Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Forum
HSAF Update: Webinar 6: July & August 2010
After completing its ninth meeting in May 2010 in Vientiane, Lao PDR, hosted by the Mekong River Commission, the Forum members have convened two more times by webinar meetings. During this period, the Forum has been reviewing revisions of the Final Draft Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Protocol and reaching agreements on final amendments to the Protocol documents before closing its process. The Forum members aim to present the Final Draft Protocol to IHA to consider adoption, and to Forum member organisations to consider endorsement, in September 2010 following a final webinar engagement at the end of August.
Stakeholders are welcome to review the minutes and papers of Forum Webinar 5 and Forum Webinar 6 by clicking on these links.
The Forum’s response to issues raised in the Consultation Outcomes Report, which summarises the views of stakeholders on the Draft Protocol August 2009, will be made publicly available once final agreements to the Protocol are confirmed with the Forum members. A notice will be sent to stakeholders when it is publicly available.
Plans for follow-up work, including Protocol dissemination, communication, training and capacity building, will be progressed and communicated following finalisation of the Protocol documents.
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The Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Forum (the Forum) is a collaboration of representatives from different sectors who aim to develop an enhanced sustainability assessment tool to measure and guide performance in the hydropower sector, based on the Hydropower Sustainability Guidelines and Assessment Protocol developed by IHA; that the Forum would recommend for adoption by IHA and endorsement by HSAF members.
The Forum’s work centres around the International Hydropower Association’s (IHA) Sustainability Assessment Protocol (2006). It is determining the relevant issues to be included in the assessment protocol and the measurement approach for each of these issues. The work plan involves input from experts on key hydropower sustainability themes, on-ground assessments of schemes, workshop sessions focused on the Protocol, and input from key stakeholder reference groups. The Forum seeks at all times to operate with transparency, good will and by consensus.
The governments of Germany, Iceland and Norway are the main sponsors of the Forum, with financial contributions also coming from IHA, The Nature Conservancy, WWF and the World Bank.
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Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Protocol: Historical Evolution and Current Draft Protocol
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