Water governance in OECD countries : a multilevel approach

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

(OECD), Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development.

Series:

OECD Studies on Water

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Water-supply--Government policy--OECD countries.

Water-supply.

Water-supply--OECD countries--Management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (244 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Paris: OECD Publishing, 2011.

Summary:

Water Governance in OECD Countries: A Multilevel Approach addresses multilevel governance challenges in water policy implementation and identifies good practices for coordinating water policy across ministries, between levels of government, and across local actors at subnational level. Based on a methodological framework, it assesses the main "coordination gaps" in terms of policy-making, financing, information, accountability, objectives and capacity building, and provides a platform of existing governance mechanisms to bridge them. Based on an extensive survey on water governance the report provides a comprehensive institutional mapping of roles and responsibilities in water policy-making at national/subnational level in 17 OECD countries. It concludes on preliminary multilevel governance guidelines for integrated water policy.

Contents:

Cover

Copyright

Foreword

Acknowledgements

Table of Contents

Acronyms and Abbreviations

Executive Summary

Chapter 1: Public Governance and Water Policies: An Innovative Multi-level Approach

Introduction

Improving water governance: A key topic in the political agenda

Overview of water governance concepts, definitions and initiatives

Improving public governance of water policy: scope of the report and methodology

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Chapter 2: Mapping Institutional Roles and Responsibilities

OECD survey on water governance

Institutional mapping of water roles and responsibilities at central government level

Institutional mapping of water roles and responsibilities at sub-national government level

Main conclusions from OECD countries' institutional organisation of water policy

Chapter 3: Challenges to Co-ordinating Water Policies Across Ministries and Levels of Government

Methodology for evaluating governance challenges in OECD countries' water policy making

A tentative classification of OECD countries' multi-level governance challenges in water policy

Institutional fragmentation: An application of the Multi-level Governance Framework in selected OECD metropolitan regions

Chapter 4: Multi-level Co-ordination of Water Policies

Governance instruments for managing mutual dependencies in the water sector

Institutional mechanisms for upper horizontal co-ordination of water policy

Co-ordinating water policies between levels of government and across sub-national actors

Chapter 5: Final Considerations for Water Policy Governance: Preliminary Guidelines

Findings of the report.

Lessons from OECD experience in the governance of water policy

Envisioning long-term strategies: preliminary guidelines for effective management of multi-level governance

Annex 5.A1

Chapter 6: Country Profiles

Australia

Belgium (Flanders)

Belgium (Wallonia)

Canada

Chile

France

Greece

Israel

Italy

Japan

Korea

Mexico

Netherlands

New Zealand

Portugal

Spain

United Kingdom (England and Wales)

United States (Colorado).

ISBN:

9781780406046

1780406045