Fritsch, O, Adelle, C and Benson, D (2017) The EU Water Initiative at 15: Origins, Processes and Assessment. Water International, 42 (4). pp. 425-442. ISSN 0250-8060
Abstract
This article examines the activities and achievements of the European Union Water Initiative, a transnational, multi-actor partnership established in 2002 by the European Commission to support water governance reforms around the world. Two regional components of the initiative – (a) Africa and (b) Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia – are studied with a focus on their organizational structures, activities, policies and achievements. The analysis provides evidence for improved regional dialogue and cooperation in the water sector, but also points to persistent weaknesses, in particular a lack of resources, ownership and mutual understanding as to the overall aims of the Initiative.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2017 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way. |
Keywords: | European Union Water Initiative, Integrated Water Resources Management, water governance, Water Framework Directive, network governance |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Geography (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number Leverhulme Trust no external ref |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 21 Jun 2017 12:28 |
Last Modified: | 05 Oct 2017 16:11 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/02508060.2017.1330816 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:117956 |