REPORTING TEMPLATE Trial of the Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Protocol

This Report is based on the Draft Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Protocol July 2009 (the "Draft Protocol"). It is intended to provide feedback to the Forum on practical experiences with the Draft Protocol. This feedback will be used, together with that from other participants in the trialling program, as input to the final revision of the Draft Protocol. The Report is primarily designed for those trials conducted or observed by HSAF members. Project owners are also encouraged to participate in the Trialling Program through self- assessments, or assessments involving invited external experts and partners. In these cases, they are invited to utilize or adapt this template. All trial reports submitted to the HSAF will be made public on the HSAF's website, and so assessment teams should only provide the information they want to be in the public domain. The assessment team may choose to produce two separate reports, with the public report back to the HSAF focusing on experiences with the draft Protocol, and the internal report to the project owner focusing on project performance. The credibility of the individual trials and the overall HSAF process will be enhanced by assessments that are as inclusive and transparent as possible. Each assessment should be conducted by a designated assessment team. All members and a nominated representative of the owner (who could or could not be a team member) should sign the assessment report. Where there are divergent views, they should be made explicit in the report. We ask that reports be submitted to Dr. Helen Locher, HSAF Coordinator, before the end of October, 2009.