FrenchInstitutional Development and Political Processes
Institutional Development and Political Processes
Reference point for discussion from the beacons
Institutional development is part and parcel of the wider process of development, which is multidimensional and encompasses social, economicfinancial, political, institutional, technological, cultural, and ecological aspects.
Water institutions are both the result and the vehicle of such political processes, which inform institutional change and development in relation to water;
Political processes are essentially about exercising power and can be better understood as (but not reduced to) an ongoing confrontation between rival political projects which is staged by rival political actors. The processes of governance and citizenship are essential components of these wider political processes.
Key messages from the Voices of the Forum :
- Clarify the roles and responsibilities of authorities and service providers
- Respect for the spiritual and cultural values of water in development
- Without participation, no sustainable development
- Governments take the lead in the development of National IWRM plans…
- …but their implementation is a local affair
- Governments have the primary responsibility for making the right to water a reality for all, including sanitation
- Decentralisation of governance: local services and communities participation
- PPP controversy: a matter of political choice
Sessions synthesis
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Water and free trade agreements
FT1.10
Water for growth and development in Africa
FT1.15
Is water alive? Indigeneous understanding of water
FT1.22
The dynamics of water and growth : Issues and political reflections
FT1.30
Assessment of policy interventions in the water sector
FT1.32
Community water management in Latin America
FT2.05
Water management in transboundary basins
FT2.13
IWRM as a basis for social and economic development in Central Asia
FT2.15
The challenges of legal water sector reform
FT2.16
Water governance and rivver basin organisations
FT2.17
Public private partnerships towards IWRM in MENA region
FT2.18
Transboundary water management and regional integration in Africa
FT2.29
Synthesis session on transboundary basin management : regional consensus as a driving force for progress and development
FT2.34
Bottom-up meets top-down: learning from Latin-America and Africa
FT2.43
Opportunities and impediment to IWRM: Reality vs virtual reality
FT2.45
IWRM issues in federative countries
FT2.48
Water governance: from analysis to action
FT2.51
Institutionnal development for IWRM
FT3.01
Decentralisation: the role of communities in water resources management
FT3.17
Governance for local water supply and sanitation – Needs of cities in developing countries and responses from international initiatives
FT3.35
Securing the right to water: from the local to the global, civil society perspectives
FT3.36
The right to water: what does it means and how to implement it?
FT3.38
Public state policy impact on drinking water service delivery supply and sanitation for urban use in Mexico
FT3.41
Governance of local water and sanitation services
FT3.43
The public-private controversy in water and sanitation: lessons in the light of the MDG’s requirements
FT3.45
Governance as a key factor for IWRM in major metropolises
FT3.46
Successful public sector experiences in water and sanitation
FT3.47
Human right to water
FT3.48
Public policies for water and sanitation services
FT3.51
Empowerment and democratisation multistakeholder dialogue
FT3.53
Governance of water and sanitation for the peri-urban poor: bridging the gap between policies and practice
FT3.54
Experiences challenges and responses of water utilities to municipal water challenges and problems
FT3.56
Human right to water and the conditions of its application. Debate between the public and private administration of the drink water services
FT4.47
Water management legal modernisation