The MRC is an
intergovernmental organisation
established in 1995 to promote and
co-ordinate sustainable management
and development of water and related
resources for its member countries’
mutual benefit and the people’s
wellbeing by implementing strategic
programmes and activities and
providing scientific information and
policy advice. The MRC member
countries are Cambodia, Lao PDR,
Thailand and Viet Nam. The MRC is
promoting a programme of regional
cooperation for sustainable water
resources development at basin scale
in areas of basin planning, water
utilisation, environment, flood
management and mitigation,
fisheries, agriculture, irrigation
and forestry, hydropower, navigation
and capacity building. (For more
information, see the website
www.mrcmekong.org).
