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Partnerships for implementing integrated water resources management, supporting institutions (policy and strategy) and aligning the efforts of non-governmental organisations (NGOs), donors and governments

  • Partnerships
  • Integrated Water Resources Management
  • policy
  • Strategy
  • Non-Governmental Organisations
  • Donors
  • Governments

Civil society organisations need to promote the creation of partnerships for implementing integrated water resources management, supporting institutions (policy and strategy) and aligning the efforts of non-governmental organisations (NGOs), donors and governments to support adaptation to climate change

Need characteristics

Societal challenges
  • Governance and Policy
Themes
Create partnerships to support integrated water resource management (IWRM) and climate change related activities
Stakeholder group
  • Civil Society Organisations (CSOs)
Task/Job
  • Integrated water resources management (IWRM)
  • Water security policies for nature, people, agriculture and sanitation
Pain
  • Disconnection of policy with non-governmental organisation (NGO) projects, donors and governments
  • Inefficient policy on irrigation and drought management
  • Inefficient poverty alleviation efforts
Gain
  • Consolidation of partnerships for climate change adaptation
  • Enhanced cooperation and implementation of strategies within the water secytor for water sustainability in the face of climate change challenges
  • Implementation of integrated land management
  • Integrated water resources management (IWRM) approach
  • Water sustainability based on adaptation and mitigation strategies to climate change
Simplified climate and water scenarios
  • Dryer
  • Sea-level rise
  • Wetter & Dryer