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2012  
 Title:

Rio+20: Water Security for Growth and Sustainability

 Abstract:

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.

  Published 2012   read pdf:  english ; french ; spanish ; portuguese  
  

 2012  
 Title:

Social Equity: The Need for an Integrated Approach

 Abstract:

Social equity, economic efficiency, and environmental sustainability constitute the three pillars of Integrated Water Resources Management.  As one of the goals of public water policies, equity features frequently in arguments that promote, or object to, reforms in the water sector.  It also features high on the agenda in the fight against poverty. The Policy Brief provides an analytical framework that policy-makers can use to understand the relationship between water management and social equity – including causes, dynamics, consequences, and possible solutions. 

  Published 2012   read pdf:  english
 No. 10 (2009)  
 Title:

Managing the other side of the water cycle: Making wastewater an asset

 Abstract: This policy brief makes the case for an integrated approach to managing the other side of the water cycle – municipal and industrial wastewater and storm drainage. It outlines some of the key economic, policy and institutional aspects of such an approach and provides guidance on policies and institutions needed to support water reuse. It gives a short outline of what can be the policies and institutions to support water reuse.
  No. 10 (2009)   read pdf:  english
 
 No. 9 (2009)  
 Title:

Lessons from IWRM in Practice

 Abstract: This brief summarizes lessons from the book IWRM in Practice (Earthscan, 2009). It seeks to help development policy makers and practitioners in different sectors to understand the principles and practice of the IWRM approach. Examples from the book using case studies at local, basin, national and trans-national levels to present in practical terms how better water management, embodying key principles of IWRM, has made a positive contribution in areas as diverse as agriculture, urban water supply, transport, energy, industry, job creation, and environmental protection.
  No. 9 (2009)   read pdf:  english
 
 No. 8 (2009)  
 Title:

Triggering change in water policies

 Abstract: This Policy Brief discusses key questions to ask when crafting a strategy for change. It suggests the following basic stages: laying the groundwork for change; creating or taking advantage of conducive environment for change; generating demand for change; designing the content of change; and ensuring implementation and impact. A smart strategy for change reduces transaction costs, counters political opposition, and exploits synergies both within and outside water institutions. This brief intends to give examples of changes that reveal the common elements among the successes and the failures.
  No. 8 (2009)   read pdf:  english      russian
 
 No. 7 (2009)  
 Title:

Investing in infrastructure: The value of an IWRM approach

 Abstract: 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.
  No. 7 (2009)   read pdf:  english      russian
 
 No. 6 (2008)  
 Title:

How to integrate IWRM and national development plans and strategies and why this needs to be done in the era of aid effectiveness

Comment intégrer la GIRE, les plans et stratégies de développement nationaux? Et pourquoi le faire à l’ère de l'efficacité de l'assistance?

 Abstract:

Too often, the contribution of water to broad development goals is not well understood at the political level outside the water sector, and, as a result, actions needed unlock this contribution are not identified and prioritised. To rectify this, the contribution of water to various sectors of economic and social life needs to be recognised and good water management needs to be given the appropriate priority by those sectors. In order for this to occur, water sector practitioners need to be drawn in the process of national and local development planning processes.

Trop souvent, la contribution de l’eau aux objectifs globaux de développement n’est pas bien comprise au niveau politique en dehors du secteur de l’eau, et, par conséquent, les actions nécessaires pour valoriser cette contribution ne sont pas identifiées ni définies comme des priorités. Pour remédier à cette situation, la contribution de l'eau à différents secteurs de la vie sociale et économique doit être reconnue et une gestion judicieuse de l’eau doit figurer en bonne place parmi les priorités de ces secteurs. Pour ce faire, les acteurs du secteur de l’eau doivent avoir un rôle à jouer dans le processus de planification du développement national et local.

 

  No. 6 (2008)   read pdf:  english   french  
 
 No. 5 (2007)  
 Title:

Climate Change Adaptation and IWRM - An Initial Overview

Adaptation au changement climatique et gestion intégrée des ressources en eau – Aperçu initial

 Abstract:

This brief suggests that the IWRM approach provides a framework for action, indeed that the best approach to manage the impact of climate change on water is the one guided by the philosophy and methodology of Integrated Water Resources Management. A further message is thus that water is the primary medium through which Climate Change will impact people, ecosystems and economies. The way we use and manage our water today will make it easier to address the challenges of tomorrow. The strategies adopted will have to use a combination of “hard,” infrastructural, and “soft,” institutional, measures and to go well beyond what is normally considered as “water business”.

