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People’s Diplomacy, Inter-Sectoral Water Management and Decision Making

THE PANEL RECOMMENDS THE PANEL RECOMMENDS

We recommend that inter-sectoral water management, including management of transboundary water
projects, enable participation, sharing of all relevant information and data exchange for all the stakeholders,
including civil society groups.

An appropriate level of transparency and data sharing should be provided from the early stages of the project.
The process should involve the relevant governmental departments and agencies, businesses, civil society
organizations and the scientific community.

We recommend that governments ensure the necessary multi-stakeholder dialogue platforms. In order to
enable an effective operation of these platforms, it is necessary to invest systematically in education on water
issues and water management at all levels.

More generally, educational systems of States should include water education in order to build the necessary
knowledge and awareness regarding water use as well as the capacity of citizens to participate in policy
making related to water issues.

Best practices of inter-sectoral water cooperation should be studied and lessons learned for the benefit of
future projects. This should gradually contribute to developing a set of global standards for inter-sectoral
water management.

The UN Global Compact, exercising its Waters Mandate, should be instrumental in developing a Voluntary
Code of Practice on Water Management.

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