Strategic Environmental Assessment : Improving Water Resources Governance and Decision Making - Case Studies

The overall goal of this report is to help water resources and environment professionals within the Bank and client countries use strategic environmental assessment (SEA) to effectively implement the principles of integrated water resources managem...

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Main Authors:	Hirji, Rafik, Davis, Richard
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	DECISION PROCESS LEGISLATION PM PROGRAMS SEA WATER MANAGEMENT WATER MANAGEMENT POLICY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/04/10675832/strategic-environmental-assessment-improving-water-resources-governance-decision-making-case-studies http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18406

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spelling	okr-10986-184062021-04-23T14:03:34Z Strategic Environmental Assessment : Improving Water Resources Governance and Decision Making - Case Studies Hirji, Rafik Davis, Richard DECISION PROCESS LEGISLATION PM PROGRAMS SEA WATER MANAGEMENT WATER MANAGEMENT POLICY The overall goal of this report is to help water resources and environment professionals within the Bank and client countries use strategic environmental assessment (SEA) to effectively implement the principles of integrated water resources management (IWRM). The report contains four elements: (1) a review of SEA support for IWRM; (2) an analysis of 10 case studies and four water policies; (3) an in-depth pilot study of water sector reform in a developing country; and (4) a framework for enhancing the use of SEAs in integrated water resources management. This SEA provides important lessons on the usage of SEA rather than on the technical aspects of conducting them. It illustrates how an environmental instrument can be used to further development and poverty alleviation as well as environmental protection by putting its findings and recommendations in terms that are meaningful to politicians and senior decision makers. This includes use of economic and financial arguments and linkages to national goals such as poverty reduction and millennium development goals (MDGs). It also illustrates the importance of building support among a wider constituency than just the lead agency and working patiently over a number of years to implement reforms. The influence of an SEA can be felt a number of years as opportunities arise to implement components of a reform program. Finally, it clearly illustrates that an SEA need not be costly or time consuming to be influential if it is focused on the core questions, builds a constituency, and presents its findings in a way that is relevant to decision makers. 2014-05-27T18:38:53Z 2014-05-27T18:38:53Z 2009-04 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/04/10675832/strategic-environmental-assessment-improving-water-resources-governance-decision-making-case-studies http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18406 English en_US Environment department papers;no. 116. Water series CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research
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topic	DECISION PROCESS LEGISLATION PM PROGRAMS SEA WATER MANAGEMENT WATER MANAGEMENT POLICY
spellingShingle	DECISION PROCESS LEGISLATION PM PROGRAMS SEA WATER MANAGEMENT WATER MANAGEMENT POLICY Hirji, Rafik Davis, Richard Strategic Environmental Assessment : Improving Water Resources Governance and Decision Making - Case Studies
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description	The overall goal of this report is to help water resources and environment professionals within the Bank and client countries use strategic environmental assessment (SEA) to effectively implement the principles of integrated water resources management (IWRM). The report contains four elements: (1) a review of SEA support for IWRM; (2) an analysis of 10 case studies and four water policies; (3) an in-depth pilot study of water sector reform in a developing country; and (4) a framework for enhancing the use of SEAs in integrated water resources management. This SEA provides important lessons on the usage of SEA rather than on the technical aspects of conducting them. It illustrates how an environmental instrument can be used to further development and poverty alleviation as well as environmental protection by putting its findings and recommendations in terms that are meaningful to politicians and senior decision makers. This includes use of economic and financial arguments and linkages to national goals such as poverty reduction and millennium development goals (MDGs). It also illustrates the importance of building support among a wider constituency than just the lead agency and working patiently over a number of years to implement reforms. The influence of an SEA can be felt a number of years as opportunities arise to implement components of a reform program. Finally, it clearly illustrates that an SEA need not be costly or time consuming to be influential if it is focused on the core questions, builds a constituency, and presents its findings in a way that is relevant to decision makers.
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title	Strategic Environmental Assessment : Improving Water Resources Governance and Decision Making - Case Studies
title_short	Strategic Environmental Assessment : Improving Water Resources Governance and Decision Making - Case Studies
title_full	Strategic Environmental Assessment : Improving Water Resources Governance and Decision Making - Case Studies
title_fullStr	Strategic Environmental Assessment : Improving Water Resources Governance and Decision Making - Case Studies
title_full_unstemmed	Strategic Environmental Assessment : Improving Water Resources Governance and Decision Making - Case Studies
title_sort	strategic environmental assessment : improving water resources governance and decision making - case studies
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2014
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/04/10675832/strategic-environmental-assessment-improving-water-resources-governance-decision-making-case-studies http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18406
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