2.2 Sitting and design for basin wide sustainable development River basin planning Have sitting and design are informed by adequate baseline data within the basin of Sre Pok? Do MOIT and EVN consider multiple project optimisation and cumulative impacts? Have systematic and ongoing monitoring are conducted to fill key knowledge gaps and are performed and changed to measure against baselines? Energy/power sector planning and regulation Has basin wide sustainable indicators been studied for all projects in Sre Pok? Has these studies are updated from feasibility and ESIA studies and monitoring programs to become more available and detailed information? Hydropower projects Has the sites and project configurations selected for development avoided significant risks, addressed a number of sustainability criteria, and identified technical and social risks at Sre Pok and the provinces? Has their performance is fully monitored? Regulatory and governance Have guidelines for hydropower sitting, design, and operational mitigation measures been studied and developed? Are compliance provisions included in projects’ agreements and enforced consistently across Sre Pok? Topic 3 Economic contribution of hydropower Key stakeholders: MOIT (e.g. ERAV and local Departments)
4.1 Transboundary benefit sharing River basin planning Does, mutually, a transboundary basin development plan or strategy provide an agreed framework for riparian states to consult on cost and benefit sharing options? Does the plan include provisions for assessment (causes, effects (e.g. cumulative impacts), and benefits) of hydropower development on regional rivers or projects? Energy/power sector planning and regulation Are options for regional grid interconnection and joint hydropower project ownership assessed and considered? Are transboundary benefit sharing arrangements in hydropower project level agreements between riparian states embedded in Sre Pok? Hydropower projects Is assessment of transboundary cost and benefit sharing options, and target beneficiaries conducted for projects within the regional and provincial regulatory framework? Regulatory and governance Are regional obligations (e.g. risk assessment, benefit sharing, monitoring, and evaluation provisions) imbedded in Sre Pok mechanisms and procedures? 4.2 National to local benefit sharing River basin planning Does basin wide planning in Sre Pok include provision for distribution of hydropower costs and benefits across sectors and communities? Do specific plans exist for women, ethnic, vulnerable, minority groups and othersto access benefits? Is the development contribution of benefits monitored and using disaggregated data and publicly disclosed at the local level? Energy/power sector planning and regulation Are monetary and non-monetary benefits from hydropower distributed across sectors within a regional to local policy and budget allocation framework? Are communities in Sre Pok prioritised for rural and ethic electrification?
Hydropower projects Are hydropower project benefits and forms of benefit sharing assessed and selected in consultation with beneficiaries? Are project level commitments for additional benefits and benefit sharing arrangements funded and implemented over agreed timeframes? Has hydropower projects maximised opportunities (e.g. training, employment and capacity building programs) to benefit communities in proximity? Regulatory and governance Do project agreements and regulatory mechanisms secure revenues and provide for consistent distribution of benefits in Sre Pok? Do policy and planning approaches include provision to maximise local level benefits in Sre Pok? Are institutions and committees established to ensure delivery of agreed benefit sharing measures such as reporting of expenditure and monitoring performance? 4.3 Financing ecosystem protection and other measures River basin planning Do hydropower revenue and other funding mechanisms (e.g. Payment for Ecological Services) contribute to ongoing funding of environmental protection, natural resource management, and social projects in Sre Pok? Is there adequate resources and human capacity for environmental protection and natural resource management measures in Sre Pok? Energy/power sector planning and regulation Is assessment of opportunities for innovative financing including carbon financing (within the international and national framework) conducted for hydropower development in Sre Pok? Does regional and provincial energy policy guide the allocation and expenditure of funds derived from carbon financing in Sre Pok? Hydropower Do hydropower ESIA studies, management plans, and
the Sre Pok provinces? What are the key issues and how do they relate to water resources, including irrigation and hydropower? Energy/power sector planning and regulation Do the project ranking criteria include food security criteria and avoid significant risks? (e.g. multi-purpose projects for energy and food, irrigation and hydropower, etc.) Hydropower projects Are these food security impacts (nutrition, health protein etc) specifically assessed and managed in hydropower impact assessment studies and management plans? Do projects do any monitoring of these trends in the Sre Pok? Regulatory and governance Does the government have national and provincial targets and commitments relating to poverty alleviation and food security? Are plans to achieve targets implemented and is performance monitored. We are looking for evidence at the Sre Pok / provincial level, not national. Are they publicly disclosed? 5.4 Indigenous peoples and ethnic minorities River basin planning How are ethnic minority groups in the Sre Pok considered in water resource and hydropower planning processes? Who is responsible for looking at these issues? What monitoring and planning is conducted by the provincial authorities specifically for ethnic minority groups? Hydropower projects Do the projects have specific indigenous people’s management plans and communication approaches that are culturally appropriate? How do projects communicate and engage with affected ethnic minority groups? Regulatory and governance Are their regulatory requirements in ESIA decrees or other to address issues unique to ethnic minority groups? How do ethnic minority groups raise issues or concerns? Do they have legal processes available to them to resolve
Regulatory and governance Are their regulations and decrees that govern water use and allocation in the Sre Pok? How are the concession agreements negotiated to allocate water for hydropower? What transboundary arrangements are in place for water use between Cambodia and Vietnam? Are their legal processes to resolve water use conflicts? Are they used? How is water allocation enforced? Is compliance monitored? 7.2 Reservoir planning and management River basin planning How are operating rules set for hydropower projects and which agencies are consulted? What issues are there regarding operating rules and amongst different water users? How are operating rules and hydropower water releases monitored? Energy/power sector planning and regulation How is the use of water for electricity generation and other uses optimised in the Upper Sre Pok? Hydropower projects How have reservoir impacts been avoided and mitigation (e.g. loss of forests, population displacement, etc.)? Who is responsible for reservoir management issues and how are these managed? E.g. water quality, log jams, safety, public access, bank erosion, flood management. Regulatory and governance How are responsibilities allocated for reservoir management and water use, bank erosion? How is compliance monitored and enforced? 7.3 operations River basin planning How do hydropower projects in a cascade co-ordinate for water use management? How do hydropower projects co-ordinate with other projects in the basin, e.g. flood control and irrigation?