Sustainability assessment of Cambodia's electricity planning: Using section 1 of the 2009 hydropower sustainability assessment protocol

Sokhem Pech, Sok Saing Im, Mak Solieng and Ham Kimkong. 2010. Sustainability assessment of Cambodia's electricity planning: Using section 1 of the 2009 hydropower sustainability assessment protocol. Australia: Australian Government Aid Program, Vientiane, Lao PDR: M-Power and Colombo, Sri Lanka: CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food.

The rapid sustainability assessment of Mekong electricity planning in Cambodia using Section I of the 2009 Draft Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Protocol (2009 HSAP) was conducted by a group of Cambodian assessors from March to May 2010. A multi-stakeholder consultation and trialing was conducted in Phnom Penh on April 8, 2010. Preliminary results and experiences in applying Section 1 of 2009 HSAP were also presented at a Regional Informal Dialogue organized by M-POWER and the Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF) in Vientiane, Lao PDR, on the eve of the Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Forum (HSAF) meeting on May 2, 2010. The report consists of two parts, namely the Rapid Sustainability Assessment of Cambodia/Mekong Electricity planning, and our experience with the use of the 2009 Draft Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Protocol (HSAP).