Work Programme

The Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Forum’s work centres on review and recommendations to the existing IHA Sustainability Assessment Protocol (2006). In its first phase (March 2008-May 2010), the Forum is determining the relevant issues to be included in the Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Protocol and the measurement approach for each of these issues. The work plan for this first phase involves input from experts on key hydropower sustainability themes, hydropower project assessments, workshop sessions focussed on the protocol, input from key stakeholder reference groups, and stakeholder consultation. The Forum members meet nine times over the two year period, with two formal periods of stakeholder consultation, and a trialling period for the Draft Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Protocol.

Forum Work Plan (pdf)

Forum Meetings

Forum Consultation Phase 1 and Phase 2

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