BOOK
Water Governance in OECD Countries
(2011)
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Abstract
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.Â
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. Â Â
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cover\r | Cover | ||
| Table of Contents | 7 | ||
| Acronyms and Abbreviations* | 11 | ||
| Executive Summary | 17 | ||
| Chapter 1: Public Governance and Water Policies: An Innovative Multi-level Approach\r | 25 | ||
| Introduction | 26 | ||
| Improving water governance: A key topic in the political agenda | 26 | ||
| Overview of water governance concepts, definitions and initiatives | 28 | ||
| Improving public governance of water policy: scope of the report \rand methodology | 30 | ||
| Conclusion | 35 | ||
| Notes | 35 | ||
| Bibliography | 35 | ||
| Chapter 2: Mapping Institutional Roles and Responsibilities\r | 37 | ||
| Introduction | 38 | ||
| OECD survey on water governance | 38 | ||
| Institutional mapping of water roles and responsibilities at central government level | 40 | ||
| Water policy making at central level in OECD countries: A diversity of situations\r | 40 | ||
| Observations from water policy design, implementation and regulation features\rat national level | 40 | ||
| A hyper-fragmented sector | 40 | ||
| A heavily regulated sector | 44 | ||
| Institutional mapping of water roles and responsibilities at sub-national government level | 47 | ||
| OECD countries’ water policy making at the sub-national level: A diversity of situations | 47 | ||
| Preliminary observations from the allocation of roles and responsibilities in water policy design, implementation and regulation | 48 | ||
| Modalities for defining the allocation of roles and responsibilities | 48 | ||
| Overall involvement of sub-national actors in water policy design and implementation | 49 | ||
| Other actors involved in water policy at the sub-national level | 51 | ||
| Sub-national actors in water policy at the territorial level | 51 | ||
| Actors involved in water policy budgets | 52 | ||
| Implementation of water policies at the territorial level | 53 | ||
| Main conclusions from OECD countries’ institutional organisation of water policy | 55 | ||
| Conclusion | 56 | ||
| Notes | 57 | ||
| Bibliography | 58 | ||
| Chapter 3: Challenges to Co-ordinating Water Policies Across Ministries and Levels of Government\r | 59 | ||
| Introduction | 60 | ||
| Methodology for evaluating governance challenges in OECD countries’ water policy making | 60 | ||
| A tentative classification of OECD countries’ multi-level governance challenges in water policy | 61 | ||
| The funding gap | 62 | ||
| The capacity gap | 64 | ||
| The administrative gap | 65 | ||
| The information gap | 65 | ||
| The accountability gap | 66 | ||
| The objective gap | 66 | ||
| A specific focus on the policy gap | 67 | ||
| Institutional fragmentation: An application of the Multi-level Governance Framework in selected OECD metropolitan regions | 70 | ||
| Conclusion | 72 | ||
| Notes | 72 | ||
| Bibliography | 73 | ||
| Chapter 4: Multi-level Co-ordination of Water Policies\r | 75 | ||
| Introduction | 76 | ||
| Governance instruments for managing mutual dependencies in the water sector | 76 | ||
| Existing governance tools for co-ordinating water policy in OECD countries | 76 | ||
| Tools for improving water governance: Main trends and features in OECD countries | 76 | ||
| Institutional mechanisms for upper horizontal co-ordination of water policy | 78 | ||
| Co-ordinating water policies between levels of government and across sub-national actors | 89 | ||
| Performance measurement: Monitoring and evaluation of water policies | 89 | ||
| Shared databases and information systems | 91 | ||
| Financial transfers across levels of government | 92 | ||
| Contractual arrangements between levels of government | 93 | ||
| Legal mechanisms | 93 | ||
| Experimentation policies | 94 | ||
| River basin organisations | 94 | ||
| Citizen participation | 99 | ||
| Inter-municipal collaboration | 100 | ||
| Co-ordinating bodies at the sub-national level | 102 | ||
| Selected tools and strategies for addressing multi-level governance gaps in metropolitan areas | 103 | ||
| Conclusion | 104 | ||
| Notes | 105 | ||
| Bibliography | 105 | ||
| Chapter 5: Final Considerations\rfor Water Policy Governance:\rPreliminary Guidelines\r | 107 | ||
| Findings of the report | 108 | ||
| Lessons from OECD experience in the governance of water policy | 110 | ||
| Envisioning long-term strategies: preliminary guidelines for effective management of multi-level governance | 113 | ||
| Preliminary guidelines for effective management of multi-level governance | 113 | ||
| Bibliography | 115 | ||
| ANNEX 5.A1 | 116 | ||
| Chapter 6: Country Profiles\r | 117 | ||
| AUSTRALIA | 119 | ||
| Acronyms and abbreviations\r | 119 | ||
| Institutional mapping of water policy at central government level: Allocation of roles acrossministries and public agencies | 119 | ||
| Design and implementation of water policies | 119 | ||
| Institutional mapping for quality standards and regulation | 120 | ||
| Co-ordination of water policy making across ministries and public agencies at central government level | 120 | ||
