M-POWER stands for the Mekong Program on Water Environment and Resilience.  The network brings together people committed to improving local, national and regional governance in Cambodia, China, Laos, Burma/Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam.

The ultimate goals of M-POWER are improved livelihood security, human and ecosystem health in the region.  We contribute to this by focusing on improving water governance in the Mekong Region.

Our action research, practical policy support, and facilitation is pursuing fair and effective governance, which takes account of possible rewards, voluntary and involuntary risks, rights of all stakeholders, and responsibilities of authorities.  We are committed to ensuring water-related negotiations and decisionmaking, which almost always have political dimensions, are fully informed and transparent.

M-POWER’s action research program is organised around comparative and regional studies and cross-cutting governance themes.  Synthetic activities are guided by research leaders that build up multi-country and multi-organisation teams and help bring together the individual experiences of partner organisations.  Capacity building and sharing are important goals of this network and have been supported by a fellowship program.