MEKONG-GANGA DIALOGUE - Observer Research Foundation

certitudes as well as conflicting value systems that define problems in different
ways, interlace through multiple layers of society, and require constructive
engagement among themselves to discover new (and perhaps uncomfortable)
‘knowledges’, that might lead to new solutions to past impasse. As such, this
MGD is intended to be the start of a sustained conversation between varied
stakeholders of the two regions that would enable mutual learning.
The broad purpose of this first meeting of the MGD was to bring together
scholars, practitioners, policy makers and others from the Mekong and Ganga
regions to share their experiences and to explore areas of fruitful mutual
collaboration.
OBJECTIVES
To create a platform for sharing experiences of successes and failures in order
to evolve specific solution to common challenges.
Identify key interdependent water, food and energy issues between the
Mekong and Ganga regions with respect to their differences and similarities.
Formulate a game plan for Mekong and Ganga colleagues to work together
in addressing the water, food and energy challenges that promise the best
mutual learning.
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