3. GOVERNMENT OF
CAMBODIA
GOVERNMENT OF
LAO
GOVERNMENT OF
THAILAND
GOVERNMENT OF
VIETNAM
COUNCIL
(Members at Ministerial and Cabinet level)
*Chairman and three Members
JOINT COMMITTEE
(Members at Head of Department or higher)
*Chairman and three Members
MRC SECRETARIAT
(Technical and Administrative arm)
*Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
*Assistant CEO and Direction
NATIONAL MEKONG
COMMITTEES (NMC)
*Chairman
*Member Agencies
DONOR CONSULTATIVE GROUP
(DCG)
(Donor countries and
cooperating institutions

4. Flooding Fisheries
Inter-basin
Diversion
Agricultural Waste
Industrial /
Urban Waste
Transportation
Water Flow Downstream
(quantity, quality)
Water Flow Upstream
(quantity, quality)
Dam
Irrigation
Forests

5. (Core Function)
(Core Function)
MRC Secretariat / National Mekong Committees
Institution Building:
Institutional Strength to Carry out Policy;
Division of Work
Creating Partnerships:
Working Together towards Common
Goals
Knowledge Generation and
Planning:
Understanding Options and
Consequences
Arenas for Dialogue and
Debate:
Balancing Different Interests
Development Activities:
Sustainable Development / Poverty
Reduction
Political Decision-Making:
Sound Region-wide Policy on Water
Resource Use
Awareness Raising:
Public and Institutional Awareness of
Basin Issues
MRC Joint Committee / Council
Data Collection / Monitoring:
Socio-economic and Eco-system
Facts and Figures / Environmental
Monitoring

6. (Core Function)
(Core Function)
MRC Secretariat / National Mekong Committees
Institution Building:
Institutional Strength to Carry out Policy;
Division of Work
Creating Partnerships:
Working Together towards Common
Goals
Knowledge Generation and
Planning:
Understanding Options and
Consequences
Arenas for Dialogue and
Debate:
Balancing Different Interests
Development Activities:
Sustainable Development / Poverty
Reduction
Political Decision-Making:
Sound Region-wide Policy on Water
Resource Use
Awareness Raising:
Public and Institutional Awareness of
Basin Issues
MRC Joint Committee / Council
Data Collection / Monitoring:
Socio-economic and Eco-system
Facts and Figures / Environmental
Monitoring