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Contents

Articles on Backround Information: General Situation in the (Sub-) Region

Situation in Central Asia

Situation in Eastern Europe

Situation in South-Eastern Europe

..etc.



Thematic Articles on..

WANTED KNOWLEDGE

Knowledge "Domains" that would deserve FAQ, knowledge kits, etc.:

   * Urban water management
   * Disaster risk reduction and flood management
   * Water and climate change adaptation (see also: FAQ: Climate Change and Adaptation in International Waters Projects)
   * River basin organizations and management (see also: FAQ: IWRM Implementation and Measuring Progress  | Experience: The Process of Preparing a National IWRM and Water Efficiency Plan for Kazakhstan)
   * Stakeholder participation )see also: Experience: Stakeholder Participation in River Basin Councils - Kazakhstan)
   * Water quality management in river basins
   * Decision support systems for river basin management (hydroinformatics)
   * Water governance (see IWRM Toolkit)
   * Irrigation service reform
   * Water resources management in Central Asia (see also: Experience: Stakeholder Participation in River Basin Councils - Kazakhstan)
   * Water services and resource management in the Pacific
   * Erosion and sedimentation in river basins
   * Environment, ecosystems and healthy rivers
   * Groundwater management
   * Transboundary water resources management (see FAQ Compilation: International Waters)
   * Sanitation (see Sanitation Toolkit)
   * Water supply for rural areas and small towns
   * Water and energy

(Source: Asian-Pacific Water Forum - Knowledge Hubs; e-discussion on EC Water Platform, June 2008)

.. Political, Historic or General Aspects

Here's an article about how History Creates Challenges and Misconsructions in the Present: A French Taste of Water Issues in Central Asia


.. IWRM

Toolkit IWRM (FAQ:What is integrated water resources management?) edit
Issues: IWRM Planning | National Water and Sanitation Planning | Decentralization of Water Decision Making

Experience: Experience: Stakeholder Participation in River Basin Councils - Kazakhstan | Experience: The Process of Preparing a National IWRM and Water Efficiency Plan for Kazakhstan | Experience:Implementing IWRM principles in Kazakhstan
How-To: HowTo:HOW TO MANAGE IWRM PLANNING AT NATIONAL LEVEL | HowTo:HOW TO ENSURE PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT AND PARTICIPATION OF STAKEHOLDERS IN WATER MANAGEMENT AT RIVER BASIN LEVEL | HowTo:HOW TO SUPPORT THE GOVERNMENT TO IMPROVE DRINKING WATER SUPPLY AND SANITATION POLICIES

Materials: GWP Toolbox | "Catalyzing Change" (GWP-IWRM Handbook) | The EMPOWERS Approach to Water Governance: Guidelines, Methods and Tools | Comparative Experience: Water Councils | Performance and Capacity of River Basin Organizations | River Basin Organizations | River basin councils | IWRM - Sustainable Water Governance on the National Level
Case studies: Kazakhstan - National Integrated Water Resources Management and Water Efficiency Plan | Nile Basin - From Community-based Management to Transboundary Watershed Governance
National Water and Sanitation Planning

Dams and Barriers

Water for Livelihoods

.. Access to Water & Sanitation

Water Supply and Sanitation Planning

Water for Live

Rainwater Harvesting

Financing Rural WSS in Tajikistan

.. Water Allocation and Water Security

Water Allocation and Water Security: A Canadian Assessment‎

Water security is a multi-dimensional concept that recognizes that sufficient good quality water is needed for social, economic and cultural uses while, at the same time, adequate water is required to sustain and enhance important ecosystem functions.


.. Public-Private Partnerships in the Water Sector

Public-Private Partnerships in the Water Sector

Swiss Public-Private Partnerships for Water Supply and Sanitation

Implementation Guidelines for Private-Sector Participation in Sustainable Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Services

Policy Principles for Private Sector Participation in Sustainable Water Supply and Sanitation Services

Funding

Financing the Water Sector

Bankability, an expression used for both of projects and utilities...

