Dear all, Please find attached a social development paper entitled "A Guide for Local Benefit Sharing in Hydropower Projects" (June 2012). This guide provides some advice to task teams on how to design effective local benefit sharing mechanisms in hydropower projects. The author explains the different steps for benefit sharing programme designing through examples supported by the World Bank : A. Understanding the impacts of a hydropower project on local communities B. Analyzing the legal and regulatory basis and local development context C. Carrying out consultations with stakeholders D. Designing the objectives of benefit sharing programs E. Defining the beneficiaries of benefit sharing programs F. Designing the types and mechanisms of benefit sharing G. Exploring benefit sharing arrangements through multiple entry points H. Setting up implementation arrangements of benefit sharing programs Jérôme KOUNDOUNO Dialogue régional de la CEDEAO sur les grandes infrastructures hydrauliques en Afrique de l'Ouest ECOWAS regional dialogue on large water infrastructures in West Africa www.dialoguebarrages.net<www.dialoguebarrages.org%20> ________________________________ This communication, together with any attachment, may contain confidential information and/or copyright material and is intended only for the person(s) to whom it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient of this communication, you received it by error and you are asked to please delete it and promptly notify us. Any review, copying, use, disclosure or distribution of any part of this communication, unless duly authorized by or on behalf of IUCN, is strictly forbidden. _______________________________________________ Forumdialogueondams mailing list Forumdialogueondams(a)dialoguebarrages.org http://dialoguebarrages.org/mailman/listinfo/forumdialogueondams_dialogueba…