Interest
among water decision-makers and managers to work with
integrity and accountability in water is on the rise. It
is increasingly evident that preventing corruption
positively impacts water development. WGF and partners
recently concluded a study that maps ongoing activities
and capacity needs to enhance integrity and
accountability in SADC-region. The findings of the
report are currently being followed-up with the
development of integrity and accountability training
programmes in the SADC region. Future training courses
can be tailor made to any region and/or water sector.
Ongoing water reform in many countries along with
simultaneous governance reform provides a multitude of
pathways and opportunities to promote integrity and
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WGF
is now entering the second phase. During the coming
4-year period, we will contribute to the implementation
of the UNDP Water Governance Strategy
2008-2011. This period also will oversee the
development of a UNDP Service Delivery Platform on
water, which will serve as a knowledge base on policies,
products and people in the water sector. It will provide
information on the different services offered by the
UNDP and others to enable easy and convenient access to
various water related resources and peer support. To
keep pace with the on-going development and expansion of
new activities, WGF will expand the in-house competence
base through the recruiting a Water Governance
Advisor. |
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The mapping of integrity and
accountability in water activities and relevant
capacities in the SADC-region was carried out by the
WGF in close collaboration with WaterNet, CapNet, and
WIN. This exercise provides a base for continued work of
the WGF, opening up to establish partnerships with new
institutions and link up to relevant processes of
accountability and integrity in the region.
A Mapping and Baseline Report has also
been done in Kenya, aimed at establishing relevant
and crucial partnerships within the sector, and further
aligning the pilot activities within the on-going water
sector reform processes. This report will guide the road
map for implementing the WGF supported programme
“Applying Anti-Corruption Measures in the Water Sector
through a Human Rights-Based Approach to Development in
Kenya”. This pilot programme is carried out in
cooperation with UNDP-Kenya, in close collaboration with
HURIST (Human Rights Strengthening Programme, OHCHR/UNDP
/ Global Human Rights Programme) and UNDP Governance
Centre in Oslo.
Did
you know?
There have been 1,831 interactions
on transboundary basins (both conflictual and
cooperative) over the last fifty years. 7 disputes have
involved violence, and 507 conflictive events have
occurred while approximately 200 treaties have been
signed, with a total of 1,228 cooperative events.
Source: UNESCO
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EMPOWERS
Partnership has launched a set of five publications
related to local water governance and its different
aspects. The publications present guidelines, methods
and tools to utilise an innovative approach to
participatory water planning and dialogue. All
publications advocate collaboration through dialogue and
can be directly downloaded from the EMPOWERS project
website. Also available in Arabic. |
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