Approaches, policies & strategies related to water

Multilaterals

Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Water policy

European Union (EU)

• Policy on water management in developing countries
• Water guidelines
• Framework directive in the field of water policy
• Priority substances in the field of water policy
• Pricing and long-term management of water
• Nitrate pollution from agricultural sources
• Water protection and management
• The EU Water Framework Directive - integrated river basin management for Europe

European Union Water Initiative (EUWI)

• Objectives
• Approach
• The EU and water initiative
• EU-Africa strategy
• Africa action plan- water supply and sanitation
• Water framework directive

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

• Crop water management
• Water balance under natural conditions

Institute for Water Education (UNESCO- IHE)
Strategic plan 2005-2007

Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)

• A proposed strategy to encourage and facilitate improved water resources management in Latin America & the Caribbean
• Sectoral operational policies: agricultural sector
• Strategy for integrated water resources management
• Environment strategy

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

• Water resource management
• Water supply and sanitation
• Transboundary waters

United Nations Environment Programme / Division of Early Warning and Assessment (DEWA)
UNEP/DEWA water assessment strategy

United Nations Environment Network
Freshwater strategy documents

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Strategies in water and environmental sanitation

World Bank

• Water resource management strategy
• Water resources sector strategy
• The World Bank Group's program for water supply and sanitation

World Health Organization (WHO)

• Protocol on water and health
• Work plan 2002-2003

Bilaterals

Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)

• Access to clean water and sanitation
• Oceans, marine affairs and fisheries

Department for International Development (DFID)

• Addressing the water crisis
• Water action plan

German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ)

• Water policy
• Approach

World Commission on Dams (WCD)
Framework on dams and development

Research institutes

Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR):
Challenge Programme on Water Partnership (CPWF)
Medium term plan 2006-2008

IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre

Themes

International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
Water policy briefing

Partnerships and networks

Global Water Partnership (GWP)

• Strategy paper
• Policy Brief
  English - French - Spanish

The World Conservation Union (IUCN)
Approach of the water and nature initiative

Water Law and Indigenous Rights (WALIR)
Strategy - also in Spanish

Non-governmental organizations (NGOs)

Water Aid

• The need
• How we work
• Policy and research

Think tanks

World Water Council (WWC)

• Water at a glance
• Water crisis
• Water and nature
• Water supply and sanitation
• Water on the international agenda

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