The EMPOWERS Approach to Water Governance: Guidelines, Methods and Tools

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

Title :	The EMPOWERS Approach to Water Governance: Guidelines, Methods and Tools
Author :	Patrick Moriarty, Charles Batchelor, Firas T. Abd-Alhadi, Peter Laban, Hazem Fahmy
Type :	Report produced by the EMPOWERS Partnership
Date :	2007
URL :	http://www.project.empowers.info/page/2850
Description :	These guidelines describe a practical and logical framework of activities based on the involvement of those who use and manage water, which leads towards improved local water governance, and to the development and implementation of integrated water development plans for towns, villages, district and governorates. The guidelines advocate a process of collaboration through dialogue, to bring about a change in the way that water sector professionals and water users work with each other. The guidelines are divided into 5 chapters: Chapter 1: Improved water governance Chapter 2: Overview of the approach Chapter 3: Facilitation and capacity development Chapter 4: The management cycle Chapter 5: Methods and Tools

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