Database of Water Governance Instruments

The Diagnostic Water

Governance can be defined as the various institutionalised modes of social coordination to produce and implement collectively binding rules, or to provide collective goods (Börzel & Risse, 2010,p. 114).

Börzel, T. A., & Risse, T. (2010). Governance Without a State: Can It Work? Regulation & Governance, 4(2), 113–134. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-5991.2010.01076.x

Tool contains a list of currently 66 instruments to enhance water

Governance can be defined as the various institutionalised modes of social coordination to produce and implement collectively binding rules, or to provide collective goods (Börzel & Risse, 2010,p. 114).

Börzel, T. A., & Risse, T. (2010). Governance Without a State: Can It Work? Regulation & Governance, 4(2), 113–134. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-5991.2010.01076.x

. Governance experts of the STEER project have carefully selected and evaluated these instruments. Below you can find a factsheet for each instrument that provides key information and gives examples for its successful application in practice. When you have entered information about your case study, you will find tailor-made recommendations for instruments to improve

Water governance is the social function that regulates development and management of water resources and provisions of water services at different levels of society. It comprises all actors, processes and structures involved. Good water governance guides water use towards a desirable state and away from an undesirable state (Pahl-Wostl, 2015).

Pahl-Wostl, C. (2015). Water Governance in the Face of Global Change—From Understanding to Transformation. Wiesbaden: Springer International Publishing.

in the therapy section of this tool.