Our country-specific strategic advocacy efforts were merged into regional momentum this month, thanks to International Rivers and its partners taking the lead in organizing a multi-actor regional exchange, Advancing Community-scale Hydro: Bridging India, Myanmar, and Nepal. The event, held in Shillong, India, focused on policy, enterprise, and institutional challenges, opportunities, and best practices. HPNET Board members from the three countries were critical in the participant selection, agenda design, and presentation content.
The event resulted in increased awareness among front-line civil society organizations and development partners in India, Myanmar, and Nepal; utility actors from India and Nepal; and government officials from India, Myanmar, and Nepal. The awareness has resulted in stronger momentum at the country level for multi-actors to work closer together in bringing practice-to-policy changes that have tangible benefits for marginalized rural communities.
The event resulted in increased awareness among front-line civil society organizations and development partners in India, Myanmar, and Nepal; utility actors from India and Nepal; and government officials from India, Myanmar, and Nepal. The awareness has resulted in stronger momentum at the country level for multi-actors to work closer together in bringing practice-to-policy changes that have tangible benefits for marginalized rural communities.
 Participants of the regional exchange, Advancing Community Scale Hydro: Bridging India, Myanmar and Nepal. Credit: International Rivers. |  Regional nightlight map. Source: https://achimkemmerling.files.wordpress.com |
The event was informed by the video below, developed by the local association Hydropower for Community Empowerment in Myanmar (HyCEM), with support from the Global Greengrants Fund, International Rivers, Mekong Energy and Ecology Network (MEENet), Green Rights Organization, and HPNET.
