Quality Assessment

Quality AssessmentQuality Assessment

Does the Process Work ?Does the Process Work ? Are People Participating ?Are People Participating ? What Lessons Have Been What Lessons Have Been

Learned ?Learned ? What Now ?What Now ?

Does the Process Work ?Does the Process Work ?CriteriaCriteria

– TransparencyTransparency

– BalanceBalance

– MeaningfulnessMeaningfulness

Are People Are People Participating ?Participating ?

What Lessons Have What Lessons Have Been Learned ?Been Learned ?

Based on the local consultations held Based on the local consultations held so far, the following lessons emerge:so far, the following lessons emerge:

– Government staff: Government staff: Changing attitudesChanging attitudes

– Villagers: Villagers: Feeling of involvementFeeling of involvement

– Content: Content: Negatives are sharedNegatives are shared

– Ethnic awareness: Ethnic awareness: Special care was takenSpecial care was taken

Ethnic AwarenessEthnic Awareness

Importance of ethnicityImportance of ethnicity– Recognizing the needs of different Recognizing the needs of different

ethnic groups: ethnic groups: evolving approachevolving approach – Opportunities to speak their own Opportunities to speak their own

languages: languages: improved with timeimproved with time– Small minority groups need to be Small minority groups need to be

provided with special attention: provided with special attention: especially the “yellow-leaf peoples”especially the “yellow-leaf peoples”

Concerns of VillagersConcerns of Villagers

ReservoirReservoir

WatershedWatershed

Downstream – Xé Bang FayDownstream – Xé Bang Fay

Reservoir ConcernsReservoir Concerns

Social capitalSocial capital SpaceSpace

– Living Living – Agriculture Agriculture – Buffalo grazingBuffalo grazing

Community forest regulationsCommunity forest regulations Ethnic autonomy in decision-makingEthnic autonomy in decision-making Housing designHousing design Priority for project construction jobsPriority for project construction jobs

Watershed ConcernsWatershed Concerns

Nam NoyNam Noy: : intra-ethnic intra-ethnic

administrationadministration

Nam TheunNam Theun: : food security, food security,

reductionreduction of swidden agricultureof swidden agriculture

Nam SotNam Sot: : equity of benefits equity of benefits

Downstream ConcernsDownstream Concerns

Flood protection and riverbank Flood protection and riverbank erosionerosion

Grievance procedures and monitoringGrievance procedures and monitoring Loss of fish habitatLoss of fish habitat CompensationCompensation IrrigationIrrigation Drinking water and sanitationDrinking water and sanitation Infrastructure lossInfrastructure loss

Next StepsNext Steps

MomentumMomentum

Planning ProcessPlanning Process

ImprovementsImprovements

Improvements NeededImprovements Needed

Process is going well, but content still Process is going well, but content still

needs improvement needs improvement Consultations should take place in the Consultations should take place in the

dry seasondry season The resource teams are still The resource teams are still

inexperienced in participatory inexperienced in participatory

methodologymethodology Ethnic awareness not uniformEthnic awareness not uniform