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p. -1 of 74 BACK | NEXT Home Page of Dams and Development Foreword I. Why an e-paper on dams and development? II. Assessing options III. Participatory processes IV. Social impacts V. Environmental impacts VI. Benefit distribution VII. Dam safety and sustainability VIII. Existing projects IX. Improving governance X. What other organizations say XI. ADB, Dams, and Development XII. References Contact Us

International Energy Agency (IEA) Hydropower Agreement

The International Energy Agency has prepared a series of Technical Reports including Hydropower and the Environment (Annex III) as part of its Implementing Agreement for Hydropower Technologies and Programmes.

The second phase of the Hydropower Agreement is ongoing from 2000 - 2005 with a mission:

'To encourage the intelligent development of hydropower through awareness, knowledge, and support.

• To accomplish its mission, the Executive Committee has identified the following program-based goals:
• Encourage public acceptance of hydropower as a feasible, socially acceptable form of renewable energy.
• Increase the wealth of knowledge on a wide array of issues currently associated with hydropower.
• Explore areas of common interest among international organizations interested in the further deployment and continued use of hydropower.
• Bring a balanced view of hydropower to the world-wide debate on its application as an environmentally desirable energy technology.

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