Presented by Kim Geheb and Kate Lazarus (Mekong Coordination and Change Project) at the International Forum on Water and Food (IFWF), South Africa, 14-17 November 2011. The International Forum on Water and Food (IFWF) is the premier gathering of water and food scientists working on improving water management for agricultural production in developing countries. The CGIAR Challenge Program for Water and Food (CPWF) represents one of the most comprehensive investments in the world on water, food and environment research.The Forum explores how the CPWF research-for-development (R4D) approach can address water and food challenges through a combination of process, institutional and technical innovations.

1. The Mekong MSPs
Kate Lazarus and Kim Geheb
Mekong Coordination and Change
Project

2. Language
MSP 1
Dam
developers,
operators and
owners
MSP 2
MSP 3 Governments,
NGOs and Civil regional and
society international
organisations
The Dialogue Space
MSP 5
MSP 4
Hydropower
Technical
financiers

3. Dialogue spaces
The Dialogue Space
•Built around a common
appreciation of an idea.
•Size varies with what’s
appropriate.
•Politically neutral.
•Managed = mediation
and/or facilitation.

4. Naga House