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National Ganga River Basin Project

Organisation: 
World Bank Group

The objectives of the National Ganga River Basin Project for India are to support the National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) in: (a) building capacity of its nascent operational-level institutions, so that they can manage the long-term Ganga clean-up and conservation program; and (b) implem

November 2020

Metropolitan Dar es Salaam: Participatory River Basin Planning

World Bank Group
The main objective of this report is to understand how a variety of developing and emerging economies are successfully utilizing horizontal integration—across multiple infrastructure sectors and systems—at the metropolitan scale to deliver greater sustainability. This report explores how integrated planning processes extending well beyond city boundaries have been financed and implemented in a diverse group of metropolitan areas.

Strategic Basin Planning

World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), General Institute of Water Resources & Hydropower Planning, Ministry of Water Resources People's Republic of China
The paper Strategic Basin Planning summarises the findings of a collaborative effort between WWF, the General Institute of Water Resources & Hydropower Planning (GIWP), Ministry of Water Resources, People’s Republic of China and a number of leading international experts. This paper focuses on basin water allocation planning and is one in a series of three covering (i) strategic basin allocation planning (ii) strategic basin planning, and (iii) strategic flood risk management.
January 2013

River Basin Network on Water Framework Directive and Agriculure

European Commission
This publication has the overall objective to provide practical examples or good case practices in the River Basin Management Plan (RBMP) by assessing a list of agricultural measures included in the plan and focusing on issues of particular interest for the Water Framework Directive (WFD) implementation in the agricultural sector. The River Basin Network (RBN) also lent support to the Expert Group on WFD and Agriculture in its work by offering technical and from-the-field feedback.
1 July 2014 to 2 July 2014
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Green Growth on the Rise in the Mekong River Basin: From Concept to Reality

The international conference “Green Growth on the Rise in the Mekong River Basin: From Concept to Reality” will take place 1-2 July in Ninh Binh province, Vietnam, co-hosted by GGGI and the Viet Nam National Mekong Committee (VNMC). The rising concept of green growth brings together top-tier expe

December 2013

The Institutionalization of River Basin Management as Politics of Scale – Insights from Mongolia

Journal of Hydrology (Elsevier)

River Basin Management (RBM) as an approach to sustainable water use has become the dominant model of water governance. Its introduction, however, entails a fundamental realignment and rescaling of water-sector institutions along hydrological boundaries.

June 2018

River Basin Management and Fiscal Decentralisation: Mutually supportive or counterproductive? - A case study of Mongolia

German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)
The River Basin Management and Fiscal Decentralisation: Mutually Supportive or Counterproductive? paper finds that at the sub-national level, a high number of actors are involved in water governance. Despite a broad division of labour, a high level of overlap exists in terms of data management; monitoring water resources, water uses and law implementation; law enforcement; and to a certain degree the implementation of measures among these actors.
January 2005

Multiple Benefits of Small Irrigation Tanks and Their Economic Value: A case study in the Kala Oya Basin, Sri Lanka

International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
The IUCN Sri Lanka Country Office implemented a project on integrating wetland ecosystem values into river basin management in collaboration with the Mahaweli Authority of Sri Lanka. This paper focuses mainly on the direct and indirect services provided by the small tank ecosystems and possible techniques for valuing those which can be utilised in decision making regarding water and resource allocation.
Organisation: 
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)

UNECE - Foster Efficiency in Transboundary Basins for Water, Food and Energy Resources

The UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) commits to foster resource efficiency by supporting assessments of the water-food-energy-ecosystem nexus in transboundary basins.

June 2016

Enhancing water resources management through inclusive green economy- The case of Lake Victoria Basin

United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)

Lake Victoria in East Africa, the world’s second largest lake, is endowed with abundant water and other natural resources.

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