CollectiveWater - From conflict to collective action: Institutional change and management options to govern trans-boundary water courses

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Project ID
Project Title	CollectiveWater - From conflict to collective action: Institutional change and management options to govern trans-boundary water courses
Type	Water Cooperation Initiative
Focus Areas	Research: Transboundary Water Basins, IWRM
Geographic Scope	Elbe River Basin and the Kidron Valley/Wadi Nar
Lead Organization(s)	BMBF, MOST
Project Partners	Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Departments of Law and Geography; University of Haifa, Department of Economics; Water & Environmental Development Organization, Bethlehem; Palestinian Water Authority; Israeli Water Commission; Technical University of Berlin, Centre for Water in Urban Areas; Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung (UFZ); University of Trier, Faculty of Law
Financing	Source of funding: Federal Ministry of Research and Education (BMBF), Germany Israeli Ministry of Science (MOST)
Timeframe	2005-2007
Status
Project website(s)	http://collectivewater.umweltoekonomie.tu-berlin.de/collectivewater/index.html
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1 Description
2 Expected Outcomes
3 Achievements: Results and Impact
4 Lessons for Replication
5 References
6 See also
7 External Resources
8 Attachments

Description

The project uses the Elbe River Basin and the Kidron Valley/Wadi Nar as case studies. In the Elbe River Basin, the project will study the effectiveness of existing trans-boundary water management institutions. In the Kidron Valley/Wadi Nar, where no transboundary river basin institutions exist, the project evaluated alternative institutional arrangements based on a costbenefit and multi-criteria analysis of separate and collective wastewater management options, and drawing upon European experiences as appropriate. Based on its findings, the project advised ongoing informal Israeli-Palestinian efforts to develop a Master Plan for the Kidron Valley/Wadi Nar.

Level of involvement: Universities, research institutes

Expected Outcomes

Achievements: Results and Impact

Lessons for Replication

References

External Resources

Attachments

Draft paper prepared for the 2008 Conference of the International Association for the Study of the Commons (IASC), Cheltenham, July 14-18, 2008. This papar presents the main findings of the project "Collective Water" From conflict to collective action: Institutional change and management options to govern trans-boundary water courses. Dombrowsky and Feitelson.pdf