Governance Mekong River Commission

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the vientiane mrc s office


the mrc governed 4 member countries through joint committee , council. members of joint committee senior civil servants heading government departments. there 1 member each country. joint committee meets 2 3 times year approve budgets , strategic plans. members of council cabinet ministers. council meets once year.


technical , administrative support provided mrc secretariat. secretariat based in vientiane, lao p.d.r, on 120 staff including scientists, administrators , technical staff. chief executive officer manages secretariat.


in april 2010, mekong river commission convened summit in hua hin, thailand. 6 riparian nations in attendance, including china, burma (myanmar), laos, thailand, cambodia, , vietnam.


leadership

from conception until 1995 organization under leadership of executive agent. since has had ceo s.



c. hart schaaf, executive agent, 1959 – november 1969
willem van der oord, executive agent, december 1969 – june 1980
bernt bernander, executive agent, july 1980 – 1983
galal magdi, executive agent, 1983 – 1987
chuck lankester, executive agent, 1988 – 1990
jan kamp, executive agent, 1990 – 1995
yasunobu matoba, ceo, 1995 – august 1999
jörn kristensen, ceo, october 1999 – 2004
olivier cogels, ceo, july 2004 – 2007
jeremy bird, ceo, 2008 – 2010




^ first mrc summit & international conference, 2–5 april 2010 http://www.mrcsummit2010.org/
^ henriette litta (1 november 2011). regimes in southeast asia: analysis of environmental cooperation. springer science & business media. p. 173. isbn 978-3-531-94276-6. 






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