Water Governance in Europe & CIS

Organizations, Initiatives and Partnerships 

• Cap-NET: On Cap-Net's site you will find a whole library of materials!
• IW:LEARN: The "knowledge management project" of Global Environment Facility - International Waters: Visit the library... (GEF-IW)
• UNDP's Water Governance Facility (WGF) at the Stockholm International Waters Institute (SIWI): Co-organizes i.a. the yearly "Stockholm World Water Week", and also has a special section for downloading reports
• Gender and Water Alliance (GWA): Has links to the resource guide and other sources of information
• European Environment Agency: Direct links to Information about water | International water databases report
• ICARDA (International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas - The International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) is one of the 16 centres strategically located all over the world and supported by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). With its main research station and offices based in Aleppo, Syria, ICARDA works through a network of partnerships with national, regional and international institutions, universities, non-governmental organizations and ministries in the developing world; and with advanced research institutes in industrialized countries.
• Taking account of the poor in water sector regulation (by UNDP & World Bank)
• The Global Water Partnership (GWP) library: Includes technical papers, newsletters and policy papers
• Environmental Treaties and Resource Indicators (ETRI): A clearinghouse of information on major environmental treaties, also very good resource management profiles for all countries that have ratified major environmental agreements or treaties.
• GEMS water monitoring (UNEP): Main global water quality monitoring programme
• UNEP-GRIDA: database for knowledge sharing on European environmental issues for capacity building. Main countries are those of Central and Eastern Europe
• International Water Association (IWA): Association of water professionals, list of conferences and publications on various water topics
• International Water and Sanitation Centre (IRC): good website that lists information on various water and sanitation topics, upcoming conferences, vacancies and publications. Has a good listserv called "Source"
• World Meteorological Organization (WMO): Distribution of the world’s water resources
• International Institute of Environment and Development (IIED): Resources on water, sanitation and human settlements, mainly publications and reports
• International Water Management Institute (IWMI): Offers information about the sustainable use of water and land resources in agriculture and on the water needs of developing countries.

Conventions and Frameworks

• UNECE Water Convention
• Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
• Convention on Biological Diversity (inland waters): this website includes information on inland waters, which is the main water management theme of the convention.
• European Water Framework Directive (WFD) (-> direct link): Link to statistics, resources, information on legislation and more.