IMPLEMENTING THE OECD PRINCIPLES ON WATER GOVERNANCE 

Three years after the adoption of the OECD Water Governance Principles, the OECD launched a report on Implementing the OECD Principles on Water Governance which takes stock of their use and dissemination.

The report proposes two major tools for interested cities, basins, regions and countries to strengthen their water policies.

1. First, it provides the The OECD Water Governance Indicator Framework, a self-assessment tool to measure, assess and take action collectively.

2. Second, it sets out 50+ concrete practices illustrating the Principles. 

EVOLVING WATER GOVERNANCE PRACTICES

Practices help policy makers, practitioners and other stakeholders learn from each other and identify pitfalls to avoid when designing and implementing water policies. Learning from practices is about gaining insights from real examples, looking at what works (or has worked) and seeing how others have dealt with challenges. It can also be about learning what does not work, and what successful stakeholders do differently.

To satisfy stakeholders’ needs when searching for practices and the implementation of the OECD Principles on Water Governance, a set of 54 evolving water governance practices were collected to provide examples and lessons that can inspire ambitious reforms and better policies and practices.

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