Stockholm International Water Institute » Maria Jacobson http://www.siwi.org Water Wise World Tue, 12 Feb 2013 15:26:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Options for cooperative action in the Euphrates and Tigris Region http://www.siwi.org/publication/options-for-cooperative-action-in-the-euphrates-and-tigris-region/ http://www.siwi.org/publication/options-for-cooperative-action-in-the-euphrates-and-tigris-region/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:57:16 +0000 admin http://www.siwi.org/publication/options-for-cooperative-action-in-the-euphrates-and-tigris-region/ For the Euphrates and Tigris (ET) riparian countries of Iran, Iraq, Syria and Turkey we have undertaken a macro-level baseline characterisation to visualise current water resources management practices and a hydroeconomic simulation model to illustrate possible marginal benefits of cooperative action at a system level. The riparian countries in the ET region are connected by the water resources flowing across borders within one system.

Paper, published 2012.

]]> http://www.siwi.org/publication/options-for-cooperative-action-in-the-euphrates-and-tigris-region/feed/ 0 Promoting Transparency, Integrity and Accountability in the Water and Sanitation Sector in Uganda http://www.siwi.org/publication/promoting-transparency-integrity-and-accountability-in-the-water-and-sanitation-sector-in-uganda/ http://www.siwi.org/publication/promoting-transparency-integrity-and-accountability-in-the-water-and-sanitation-sector-in-uganda/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:45:43 +0000 admin http://www.siwi.org/publication/promoting-transparency-integrity-and-accountability-in-the-water-and-sanitation-sector-in-uganda/ Uganda has placed the fight against corruption high on the development agenda by establishing a range of anti-corruption institutions and strategies. The Uganda National Integrity Survey III, released in 2008 by the Inspectorate of Government, recommended that if Uganda was to make real progress in tackling corruption nationwide, individual sectors would need to undertake sector-specific studies to identify best practice and facilitate scaling-up of anti-corruption efforts. In that year, the Good Governance Sub-Sector Working Group, chaired by the Ministry of Water and Environment, commissioned a Water Integrity Study to establish how citizens in both rural and urban areas, contractors, private operators, local government officials and staff from the main water utility experience integrity in the provision of water services. The study would also facilitate development of an updated action plan to address integrity risks. This note describes the key ingredients to putting in place a nationwide good governance action plan in Uganda’s water sector, the challenges to be overcome and lessons learned to date. The implications for practice are discussed from the perspectives of policy makers, regulators and ombudsmen, development partners, water service providers and civil society actors. This provides guidance for the replication of best practice by stakeholders in other countries and sectors.

]]> http://www.siwi.org/publication/promoting-transparency-integrity-and-accountability-in-the-water-and-sanitation-sector-in-uganda/feed/ 0 Regional capacity building programme on water integrity in sub-Saharan Africa http://www.siwi.org/project/project-one/ http://www.siwi.org/project/project-one/#comments Sat, 23 Jul 2011 09:18:40 +0000 admin http://www.siwi.org/?post_type=project&p=389 In 2008 the UNDP-Water Governance Facility at SIWI (WGF), together with Cap-Net and WaterNet, mapped regional and national policies, institutions, laws and regulations, and active projects to promote transparency, accountability and integrity in the water sector in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region.  One of the key recommendations of the study was to build capacity in water integrity for staff at regional, national and local level, including various river basin organizations, as well as government and municipal entities. This need for capacity building was also reflected by the 2008 Global Corruption Report in the water sector, and expressed through the 2009 Water Integrity Network (WIN) surveys.

Funded by the Swedish Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), this current project will implement a Regional Capacity Building Programme over a 3 year period to promote and enhance water integrity in sub-Saharan Africa. It is expected that increasing water integrity will directly impact on socio-economic development and poverty reduction. Indeed, unethical practices reduce economic growth, discourage investments, violate human dignity, increase health risks and compromise efforts to reduce poverty. The implementing partners are (1) WGF (2) the Stockholm International Water Institute – SIWI, (3) the Water Integrity Network – WIN, and (4) Cap-Net in collaboration with WaterNet.

Through partnership with ECOWAS, EAC-Lake Victoria Basin Commission and SADC, the programme targets water sector stakeholders (those responsible for the management of water resources and for integrated water supply and sanitation services) at regional, basin and national levels who are responsible for regulation, controlling, planning, policy development and decision making. It also targets stakeholders that are less directly involved in water management, but have a key role in strengthening or demanding accountability, such as water users associations, advocacy organisations and the media.

Generally, ECOWAS, EAC and SADC countries have committed themselves to integrity and accountability through good governance and the promotion of transparency and accountability.  Their secretariats, together with the implementing partners of this programme, will reinforce the regional efforts to bolster integrity at all levels in the water management and service delivery chain.

Project info

  • Link and resrouces: http://www.watergovernance.org/integrity/SSA
  • Project team: James Leten, Maria Jacobson, Marianne Kjellen, Ana Cascao, Rami Abdel Rahman
  • Client and partners: ECOWAS, EAC-Lake Victoria Basin Commission, and SADC. Implemented by Water Integrity Network  (WIN), Capnet and WaterNet
  • Financed by Sida
  • Timeline: July 2011-June 2014
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