Asif Kabani Sustainable Development With Water Governance 2012

Why Water Governance
Sustainable Development
Presentation by: Asif Kabani
Structure of Presentation
Agenda
What is water
governance?
Making change
happen for
Development
Tools & Approaches

Make it [or] Break it
Presentation by: Asif Kabani and Maliha A. Kabani

Email: kabani.asif@gmail.com | Skype: kabaniasif
Things to Know about
Water Governance for Sustainable Development
What is water governance?

Why is water governance important?
Situation in your country?

Water Governance (Group work)
Tools & approaches towards

Water governance
Planning and Review - Making

change happen
Recommendations - Way Forward

With Climate change adaptation for

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The Wonder of Water


Water governance is defined by the political, social, economic and administrative
systems that are in place, and which directly or indirectly affect the use,
development and management of water resources and the delivery of water
service delivery at different levels of society. Importantly, the water sector is a
part of broader social, political and economic developments and is thus also
affected by decisions outside of the water sector.
Source: UNDP


Water governance addresses among other things:
1. Principles such as equity and efficiency in water resource and services
allocation and distribution, water administration based on catchments, the need
for integrated water management approaches and the need to balance water use
between socio-economic activities and ecosystems.

2. The formulation, establishment and implementation of water policies,
legislation and institutions.
3. Clarification of the roles of government, civil society and the private sector
and their responsibilities regarding ownership, management and administration
of water resources and services, for example: ( read notes)

The Movie-Youtube
Water Governance

Why is water governance important?

Dimensions of water governance
Source: UNDP

Situation in your country?

5 person in each
Group
GROUP WORK
There are various indexes showing the governance situation in

most of countries:
Worldwide Governance Indicators, World Bank
Corruption Perceptions Index 2009, Transparency International

Global Integrity Index: 2008, Global Integrity
Governance Assessment Portal, UNDP

Presentation by Groups
Thematic Topics

Tools & Approaches towards

Water Governance
Tools & Approaches towards

Water Governance
Building knowledge and capacity

Dialoguing and networking
Financing and investment choices
Going beyond the water sector
Indigenous Approach to Development
Building knowledge and capacity

Capacity building is a cross-cutting issue at the foundation of many of the changes required
to introduce sustainable water resources management and services and address the
governance issues surrounding the establishment of an appropriate policy and institutional
enabling environment.
Inadequate capacity continues to be a major constraint to realise water reform. Some of the
areas that require enhanced capacity include, for example, integrated water resources
management, transboundary waters, gender mainstreaming and institutional/technical
innovations and adaptability.

Dialoguing and networking

A critical aspect of water reform is how it is being communicated within government
agencies and to the public and stakeholders. It is important that reform is communicated in
ways that are understood by sector players and the public.
Dialogue and networking must be understood as being a long-term partnership and

commitment towards reforming the water sector. It is not a one-off event.
It must be perceived as a long-term process that is attempting to change the relationships

between government and other stakeholders and to form a basis for an ongoing, effective
and fruitful dialogue and networking at local and national levels.

Financing and investment choices

Clearly, the water sector in many countries is under-financed. Currently, government
taxation funds the management of water resources and services in many developing
countries. Most developing country governments have so far not been able to raise
adequate funds through taxation or the application of water tariffs for cost recovery.
The challenging task of raising additional funds should also make decision makers
aware of the need to complement capital-intensive investments with alternative lowcost technologies. Despite the attention given them, private companies and
entrepreneurs are only modestly involved in water-related services.

Going beyond the water sector

Drivers and policies outside the water sector have more impact on water management than
do many policies championed and implemented by water-related ministries.
Other development sectors, such as energy, planning, land and ecosystem management,
trade, etc, need to identify trade-offs and synergies linked to the water sector, in order to
enhance policy impacts in all sectors and avoid some adverse effects on water.
Examples of win-win situations abound - whether created by governments, communities or

businesses - that point to promoting deliberate cooperation between water and non-water
actors and integrating water issues into external decisions.
International organizations, notably the UN system, can provide support and expertise to
governments, help civil society build capacity and catalyse leadership in the private sector.

Making change happen


Why are certain water decisions made but not others?
What stakeholders are involved?
What principles and formal and informal rules and regulations were
applied?
Many countries are currently in the process of changing the ways of how
water is being governed.
Practical point of view this means formulating, setting in place and
implementing water policies, legislation and regulations


Water Governance
Despite country water reform variations, most reforms typically

include components linked to:
Decentralisation of water decision making,
Increasing stakeholder participation,
Promoting incentives for more and better public-private partnerships, including
privatization of water services and community involvement,
Principles of integrated water resources management and river basin
management approaches, and
Clarification of institutional roles and responsibilities, such as through formal
legislation and informal customary water rights and by linking water rights and
land tenure, for example.
Despite the negative impact of corruption on water resources

and services, remedial anti-corruption measures are not being
adequately addressed in water reform.

