This brief summarizes key messages for the Rio+20 Conference, which are derived from GWP work and experiences. They include: the crucial role of water as a driver for green economy, the need for building more effective institutions to manage water better, and the ongoing need for integrated approaches. Policy briefs provide policy makers with information on water resources management. They are written by the GWP Technical Committee, a group of internationally recognised professionals in integrated water resources management.
This Policy Brief summarizes the key messages towards the Rio+20 Conference. These messages derive from GWP work and experiences and include: the crucial role of water as a key driver in the green economy, the need for building more effective institutions to manage water better, especially at transboundary level, the ongoing need for integrated approaches, ensuring water security for the economy, for society and for the environment, and the political leadership and vision essential for overcoming fragmentation.
The Portuguese version.
A smart strategy for change reduces transaction costs, counters political opposition, and exploits synergies both within and outside water institutions. This brief elaborates on the different stages of crafting such a strategy. It gives examples of changes that reveal the common elements among the successes and the failures. Policy briefs provide policy makers with information on water resources management. They are written by the GWP Technical Committee, a group of internationally recognised professionals in integrated water resources management.
Политическое резюме основывается на обобщении имеющейся литературы. В частности, в резюме цитируются положения статьи «Институциональные реформы в водном секторе: теория и практика», подготовленной Р. Салехом и А. Динаром и опубликованной в Сборнике «Водная политика». Также рассматриваются идеи, высказанные на семинаре, организованного для «мозговой атаки» в декабре 2006 года в Коломбо, и на семинаре, проведенном в Стокгольме в рамках Всемирной недели воды в 2007 году с участием GWP,IWMIиSIWI.
This policy brief makes the case for an integrated approach that encompasses the whole water cycle– municipal and industrial wastewater and storm drainage. It outlines the economic, policy and institutional aspects and provides guidance on policies and institutions needed to support water reuse. Policy briefs provide policy makers with information on water resources management. They are written by the GWP Technical Committee, a group of internationally recognised professionals in integrated water resources management.
This brief seeks to help development policy makers and practitioners in different sectors to understand the principles and practice of the IWRM approach. It gives examples at various levels of how water management that is geared towards IWRM has made a positive contribution in a variety of areas. Policy briefs provide policy makers with information on water resources management. They are written by the GWP Technical Committee, a group of internationally recognised professionals in integrated water resources management.
This Policy Brief highlights the three E´s of IWRM when planning for water infrastructure investments (social equity, environment sustainability and economic efficiency). Taking an integrated approach to water development and management can help countries attract financing for infrastructure, get the most benefit from those investments, and ensure their sustainability. It may also reduce the need for additional infrastructure by improving water efficiency.
Данное резюме дополняет серию политических и технических резюме, подготовленных, чтобы помочь странам в их усилиях по выполнению задач, сформулированных на Всемирном саммите по устойчивому развитию (2002 г.) по подготовке стратегии эффективного использования водных ресурсов и национальных планов ИУВР.
