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I N TER N AT IONAL U N ION FOR CON S ER VAT ION OF N ATUR E • G LOB A L WATER P ROG R A M M E • W W W. IUC N . ORG/ WATER
WATER
Building River Dialogue &
Governance BRIDGE
Dr Isabelle Fauconnier
Water Policy and Sustainability Advisor
INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR CONSERVATION OF NATURE
Building River Dialogue & Governance Supported by Swiss Development Cooperation Agency
Goal: Poverty alleviation, nature conservation and economic growth
are enhanced in target basins through sustainable management and
governance of transboundary water resources.
Water Diplomacy: negotiation among countries of agreements for cooperation on water management creating changes in water governance
A process that operates under the authority of sovereign national
governments, but also unlocks cooperation among multiple stakeholders,
including at the level of municipalities and provinces within a basin
INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR CONSERVATION OF NATURE
3
BRIDGE in the World
WATER
Governance themes
International Water Law
Supporting new basin-specific
legal frameworks and agreements
Benefit Sharing
Opening dialogues around enhancement of benefits to more
stakeholders
National Water Governance
(incl. basin level)
Building strong bases for
cooperation
Leadership Development
Cultivating water governance
champions at all levels
WATER
Water Diplomacy Practice…creating governance
changes
Brokering & facilitation
– cross-border, sector & scale
Multiplicity of agreements
– mobilise water users
– open new dialogue spaces
– incremental steps in cooperation
Agreements around Action
– shared vision, communication, learning,
– joint knowledge production & exchange
– solving concrete problems, benefit sharing
www.waterlawandgovernance.org
www.iucn.org/bridge