| Obstacles to horizontal co-ordination in water policy making | 120 | ||
| Existing mechanisms for co-ordinating the action across ministries and public agencies | 121 | ||
| Institutional mapping of water policy roles and responsibilities at sub-national level: Allocation of roles across local and regional authorities\r | 121 | ||
| Allocation of roles and responsibilities in water policy design and implementation at territorial level | 121 | ||
| Allocation of roles and responsibilities in water regulation (rule production and enforcement) | 122 | ||
| Co-ordination of water policy making between levels of government and across local actors | 122 | ||
| Obstacles to vertical co-ordination in water policy making | 122 | ||
| Obstacles to capacity building and co-ordination at territorial level\r | 123 | ||
| Existing mechanisms for co-ordinating water policy between levels\rof government and at territorial level | 123 | ||
| Specific focus on selected mechanisms | 124 | ||
| Final assessment of remaining challenges | 125 | ||
| BELGIUM (FLANDERS) | 126 | ||
| Acronyms and abbreviations\r | 126 | ||
| Institutional mapping of water policy roles and responsibilities at central government level:\rAllocation of roles across ministries and public agencies | 126 | ||
| Design and implementation of water policies | 126 | ||
| Institutional mapping for quality standards and regulation | 127 | ||
| Co-ordination of water policy making across ministries and public agencies at central government level | 127 | ||
| Obstacles to horizontal co-ordination in water policy making\r | 127 | ||
| Existing mechanisms for co-ordinating the action across ministries and public agencies | 127 | ||
| Institutional mapping of water policy roles and responsibilities at sub-national level: Allocation of roles across local and regional authorities\r | 128 | ||
| Allocation of roles and responsibilities in water policy design and implementation at territorial level | 128 | ||
| Allocation of roles and responsibilities in water regulation (rule production and enforcement) | 129 | ||
| Co-ordination of water policy making between levels of government and across local actors | 129 | ||
| Obstacles to vertical co-ordination in water policy making | 129 | ||
| Obstacles to capacity building and co-ordination at territorial level\r | 130 | ||
| Existing mechanisms for co-ordinating water policy between levels of government and at territorial level | 130 | ||
| Specific focus on selected mechanisms | 131 | ||
| Final assessment of remaining challenges | 133 | ||
| BELGIUM (WALLONIA) | 134 | ||
| Acronyms and abbreviations\r | 134 | ||
| Institutional mapping of water policy roles and responsibilities at central government level:\rAllocation of roles across ministries and public agencies | 134 | ||
| Design and implementation of water policies | 134 | ||
| Institutional mapping for quality standards and regulation | 134 | ||
| Co-ordination of water policy making across ministries and public agencies at central government level | 134 | ||
| Existing mechanisms for co-ordinating the action across ministries and public agencies | 134 | ||
| Institutional mapping of water policy roles and responsibilities at sub-national level: Allocation of roles across local and regional authorities\r | 135 | ||
| Allocation of roles and responsibilities in water policy design and implementation at territorial level | 135 | ||
| Allocation of roles and responsibilities in water regulation (rule production and enforcement) | 135 | ||
| Co-ordination of water policy making between levels of government and across local actors | 136 | ||
| Existing mechanisms for co-ordinating water policy between levels of government and at territorial level | 136 | ||
| Specific focus on selected mechanisms | 136 | ||
| CANADA | 138 | ||
| Acronyms and abbreviations\r | 138 | ||
| Institutional mapping of water policy roles and responsibilities at central government level:\rAllocation of roles across ministries and public agencies | 138 | ||
| Design and implementation of water policies | 138 | ||
| Institutional mapping for quality standards and regulation | 139 | ||
| Co-ordination of water policy making across ministries and public agencies at central government level | 139 | ||
| Obstacles to horizontal co-ordination in water policy making | 139 | ||
| Existing mechanisms for co-ordinating the action across ministries and public agencies | 140 | ||
| Institutional mapping of water policy roles and responsibilities at sub-national level: Allocation of roles across local and regional authorities\r | 140 | ||
| Allocation of roles and responsibilities in water policy design and implementation at territorial level | 140 | ||
| Allocation of roles and responsibilities in water regulation (rule production and enforcement) | 140 | ||
| Co-ordination of water policy making between levels of government and across local actors | 141 | ||
| Obstacles to vertical co-ordination in water policy making | 141 | ||
| Obstacles to capacity building and co-ordination at territorial level | 141 | ||
| Existing mechanisms for co-ordinating water policy between levels of government and at territorial level | 141 | ||