Cette note politique suggère que l’approche de la GIRE fournit un cadre d’action ainsi qu’une meilleure démarche pour gérer l'impact du changement climatique sur l'eau c’est-à-dire celle guidée par la philosophie et la méthodologie de la GIRE. Un autre message promu par ce document est que l’eau est le premier intermédiaire au travers duquel le changement climatique influencera les gens, les écosystèmes et les économies. La façon dont nous utilisons et gérons nos ressources en eau aujourd’hui rendra, demain, plus facile la façon de faire face aux défis climatiques. Les stratégies qui seront adoptées devront utiliser une combinaison de mesures institutionnelles dites « dures » et « douces », devant d’aller au-delà de ce que l’on considère normalement comme «les problèmes hydriques ».

  No. 5 (2007)   read pdf:  english   french       russian
 

 No. 4 (2006)  
 Title:

How IWRM will contribute to achieving the MDGs

Comment la GIRE contribuera à l’accomplissement des OMD

 Abstract:

This brief outlines why water is important to achieve the MDGs and how it should be managed to this end. Specifically, it explains why IWRM has been adopted by the international community and how it can contribute to meeting the MDGs. However an IWRM approach will support not just achievement of the MDGs but also the long-term economic development, poverty reduction and environmental sustainability that will be needed to sustain that achievement.

Cette note politique vise à exposer brièvement pourquoi l’eau est si importante pour la réalisation des OMD. Plus spécifiquement, cette note s’attache à expliquer pourquoi l’approche structurée baptisée GIRE a été adoptée par la communauté internationale et comment elle peut contribuer à atteindre les OMD. Cependant, la GIRE peut aussi soutenir le développement économique à long terme, la réduction de la pauvreté et la durabilité environnementale qui seront nécessaires pour atteindre les objectifs.

  No. 4 (2006)   read pdf:  english   french    spanish   russian
 

No. 3 (2006)
 Title:

Gender mainstreaming: An essential component of sustainable water management

 Abstract: This brief shows the evidence that involvement of women in water resources development and management can help make projects more sustainable. Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) and water efficiency strategies and plans are an opportunity to enhance the equal participation, representation, and rights of women in the water sector. This includes creating policies and laws that institutionalize the equitable participation of men and women, fostering the development of institutions and organizations that are gender-sensitive and that have sufficient expertise in gender analysis and mainstreaming.
  No. 3 (2006)   read pdf:  english


 No. 2 (2006)  
 Title:

Water and sustainable development: Lessons from Chile

 Abstract: Chile incorporated water issues into its strategies for economic growth offering valuable lessons to all policy makers involved in national development planning, not just those responsible for water. While the initial focus was on water for economic growth, provisions were later made to protect the environment and provide affordable water for the poor, demonstrating the iterative nature of IWRM in practice.
  No. 2 (2006)   read pdf:  english     russian  


No. 1 (2004)
 Title:

Unlocking the door to social development and economic growth: how a more integrated approach to water can help

Ouvrir la porte au développement économique et social: comment une approche plus intégrée de l’eau peut fournir un appui

 Abstract:

An IWRM strategy can be a useful tool for addressing specific development challenges and optimizing water’s contribution to achieving social, economic and environmental goals. It is not just about water. Other sectors have a stake too, and as competition for water increases along with population, climate change and pollution of useable supplies, policymakers in other sectors should be taking an active interest in how water decisions are made, as well as how their own decision-making impacts their country’s water resources

Une stratégie GIRE peut être un outil utile pour relever les défis de développement spécifiques et optimiser la contribution de l'eau à la réalisation des objectifs sociaux, économiques et environnementaux. Il ne s’agit pas seulement d’eau. D’autres secteurs peuvent y trouver un intérêt, sachant que la compétition pour l’eau s’accroit avec l’augmentation de la population, du changement climatique et de la pollution des ressources, les décisionnaires d’autres secteurs devraient s’intéresser à savoir comment les décisions hydrauliques sont prises ainsi que savoir comment leur propres décisions influent sur les ressources en eau de leur pays.

  No. 1 (2004)   read pdf:  english   french    spanish   russian

 
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