It can be a driver of change if it provokes successful interventions to mediate solutions. The Australian Mekong Resource Centre (AMRC 2005) identifies three principal means of transforming conflict into collaboration: technical, legal and political. “ Technical” covers modelling of water flows and quality, information processing, and access to data and information. “ Legal” involves formalizing rights of use, laws and regulations that shift conflicts to courts or other mediating institutions.