Introducing the OECD Principles on Water Governance

Akhmouch, Aziza; Clavreul, Delphine; Glas, P. C. G.

doi:10.1080/02508060.2017.1407561

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“…Decisions on how to allocate and use water resources across these sectors and other users are fundamental to sustainable development and human well-being [3]. Growing pressures on water, including population growth, environmental degradation and climate change, make the task of water management increasingly complex and the need for improved water governance more urgent [4,5]. Balancing the uses of (often limited) water resources amongst the many competing users in an efficient, sustainable, and equitable manner requires appropriate institutional and regulatory frameworks to be in place.…”

Section: Water Resources Governance For Sustainable Developmentmentioning

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“…As the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) notes, the 'water crisis' has often proven to be a crisis of governance [8], where water scarcity is largely caused by mismanagement of available resources. The need for effective water governance arrangements has been recognized, both in literature [4,9,10], and in the international development agenda [4,11,12]. There are many definitions of water governance, but for the purposes of this paper, water governance is defined as "the political, social, economic and administrative systems that are in place to develop and manage water resources and deliver water services to different levels of the society" [9].…”

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“…A large volume of work has gone into defining water governance [9,10]. To a large extent, such efforts have been informed by the broader discourse on principles of 'good governance' and how these principles can be integrated in the water management sphere [4,9,13,14]. Recent efforts include the OECD's 12 Principles on Water Governance, covering three dimensions of governance-(1) Effectiveness, (2) Efficiency and (3) Trust and engagement [15] (the Principles were developed by the multi-stakeholder network OECD Water Governance Initiative).…”

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Monitoring Water Resources Governance Progress Globally: Experiences from Monitoring SDG Indicator 6.5.1 on Integrated Water Resources Management Implementation

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Glennie

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Improved water resources governance supports important social, economic, and environmental objectives. The 2030 Agenda recognizes improved water governance to be critical for achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and commits to monitor the progress of implementation of integrated water resources management (IWRM). This paper critically reviews the approach to monitoring SDG indicator 6.5.1 on implementation of IWRM. Firstly, the paper places the indicator monitoring within the context of other initiatives to measure water governance. Secondly, it analyzes experiences of application of the SDG indicator 6.5.1 methodology to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the indicator and presents the key findings of the 2017/2018 global baseline assessment of IWRM implementation. Baseline reporting shows that degree of IWRM implementation globally is 49%, though country scores range from 10 to 100%. Disaggregating the data by country and by aspect of water resources governance provides a diagnostic tool to identify areas of high and low progress, and, therefore, where increased resources and attention are required. The article concludes by suggesting how the next iteration of SDG indicator 6.5.1 monitoring cycle can be made into a tool for advancing the IWRM implementation and improved governance practices on the ground. It also proposes how the methodology can be strengthened to address current limitations, including aspects relating to integrity, accountability and transparency.

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Monitoring Water Resources Governance Progress Globally: Experiences from Monitoring SDG Indicator 6.5.1 on Integrated Water Resources Management Implementation

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“…Dealing with current and future challenges requires strong governance that sets out measurable goals, with predetermined deadlines and on a scale appropriate to the distribution of tasks among the different actors involved. Thus, questions arise not only regarding what needs to be done but also who does what, for whom and how [14].…”

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What Governance? The Role of Public and Private Stakeholders in Water Supply Management in Mediterranean Coastal Tourist Destinations: The Case of the Costa Brava

Gamero

Gabarda-Mallorquí

Palom

2018

Water

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A large number of services have been privatized in recent decades, leaving less responsibility for public administration management. This trend has resulted in an intense debate on which services should be guaranteed and the equity and efficiency criteria that should be applied in their provision. The move to privatize the potable water supply in one of the main international tourist destinations-the Costa Brava (Spain)-can be included within this context. Our aim is to identify and characterize the main water governance systems on the Costa Brava in order to explore the different forms of water supply governance. To this end, an analysis has been carried out to explain the different interrelations between the expansion of tourism and the management of water supply infrastructures. The insufficient technical and financial resources of local and regional governments encourage the entry of private initiatives. In this process, we must also take into account the consolidation of a larger customer market linked to tourism development. Our main conclusion is that water governance models in coastal tourist destinations such as these are determined not only by territorial needs and the lack of technical capacity, but also by the emergence of business opportunities in the private sector.

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“…Nevertheless, the OECD does not suggest a 'one-size-fits-all' governance solution, but is rather interested in a menu of options rooted in broader principles of 'good' governance: legitimacy, transparency, accountability, human rights, rule of law and inclusiveness (OECD, 2015). Its water governance principles initiative seems promising for addressing present and future water-related problems since they acknowledge the global water challenges, their local impact and call for action to address contemporary water governance issues (see the special issue of Water International on the OECD principles, Akhmouch et al, 2018;Akmouch, Clavreul & Glas, 2018).…”

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The spatial component of integrative water resources management: differentiating integration of land and water governance

Scholten

Hartmann

Spit

2019

International Journal of Water Resources Development

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Contemporary water-governance approaches lack an understanding of the differences revealed when land and water governance interact. Conflicts arise because the spatial component is less regarded in water-governance approaches. This explorative paper introduces an analytical framework for the common management of land and water along three frontiers: the vertical frontier concerns the interaction between subsurface groundwater and land uses on the surface; the horizontal frontier refers to coastlines or riverfronts; and the fluent frontier is about inundations and flood events. Rather than a panacea for all governance issues, this paper proposes a more differentiated perspective on integrative watergovernance approaches. ARTICLE HISTORY

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Introducing the OECD Principles on Water Governance

Cited by 53 publications

References 12 publications

Monitoring Water Resources Governance Progress Globally: Experiences from Monitoring SDG Indicator 6.5.1 on Integrated Water Resources Management Implementation

Monitoring Water Resources Governance Progress Globally: Experiences from Monitoring SDG Indicator 6.5.1 on Integrated Water Resources Management Implementation

What Governance? The Role of Public and Private Stakeholders in Water Supply Management in Mediterranean Coastal Tourist Destinations: The Case of the Costa Brava

The spatial component of integrative water resources management: differentiating integration of land and water governance

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