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Development challenges in the Mekong hinge around integration of an economically diverse region and integrated management of a politically fragmented river basin.

Australia has a longstanding involvement in the region, and the recent Australian Government White Paper signals a strengthened commitment to regional integration and integrated river basin management through the Australian aid program.

Regional integration raises important issues concerning poorer countries and communities.

Integrated river basin development and management raises issues of sustainable water use and management in an international basin facing ever greater development pressures.

The conference will:

• Contribute to public awareness, discussion and debate over the direction of Australia’s aid program, in light of directions indicated in the 2006 White Paper.
• Provide an update on developments in the Mekong River Basin and Greater Mekong Subregion.
• Explore the implications of regional integration, infrastructure development and integrated water resource management for the sustainable well-being of the region’s lower income countries and poorer communities.

Participants and speakers at the conference will come from academic, government, NGO, international organisation and community backgrounds, from around Australia, from Mekong countries and elsewhere. The conference will include keynote speakers, case studies, panel discussions and breakout sessions.

For futher information please contact: lindsay.soutar@geosci.usyd.edu.au