| Specific focus on selected mechanisms | 141 | ||
| Final assessment of remaining challenges | 142 | ||
| CHILE | 143 | ||
| Acronyms and abbreviations\r | 143 | ||
| Institutional mapping of water policy roles and responsibilities at central government level:\rAllocation of roles across ministries and public agencies | 143 | ||
| Design and implementation of water policies | 143 | ||
| Institutional mapping for quality standards and regulation | 144 | ||
| Co-ordination of water policy making across ministries and public agencies at central government level | 144 | ||
| Obstacles to horizontal co-ordination in water policy making | 144 | ||
| Existing mechanisms for co-ordinating the action across ministries and public agencies | 145 | ||
| Institutional mapping of water policy roles and responsibilities at sub-national level: Allocation of roles across local and regional authorities\r | 145 | ||
| Allocation of roles and responsibilities in water regulation (rule production and enforcement) | 145 | ||
| Allocation of roles and responsibilities in water policy design and implementation at territorial level | 145 | ||
| Co-ordination of water policy making between levels of government and across local actors | 146 | ||
| Obstacles to vertical co-ordination in water policy making\r | 146 | ||
| Obstacles to capacity building and co-ordination at territorial level | 146 | ||
| Existing mechanisms for co-ordinating water policy between levels of government and at territorial level | 147 | ||
| Specific focus on selected mechanisms | 147 | ||
| Final assessment of remaining challenges | 148 | ||
| FRANCE | 149 | ||
| Acronyms and abbrevations\r | 149 | ||
| Institutional mapping of water policy roles and responsibilities at central government level: Allocation of roles across ministries and public agencies | 149 | ||
| Design and implementation of water policies | 149 | ||
| Institutional mapping for quality standards and regulation | 150 | ||
| Co-ordination of water policy making across ministries and public agencies at central government level | 150 | ||
| Obstacles to horizontal co-ordination in water policy making | 150 | ||
| Existing mechanisms for co-ordinating the action across ministries and public agencies | 151 | ||
| Institutional mapping of water policy roles and responsibilities at sub-national level: Allocation of roles across local and regional authorities\r | 151 | ||
| Allocation of roles and responsibilities in water policy design and implementation at territorial level | 151 | ||
| Allocation of roles and responsibilities in water regulation (rule production and enforcement) | 152 | ||
| Co-ordination of water policy making between levels of government and across local actors | 152 | ||
| Obstacles to vertical co-ordination in water policy making | 152 | ||
| Obstacles to capacity building and co-ordination at territorial level\r | 153 | ||
| Existing mechanisms for co-ordinating water policy between levels of government and at territorial level | 153 | ||
| Specific focus on selected mechanisms | 154 | ||
| Final assessment of remaining challenges | 156 | ||
| GREECE | 157 | ||
| Acronyms and abbreviations | 157 | ||
| Institutional mapping of water policy roles and responsibilities at central government level: Allocation of roles across ministries and public agencies\r | 158 | ||
| Design and implementation of water policies | 158 | ||
| Institutional mapping for quality standards and regulation | 159 | ||
| Co-ordination of water policy making across ministries and public agencies at central government level | 160 | ||
| Obstacles to horizontal co-ordination in water policy making\r | 160 | ||
| Existing mechanisms for co-ordinating the action across ministries and public agencies | 160 | ||
| Institutional mapping of water policy roles and responsibilities at sub-national level: Allocation of roles across local and regional authorities\r | 161 | ||
| Allocation of roles and responsibilities in water policy design and implementation at territorial level | 161 | ||
| Allocation of roles and responsibilities in water regulation (rule production and enforcement) | 161 | ||
| Co-ordination of water policy making between levels of government and across local actors | 161 | ||
| Obstacles to vertical co-ordination in water policy making | 161 | ||
| Obstacles to capacity building and co-ordination at territorial level\r | 162 | ||
| Existing mechanisms for co-ordinating water policy between levels of government and at territorial level | 162 | ||
| Specific focus on selected mechanisms | 163 | ||
| Final assessment of remaining challenges | 164 | ||
| ISRAEL | 165 | ||
| Acronyms and abbreviations\r | 165 | ||
| Institutional mapping of water policy roles and responsibilities at central government level:\rAllocation of roles across ministries and public agencies | 165 | ||
| Design and implementation of water policies | 165 | ||
| Institutional mapping for quality standards and regulation | 165 | ||
| Co-ordination of water policy making across ministries and public agencies at central government level\r | 166 | ||
| Obstacles to horizontal co-ordination in water policy making | 166 | ||
| ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION\rAND DEVELOPMENT | 243 |