Stakeholder engagement for inclusive water governance.

Description

This report highlights the importance of stakeholder engagement and provides proven solutions that can be adapted and replicated. In this way, it seeks to inspire policy makers to reform and modernize their water governance frameworks towards greater inclusiveness. Acronyms and abbreviations -- Executive summary -- Assessment and recommendations. 1 Stakeholder engagement and the water agenda : Introduction -- Stakeholder engagement gaining prominence in the water agenda -- Key definitions and insights from the literature -- Analytical framework -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography. 2 Drivers of stakeholder engagement in the water sector : Introduction -- A gloomy picture, calling for a new governance climate -- Structural drivers -- Conjunctural drivers -- Conclusion -- Note -- Bibliography. 3 Mapping water-related stakeholders at all levels : Introduction -- Identifying who does what -- What matters for whom: different motivations for different stakeholders -- The importance of connectivity -- Getting the scale right -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography. 4 Obstacles to engaging stakeholders in the water sector : Introduction -- Highlights from the survey -- Obstacles to the integration of stakeholder engagement in water policies and practices -- Obstacles hindering the effective implementation of engagement processes -- Conclusion -- Bibliography. 5 Stakeholder engagement mechanisms in the water sector : Introduction -- A tentative taxonomy -- Zooming in on the increasing importance of information and communication technology tools -- Tailoring stakeholder engagement mechanisms -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography. 6 Assessing stakeholder engagement in the water sector : Introduction -- Why evaluate stakeholder engagement? -- How to evaluate stakeholder engagement? The need for indicators -- What should be evaluated in stakeholder engagement? -- Conclusion -- Bibliography. 7 Stakeholder engagement in the water sector: key principles and a checklist for public action : Introduction: why are principles needed? -- Conditions for success: highlights from the survey -- Principles on stakeholder engagement in water governance and a checklist for public action -- Note -- Bibliography. 8 Stakeholders' profiles : National governments -- Sub-national governments -- International organisations -- Service providers and their networks -- Watershed institutions and their networks -- Regulators -- Business -- Financial actors -- Civil society -- Science and academia -- Advisors. Annex A Parliamentarians in water-related stakeholder engagement. Annex B Agricultural actors in water-related stakeholder engagement. Annex C Trade unions in water-related stakeholder engagement. Annex D Media in water-related stakeholder engagement. Annex E Cross case study list. Annex F List of respondents to the OECD survey.