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Vision & Mission
Since its establishment in 1995, the Mekong River Commission (MRC) has strived to develop work programmes and strategies that best serve its mission to provide effective support for sustainable management and development of water and related resources. Over the years, with a vision to bring about an economically prosperous, socially just and environmentally sound Mekong River Basin, we have placed regional cooperation and basin-wide planning at the heart of our operation.
Moving towards a new level of maturity, in early 2011 we endorsed two key strategies, the Integrated Water and Related Resources Management (IWRM)-based Basin Development Strategy, and the 2011-2015 Strategic Plan, that shape a more comprehensive and new direction for the agency.
The IWRM-based strategy provides regional and transboundary perspectives for basin development planning, representing over a decade of collaboration between Member Countries on their shared understanding of the river’s opportunities and risks associated with development.
Meanwhile, the strategic plan for the 2011-2015 period will support the implementation of this Strategy as well as providing a platform for the MRC’s plan to decentralise core functions of the MRC Secretariat to the national level.
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Visions and Mission |
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VISION for the Mekong River Basin An economically prosperous, socially just and environmentally sound Mekong River Basin |
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VISION for the Mekong River Commission A world class, financially secure, International River Basin Organisation serving the Mekong countries to achieve the basin Vision |
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MISSION of the Mekong River Commission To promote and coordinate sustainable management and development of water and related resources for the countries' mutual benefit and the people's well-being |