Setting the right Tariffs

Globalization and the Water Sector and Role of the CSO

.. Human Rights-Based Approach (HRBA)

Toolkit A Human Rights-Based Approach to Water Governance edit
Background | Regional aspects | Methodology | Checklist | Regional Programme | Country Assessments and Projects (Bosnia and Herzegovina | Georgia | Moldova | Tajikistan | Turkey | Ukraine) | Bibliography
Related WaterWiki-articles: FAQ: The Right to Water | General Comment 15 (2002) | Human Rights principles | Water and Health | Equitable Access to Water and Human Rights | European Union Water Framework Directive | Essay: What exactly is “The Right to Water”? | Protocol on Water and Health | International Decade for Action: Water for Life | Sanitation | HRBA-Food Linkages
Related resources: COHRE Manual on the Right to Water and Sanitation | Protocol on Water and Health - Full Document) | The Human Rights-Based Approach to Development - The Right to Water | Wolfgang Sachs Sept 03 - Environment and Human Rights

FAQ: The Right to Water

Promoting and Protecting Women's Right to Water in the Context of Globalization and Feminized Poverty

Water for Life

Water Rights and Wrongs - A young people's summary of the United Nations Human Development Report 2006 "Beyond scarcity: Power, poverty, and the global water crisis" (2007)

Equitable Access to Water and Human Rights

.. Implementation Aspects

The Establishing of River Basin Organizations (follow the link for lessons from Kazakhstan) is a central element in IWRM and National Efficiency Planning.

Coordination mechanisms

IWRM - Sustainable Water Governance on the National Level

Cooperation in managing water as a transboundary resource



.. Sanitation

Template:Sanitation

Dry Sanitation Technology

Eco-San

Q&A: "Sanitation is a political orphin"

.. "Cross-cutting" issues

Water-Energy Nexus


Women and Water - Gender Dimension in Water Governance


Conflict and Water


UN(DP)'s PEI - Poverty & Environment Initiative

UNDP's IPS - Integrated Package of Services

Water for livelihoods


Essays and Exposees

Essay: UNDP's role in the Water Sector (WANTED!)

Essay: What exactly is “The Right to Water”?


FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)

See also Did you know?.. Facts and Figures around Water


FAQ Compilation International Waters Management (FAQ) edit
FAQ:_International_Waters_Management
FAQ: GEF Results Framework and IW Indicators
FAQ: IWRM Implementation and Measuring Progress
FAQ: Demonstrating and Measuring Societal Impact
FAQ: Creating and Enhancing Public Participation
FAQ: Confidence and Partnership Building
FAQ: Climate Change and Adaptation in IW Projects
FAQ: Project Management and Coordination
FAQ: Building Public-Public and Public-Private Partnerships
FAQ: Inter-governmental Coordination
The FAQ's (frequently asked questions) in this compilation are originally inspired by a set of priority topics from a needs survey and subsequent "clinics" discussions by participants of the 4th Biennial GEF International Waters Conference - Cape Town 2007. This constitutes an innovative attempt to developing a broadly shared, joint knowledge base on pertinent issues in "International Waters Management", using the advantages of a Wiki to promote a user-driven collaborative approach. The intent is to let this knowledge base grow, in a participant-driven matter. Contributers are very welcome. Please register with the WaterWiki Administrator to get editing rights.

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Toolkits (show all)

Toolkit A Human Rights-Based Approach to Water Governance edit
Background | Regional aspects | Methodology | Checklist | Regional Programme | Country Assessments and Projects (Bosnia and Herzegovina | Georgia | Moldova | Tajikistan | Turkey | Ukraine) | Bibliography
Related WaterWiki-articles: FAQ: The Right to Water | General Comment 15 (2002) | Human Rights principles | Water and Health | Equitable Access to Water and Human Rights | European Union Water Framework Directive | Essay: What exactly is “The Right to Water”? | Protocol on Water and Health | International Decade for Action: Water for Life | Sanitation | HRBA-Food Linkages
Related resources: COHRE Manual on the Right to Water and Sanitation | Protocol on Water and Health - Full Document) | The Human Rights-Based Approach to Development - The Right to Water | Wolfgang Sachs Sept 03 - Environment and Human Rights
Toolkit IWRM (FAQ:What is integrated water resources management?) edit
Issues: IWRM Planning | National Water and Sanitation Planning | Decentralization of Water Decision Making

