20-21 June 2019 Berlin, Germany

On 20-21 June 2019, the OECD Water Governance Initiative held its 12th meeting at the Historic Pool Hall in the GLS Campus (Berlin, Germany). The meeting gathered 80+ practitioners, policymakers and representatives from major stakeholder groups. 

Meeting objectives

• Launch the report “Applying the OECD Principles on Water Governance to Floods : A Checklist for Action”
• Update delegates on WGI latest contribution to Global Agendas (SDGs, COP, Habitat III)
• Peer-review the National Water Policy Dialogue (NWPD) with Argentina, introduce preliminary insights from the NWPD with Peru, and kick-off the 3^rd NWPD with Brazil
• Discuss progress from WGI working groups on Capacity Development and Indicators
• Share knowledge and experience on recent water governance reforms, research and events.
• Learn from Germany’s water governance
• Discuss the role of women in water governance

Background

The OECD Water Governance Initiative is a multi-stakeholder network of 100+ delegates from public, private and non-profit sectors gathering twice a year in a Policy Forum to share on-going reforms, projects, lessons and good practices in support of better governance in the water sector. It was launched on 27-28 March 2013 and is chaired by Peter Glas, Delta Commissioner of the Netherlands. The WGI is hosted by the OECD, and coordinated by a multi-stakeholder steering committee.

For more information, please contact water.governance@oecd.org.

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Meeting documents

Agenda

List of participants

Summary and Key Outcomes

Highlights

Contact:

water.governance@oecd.org