Short Description
This report details the development until month 18 of the InnWater Water Governance Diagnostic Tool, one of the components of the Governance Platform of the InnWater project. This tool is designed to help potential users identify and understand governance gaps within their water systems at various scales and facilitate discussions between water-related stakeholders.
Grounding on the enhanced methodology from the project's Work Package 2, which is based on the OECD Principles on Water Governance, the diagnostic tool incorporates 16 principles across four dimensions: effectiveness, efficiency, trust and engagement, and sustainability and resilience.
Led by Etifor and heavily supported by Eurecat’s expertise in web development, this tool aims to translate the theoretical and methodological contents developed in Work Package 2 and become a practical tool that can reach a broader audience within the project's scope.
The tool's development process results in a questionnaire-based instrument comprising 29 questions divided into compulsory and voluntary. Designed as an online application, the tool provides visual assessment outcomes and will be available in the five languages of the project's pilot sites in its latest version in month 24. The tool aims, among other things, to facilitate the comparison of assessments from different stakeholders and promote discussions on governance challenges, allowing for flexibility in assessment depth while maintaining informative outcomes.
The report outlines the tool's development within the overall structure of InnWater, including the theoretical framework used, the development process, the main results so far, and the planned next steps. This Water Diagnostic Tool seeks to contribute significantly to sustainable and resilient water management practices across Europe by providing a user-friendly, adaptable approach to governance gaps assessment that invites different stakeholder groups to participate in water governance processes.
Grounding on the enhanced methodology from the project's Work Package 2, which is based on the OECD Principles on Water Governance, the diagnostic tool incorporates 16 principles across four dimensions: effectiveness, efficiency, trust and engagement, and sustainability and resilience.
Led by Etifor and heavily supported by Eurecat’s expertise in web development, this tool aims to translate the theoretical and methodological contents developed in Work Package 2 and become a practical tool that can reach a broader audience within the project's scope.
The tool's development process results in a questionnaire-based instrument comprising 29 questions divided into compulsory and voluntary. Designed as an online application, the tool provides visual assessment outcomes and will be available in the five languages of the project's pilot sites in its latest version in month 24. The tool aims, among other things, to facilitate the comparison of assessments from different stakeholders and promote discussions on governance challenges, allowing for flexibility in assessment depth while maintaining informative outcomes.
The report outlines the tool's development within the overall structure of InnWater, including the theoretical framework used, the development process, the main results so far, and the planned next steps. This Water Diagnostic Tool seeks to contribute significantly to sustainable and resilient water management practices across Europe by providing a user-friendly, adaptable approach to governance gaps assessment that invites different stakeholder groups to participate in water governance processes.