From Community-based Management to Transboundary Watershed Governance

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

Type of Report :	Journal article (Development, 2008, 51, (83–88))
Title :	From Community-based Management to Transboundary Watershed Governance
Author :	Sulan Chen
Year Published :	March 2008
URL :	Direct link to article: http://www.palgrave-journals.com/development/journal/v51/n1/full/1100445a.html Full Journal with all articles: http://www.palgrave-journals.com/development/journal/v51/n1/index.html
Description :	Effective sustainable management of a transboundary watershed system requires coordinated actions among governments. This inter-state approach is important, yet inadequate. Policies and management plans developed by formal inter-state processes eventually rely on the implementation at local sites; hence community-based actions are critical to the effectiveness of policies. In transboundary watershed management, there exist a gap in the policy-making at the regional level, and implementation at the local level. Sulan Chen advocates integrating community-based actions in watershed management, and cites the recent development in the Nile River to demonstrate this approach.