Water decision making

Decentralization and participation in water decision making
Decentralization and participation play important roles in water reform. Through

decentralization the government delegates some of its decision making powers and
management responsibilities to lower levels of government, the private sector or
community and civil society organizations.
Many countries are currently moving away from conventional forms of water
governance, which usually have been dominated by a top-down approach, towards

bottom-up approaches, which combine the experience, knowledge and understanding of
various local groups and people.

Water integrity and accountability

How? For starters, corruption siphons off scarce monetary resources
and diminishes countries prospects for providing water and sanitation
for all and sound water resources management.
Corruption:
Reduces economic growth and discourages investments within the water
sector,
Undermines performance and effectiveness of both public and private sectors,
leading to inefficient and unequal allocation and distribution of water
resources and related services,
Decreases and diverts government revenues that could be used to strengthen
budgets and improve water and other services, especially for poor people,
Makes existing legislation, rules and regulations ineffective, which can drive
increased water pollution and over-abstraction of ground and surface water,
and
Dilutes the integrity of the public service sector, since discretionary decision
making creates unpredictability and inequalities and can circumvent the rules
of law and justice.

Partnership choices?
Frameworks for sustainable water development.

Some key elements in successful partnerships include:
Shared vision
Compatibility
Equitable representation
Legitimacy
Communication
Mutual trust and
Understanding among partners and Govts
Clarifying roles of water institutions

The establishment of well-defined and coherent roles and responsibilities, such as
through legislation of formal and informal water rights, leads to a number of social,
economic and environmental benefits:
It promotes equitable water use between

existing user groups. It can also facilitate
improved access to water by groups that
previously have been denied formal or
informal water rights.
It improves the efficiency of existing water

supply allocations. For example, those
requiring additional water resources, such
as growing cities, can increasingly meet
their needs by acquiring the water rights
of those who are using water for low value
purposes.
It provides a basis for improving

hydrological data and information to
manage the resource more effectively.
It increases willingness to take economic

risks for investing in improved water
management and practices in both rural
and urban contexts and thus impacting
positively on productive livelihood
opportunities. It can also reduce the
pressure on water resources as it is likely
that those with water rights have
incentives for sustaining water.
Transboundary water cooperation

Sustainable Regional Development
Even though there is no blueprint for how transboundary water

cooperation should be done, it is important that:
The respective riparian feel an ownership of, and a political
commitment to, processes of promoting cooperation,
The benefits of water and productive outcomes of water are shared,
The respective riparian shifts focus and moves from challenges and
constraints to opportunities,
Broad partnerships are built for negotiated outcomes among and
within riparian countries, and
Trust and personal relations are developed among riparian
delegations from countries and between domestic water user
groups. This is a key ingredient to move the process forward.

Water Governance - Life Cycle

Economic and Social Development
Water for people

(health and
livelihood)
Water for
economic growth,
energy, and
poverty reduction
Water for nature
Water for food

and fibre

Climate change adaptation

Recommendation and Way Forward

The importance of water adaptation
The core business of water

resources management is
about coping with variability. It
is related to storing excess
water from wet periods to
bridge dry spells, protecting
low lying areas from floods,
balancing withdrawals
between upstream and
downstream areas and
between different uses, etc.
The new dimension added by

climate change is that the
characteristics of water
resources management are
much more dynamic, imposing
major challenges in terms of
more rapid, and more intense
and randomly frequent
changes. These changes
further increase the risks to the
quality of life of the poorest
higher and more complex.


