In the report "Water Governance in Latin America and the Caribbean: a Multi-level Approach", OECD calls for more integrated water policies through the adoption of context-specific, flexible and multi-level governance mechanisms including at...
"Mr. Teodoro Estrela Monreal, Head of the Hydrological Planning Office of the Júcar River Basin Authority (CHJ) in Valenica (Spain), was appointed new Permanent Technical Secretary of MENBO by Ms. María Ángeles Ureña, President of the CHJ. CHJ...
The China Europe Water Platform was launched in March 2012 at the 6th World Water Forum as a new working group of the EU Water Initiative, with Denmark and Portugal co-leading the work. The specific purpose of the CEWP Work Programme 2012-2015...
OECD Regional Development Working Papers 2012/04 This report attempts to shed some light on the governance of water policy in Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries. It argues that public governance of water in most LAC countries is...
Worldwide more and more organizations working in water management see the strategic importance of cross-border cooperation at regional level. Sometimes driven by international legislation, or sometimes as a result of identifying joint opportunities...
Geneva, 17 March 2012 – The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (UNECE Water Convention), adopted in Helsinki, Finland on 17 March 1992, celebrates...
In total: more than 150 films, from around 50 countries. The themes: aquatic myths and legends, public bath houses, rites and traditions, protection of wetlands, aquatic ecosystems, right to water and sanitation, floods, dams, pollution, conflict...
The present paper builds on the proceedings of a NARBO seminar in Malang, East Java, in June 2011, where a discussion was held about 'secrets' of successful RBOs. The 'secrets' include, in random order, • political support; • good stakeholder...