Forum
Details
The Dialogue Forum, created by the Bangkok Tribune, in collaboration with its partners and with the support of Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, Thailand Office, provides a monthly plattform for experts to discuss critical social and environment issues and policies both in Thailand and the Mekong Region.
The topic of this forums are three power purchases by the government through the National Energy Policy Committee from three Mekong Dam projects: Pak Beng, Pak Lay, and Luang Prabang - all located on the Mekong mainstream in Lao PDR. The purchases were done quickly over the past few months - renewing concerns over the impacts they may have caused, including those on the Thai-Lao borderline.
The rush to purchase power from those three dams by the government has prompted questions over energy planning and governance, which seems not to be settled easily among those concerned.
Program
10.00: Anmeldung
Anmeldung
10:10: Introduction of the forum and topic
10.15: Overview - The Power Development Plan (PDP) and the needs for electricity import?
Mr. Decharut Sukkumnoed, Director, Think Forward Center
10.25: Discussion - Mekong dams and Electricity bills; Who really wants electricity?
- Mr. Chumlarp Tejasen, Assistant Secretary to the Thai National Mekong Committee and Director of Foreign Affairs Division, ONWR
- Ms. Sirikanya Tansakun, Chairwoman, Economic Development Standing Committee, House of MPs
- Ms. Sor Rattanamanee Goergoraon, Lawyer and Co-Founder/ Executive Coordinator, Community Resources Centre
- Mr. Niwat Roykaew, chairman of Rak Chiang Khong Conservation Group and 2022 Goldman Environmental Prize winner
Moderator
Ms. Wipaporn Wuttanawit, Assistant Editor at
Backpack Journalist Program and TV news anchor, Thai PBS