The importance of water adaptation
The multiple water challenges most countries are facing

provides a convincing argument of the necessity to
respond urgently.
People and economies are already suffering from lack of
water or too much water. Water adaptation to climate
change is critical to safe-guard progress made in:
Water for economic growth, energy, and poverty reduction

Water for food and fibre
Water for nature
Water for people (health and livelihood)

Reading Reference by Authors

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Reference Readings

Resources used in Presentation

Reports
1.
JP Synthesis: Review of Goals, Strategies and Cross-Cutting Themes, 2011
2.
Sntesis de programas conjuntos: Revisin de objetivos, estrategias, temas transversales y

preocupaciones comunes, 2011
3.
Training Manual on Water Integrity: Training Manual on Water Integrity, 2011.
4.
Regional Water Intelligence Report: The Nile Basin and the Southern Sudan Referendum,
2010 Promoting Transparency, Integrity and Accountability in the Water and Sanitation
Sector in Uganda, 2010 Country Sector Assessments UNDP GoAL WaSH Programme
Governance, Advocacy and Leadership for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (Volume 2), 2010
Djibouti / El Salvador / Nepal / Mongolia / Tajkistan
5.
Regional Water Intelligence Report Central Asia, 2010
6.
Water Adaptation in National Adaptation Programmes for Action - Freshwater in Climate

Adaptation Planning and Climate Adaptation in Freshwater Planning, 2009
7.
Corruption Risks in Water Licensing, 2009

Resources used in Presentation

Reports
1.
Country Sector Assessments, UNDP GoAL WaSH Programme

Governance, Advocacy and Leadership for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (Volume 1)
Bosnia and Herzegovina / Madagascar / Mali / Paraguay / Sierra Leone / Zambia
2.
Mapping of Integrity and Accountability in Water Activities and Relevant Capacities in the SADC Region.
Co-authored together with WaterNet and CapNet, 2008.
3.
Water Governance: Trends and needs for new capacity development, 2007
4.
Input to thematic areas and report outlines: United Nations World Water Development Report 3 WGF
coordinated and produced Chapter 2 "The Challenges of Water Governance" of the United Nations World
Water Development Report
5.
Water Governance Challenges: Managing Competition and Scarcity for Hunger and Poverty Reduction and
Environmental Sustainability.
6.
Background paper to the 2006 Human Development Report. Water Scarcity Challenges in the Middle East
and North Africa (MENA). Thematic report to the 2006 Human Development Report.
7.
Issue Sheets - Informative highlighting different water governance related topics.
Decentralisation | Anti-Corruption in the Water Sector | Gender and Water | Water and Sanitation Governance

2011-2012
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Why Water Governance

Tools & Approaches

Presentation by: Asif Kabani and Maliha A. Kabani

Things to Know about

Water Governance for Sustainable Development

What is water governance?

Situation in your country?

Tools & approaches towards

Planning and Review - Making

Recommendations - Way Forward

Presentation by: Asif Kabani and Maliha A. Kabani

Presentation by: Asif Kabani and Maliha A. Kabani

What is water governance?

Presentation by: Asif Kabani and Maliha A. Kabani

What is water governance?

between socio-economic activities and ecosystems.

of water resources and services, for example: ( read notes)

Presentation by: Asif Kabani and Maliha A. Kabani

Presentation by: Asif Kabani and Maliha A. Kabani

Why is water governance important?

Presentation by: Asif Kabani and Maliha A. Kabani

Situation in your country?

There are various indexes showing the governance situation in

Corruption Perceptions Index 2009, Transparency International

Presentation by: Asif Kabani and Maliha A. Kabani

Presentation by: Asif Kabani and Maliha A. Kabani

Tools & Approaches towards

Tools & Approaches towards

Building knowledge and capacity

Building knowledge and capacity

Presentation by: Asif Kabani and Maliha A. Kabani

Dialoguing and networking

Dialogue and networking must be understood as being a long-term partnership and

It must be perceived as a long-term process that is attempting to change the relationships

Presentation by: Asif Kabani and Maliha A. Kabani

Financing and investment choices

Presentation by: Asif Kabani and Maliha A. Kabani

Going beyond the water sector

Examples of win-win situations abound - whether created by governments, communities or

Presentation by: Asif Kabani and Maliha A. Kabani

Making change happen

Water Governance for Sustainable Development

Presentation by: Asif Kabani and Maliha A. Kabani

Making change happen

Water Governance for Sustainable Development

Presentation by: Asif Kabani and Maliha A. Kabani

Making change happen

Despite country water reform variations, most reforms typically

Despite the negative impact of corruption on water resources

Presentation by: Asif Kabani and Maliha A. Kabani

Water decision making

Decentralization and participation play important roles in water reform. Through

governance, which usually have been dominated by a top-down approach, towards

Presentation by: Asif Kabani and Maliha A. Kabani

Water integrity and accountability

Presentation by: Asif Kabani and Maliha A. Kabani

Frameworks for sustainable water development.

Clarifying roles of water institutions

It promotes equitable water use between

It improves the efficiency of existing water

It provides a basis for improving

It increases willingness to take economic

Transboundary water cooperation

Even though there is no blueprint for how transboundary water