• Water and sanitation

Water and sanitation

Water is an increasingly scarce and contested resource around the world, particularly in the Middle East. There is general agreement about the need to improve water governance - the process of making and implementing decisions about water. These guidelines describe a practical and logical framework of activities based on the involvement of those who use and manage water, which leads to improved local water governance, and to the development of integrated water development plans for towns, villages, districts and governorates.

The guidelines advocate a process of collaboration through dialogue, to bring about a change in the way water sector professionals and water users work with each other. They are intended for all those concerned with practical approaches for tackling the complex themes of water governance and Water Resource Management (IWRM). They are particularly relevant for those who want to initiate and facilitate change processes to improve local water governance.

Background information is provided followed by numerous tools for the implementation of the EMPOWERS approach.Topics covered include:

• Looking at improved water governance
  
• Stakeholder dialogue and concerted action 
        
• Facilitation and capacity development and the management cycle
  
• Methods and tools for the EMPOWERS approach: 
  Tools for visioning; scenario building; strategy development and planning; Tools for participatory learning and action; Tools for assessing; Tools for working with stakeholders; Tools for monitoring

The focus of the guidelines is on the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region however can be applied in other contexts. (adapted from author)

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