districts Communes Ministry Lines in Vietnam Provinces Indirect news Departments Offices Villages Civil Society/NGOs Source: field work consultation with key informants, 2010 Diagram Notification information/letters flow formally

21. Vietnam hydropower company Police border Posts Commune and village head men Villager Households Households Diagram of informal notification process Source: Group discussion at village/Ratanakiri, 2011.

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