Seminar held to build youth leadership in Lancang-Mekong region

lmcchina.org, November 4, 2024
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A seminar on "Building Water Sector Youth Leadership Network in the Lancang-Mekong Region," under the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) Special Fund, was held in Beijing on Oct. 29.

A seminar on "Building Water Sector Youth Leadership Network in the Lancang-Mekong Region" is held in Beijing on Oct. 29, 2024. [Photo by Wang Ran/China.org.cn]

Organized by Lancang-Mekong Water Resources Cooperation Center (LMC Water Center), the workshop has brought together over 30 representatives from government agencies, research institutions, universities, enterprises, and NGOs to discuss project progress and share insights on developing young leaders in the water sector.

Wang Wei (R), consul of the Department of International Cooperation, Science and Technology of the Ministry of Water Resources, speaks at a seminar in Beijing on Oct. 29, 2024. [Photo by Variya Plungwatana/Stockholm Environment Institute – Asia Centre]
Suppanut Chaona (R), plan and policy analyst of the Office of the National Water Resources in Thailand, speaks at a seminar in Beijing on Oct. 29, 2024. [Photo by Variya Plungwatana/Stockholm Environment Institute – Asia Centre]
Chayanis Krittasudthacheewa (L2), deputy director of the Stockholm Environment Institute – Asia Centre, speaks at a seminar in Beijing on Oct. 29, 2024. [Photo by Variya Plungwatana/Stockholm Environment Institute – Asia Centre]

Following the seminar, participants visited the LMC Water Center and the Tuancheng Lake in Beijing's Haidian district to learn about the economic, social, and ecological impacts of the eastern and central routes of the South-North Water Diversion Project.

Project implementation team of "Building Water Sector Youth Leadership Network in the Lancang-Mekong Region" and young representatives visit Tuancheng Lake in Haidian district, Beijing on Oct. 29, 2024. [Photo by Wang Ran/China.org.cn]

"Building Water Sector Youth Leadership Network in the Lancang-Mekong Region," was initiated by Thailand's Office of the National Water Resources, and jointly implemented by Environmental Research Institute Chulalongkorn University, Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) Asia Centre, and the LMC Water Center. It has received strong support from the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Running from 2023 to 2024, it aims to strengthen youth engagement across the six countries in the Lancang-Mekong basin, fostering active participation in regional water resource cooperation.