Implementing the OECD principles on water governance indicator framework and evolving practices

Water and its improved governance are critical for economic growth, social inclusiveness and environmental sustainability. Three years after the adoption of the OECD Water Governance Principles, this report takes stock of their use and dissemination. It provides a water governance indicator framewor...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (author)
Corporate Author: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, author, issuing body (author)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Paris : OECD [2018]
Series:OECD studies on water.
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009703615606719
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Preface
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgements
  • Table of contents
  • Figures
  • Boxes
  • Acronyms and abbreviations
  • Chapter 1. OECD Principles on Water Governance: Taking stock
  • Water: A driver for sustainable development
  • Why good water governance matters
  • The OECD Principles on Water Governance
  • Rationale
  • Process
  • Content
  • Putting the OECD Principles into practice
  • Use of the Principles to assess water governance in six countries
  • A framework to understand the evolution of water governance in France
  • An application by the OECD of the Principles to water abstraction and pollution charges in Brazil. Two applications of the OECD Principles to the case of floods
  • An OECD application of the Principles to monitoring and evaluation of groundwater
  • An appraisal of institutional development and social learning through the OECD Principles
  • A survey taking stock of the use and dissemination of the OECD Principles
  • Use of the OECD Principles to guide activities and practices
  • Dissemination of the OECD Principles
  • Perceived needs to make better use of the OECD Principles
  • An implementation framework to support the use of the Principles
  • Chapter 2. OECD Water Governance Indicator Framework. Rationale for assessing water governanceIndicators as a means to an end
  • Lessons learnt from existing indicators
  • Developing water governance indicators
  • Five main challenges
  • A pragmatic approach
  • The OECD Water Governance Indicator Framework
  • Process
  • Objectives
  • Traffic light
  • Methodology for the traffic light system
  • Accompanying checklist
  • The Action Plan
  • Guidance for end users
  • Framework conditions
  • A ten-step assessment
  • Preparation
  • Diagnosis
  • Action
  • Principle 1: Clear roles and responsibilities
  • 1.1. Water governance indicators
  • 1.2. Checklist. Principle 2: Appropriate scales within basin systems2.1. Water governance indicators
  • 2.2. Checklist
  • Principle 3: Policy coherence
  • 3.1. Water governance indicators
  • 3.2. Checklist
  • Principle 4: Capacity
  • 4.1. Water governance indicators
  • 4.2. Checklist
  • Principle 5: Data and information
  • 5.1. Water governance indicators
  • 5.2. Checklist
  • Principle 6: Financing
  • 6.1. Water governance indicators
  • 6.2. Checklist
  • Principle 7: Regulatory frameworks
  • 7.1. Water governance indicators
  • 7.2. Checklist
  • Principle 8: Innovative governance
  • 8.1. Water governance indicators
  • 8.2. Checklist. Principle 9: Integrity and transparency9.1. Water governance indicators
  • 9.2. Checklist
  • Principle 10: Stakeholder engagement
  • 10.1. Water governance indicators
  • 10.2. Checklist
  • Principle 11: Trade-offs across users, rural and urban areas, and generations
  • 11.1. Water governance indicators
  • 11.2. Checklist
  • Principle 12: Monitoring and evaluation
  • 12.1. Water governance indicators
  • 12.2. Checklist
  • Chapter 3. Evolving practices on water governance
  • Rationale for learning from evolving practices
  • Stakeholders' needs for evolving practices.