Experience: Experience: Stakeholder Participation in River Basin Councils - Kazakhstan | Experience: The Process of Preparing a National IWRM and Water Efficiency Plan for Kazakhstan | Experience:Implementing IWRM principles in Kazakhstan
How-To: HowTo:HOW TO MANAGE IWRM PLANNING AT NATIONAL LEVEL | HowTo:HOW TO ENSURE PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT AND PARTICIPATION OF STAKEHOLDERS IN WATER MANAGEMENT AT RIVER BASIN LEVEL | HowTo:HOW TO SUPPORT THE GOVERNMENT TO IMPROVE DRINKING WATER SUPPLY AND SANITATION POLICIES

Materials: GWP Toolbox | "Catalyzing Change" (GWP-IWRM Handbook) | The EMPOWERS Approach to Water Governance: Guidelines, Methods and Tools | Comparative Experience: Water Councils | Performance and Capacity of River Basin Organizations | River Basin Organizations | River basin councils | IWRM - Sustainable Water Governance on the National Level
Case studies: Kazakhstan - National Integrated Water Resources Management and Water Efficiency Plan | Nile Basin - From Community-based Management to Transboundary Watershed Governance
Toolkit Sanitation (Did you know..?) edit
Sustainable Sanitation Alliance (SuSanA) | International Year of Sanitation 2008 (IYS 08 Toolkits | IYS Toolkits (external link)) | Global UNDP Assessment Exercise to Promote Water & Sanitation (related workspace) UNDP (regional) programme on HRBA to Water Governance
Related WaterWiki-articles: Access to WSS for the poor | Q&A: "Sanitation is a political orphin" | Dry Sanitation Technology | [[]] | [[]] | [[]] | Water and Health | International Decade for Action: Water for Life
Related resources: Fast Facts: Clean Water and Sanitation for the Poor | A Framework for Action on Water and Sanitation | HDR 2006 - Beyond Scarcity: Power, Poverty and the Global Water Crisis | The Human Rights-Based Approach to Development - The Right to Water | Sustainable Sanitation Alliance (SuSanA) | Swiss Public-Private Partnerships for Water Supply and Sanitation | Projects on Sanitation in Europe & CIS | more..
Toolkit Conflict and Water edit
Environmental Impacts on Human Security and the Potential of Conflict | NEXT ARTICLE
Further materials: Managing Water Conflict and Cooperation | Water and Violent Conflict - Issue Brief | Environment-Related Conflicts: Balancing Ecology and Politics | Forestalling Water Wars: Returning to Our (Grass) Roots | MORE?

Related reports: International Water Law

Related external resources: EXT-LINKS HERE...


All Toolkits


Automatic list of all WaterWiki-articles used / referred to in "Toolkits":


How-To

How-To Project Development / Programme Design edit
Primer / Resources for Designing a National Water Governance Programme | Coordination mechanisms
How-To Communicating for Results edit
A Communication Planning Guide for International Waters Projects (Workspace with background documents)


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Communicating for Results - A Communication Planning Guide for International Waters Projects (Find presentations and more background materials on the workspace and Danube Regional Project)



Briefs, Primers, Introductory Articles

Water management introductory kit for UNDP newcomers, by Roxana Suciu

Primer on Designing A National Water Governance Programme,

Lessons, Experience and Case Studies"

See also: full list of extracted Lessons Learned | all 'experience'-tagged articles from all projects, as well as the 40 plus write-ups from the Water Knowledge Fair 2006

Stakeholder Participation in River Basin Councils - Kazakhstan

River Basin Organizations

Coordination mechanisms

Communication in Water Governance Projects


Experience Write-Ups & Case Studies

Template:IWRM Experience

Experience: The Process of Preparing a National IWRM and Water Efficiency Plan for Kazakhstan

Experience: Stakeholder Participation in River Basin Councils - Kazakhstan


Template:EECCA Case Studies

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