Aziza Akhmouch (OECD) - 7th WGI Meeting (23-24 June 2016 - The Hague)

1. WGI 2016-2018
Strategy and Activities
Aziza Akhmouch
Head, OECD Water Governance Programme

2. • WGI objectives
• WGI renewed membership
• WGI structure & working groups
• WGI consultations on OECD Recommendations
 Water
 Public Sector Integrity
• WGI dissemination & outreach
Outline

3. • Where do we come from?
• Who did we work with?
– How ?
– Which results?
• What have we learned from the first 3 years?
• Where should we be heading?
• How to get there?
– Structure
– Funding
– Timeline
WGI Satisfaction Survey & Strategic Paper
(May 2015)

4. WGI objectives over 2016 - 2018
(unchanged)
Policy
Forum
Peer
review
Global
agenda
SHAPEPOLICYGUIDANCE
SHAREKNOWLEDGE
Advise
governments
Implement
OECD
Principles

5. WGI composition in 2016
132 members (incl. 46 “new”)

6. WGI structure for 2016-2018
132 Network
Members
Steering Committee
[OECD, Suez Environnement, ASTEE, INBO/OIEau,
WIN, SIWI, Transparency International]
Community
Communication and outreach
OECD Water Governance Initiative
Working group
Indicators
Working group
(Best) practices
Regional Development Policy Committee

7. OECD Principles on Water Governance
Outcomes of the 1st phase 2013-2015
Endorsed by OECD’s 34 Member States at the
Ministerial Council Meeting on 4 June 2015

8. Members’ contributions 2016-2018
(2%)
(95%)
(86%)
(82%)
(70%)
(70%)
(60%)
(57%)
(36%)
(25%)
(11%)
(Based on the 108 Letters of endorsement received, 24 are pending)

9. Members’ interest in working groups
Leading institutions:
Indicators
Best practices

10. Comments / OECD draft Recommendations
Water
Public Sector Integrity

11. • Water, Megacities and Global Change, Paris, 1 December 2016
• Water & Cities Conference, Leeuwarden, 10-11 February 2016
• Star-Flood conference, Brussels, 4-6 February 2016
• World Water Tech, London 23 February 2016
• Water Governance Centre Sunset symposium, Amersfoort, 10 March 2016
• Netwerc H20 General Assembly, Pisa 17 March 2016
• IWA young water professional UK Annual conference, Norwich; 31 March
2016
• SPARE kick-off meeting, Innsbruck, 5-6 April 2016
• Water in the Urban Agenda, European Parliament, 6 April 2016
• Water Economic Forum, Madrid, 8 April 2016
• 8th European Conference on Sustainable Cities & Towns, Bilbao, 27-29 April
2016
• Adaptation Futures Conference, Rotterdam, May 2016
• ASTEE 95th Congress, 1-3 June 2016
• CEEP water task force meeting, Munich, 1st June 2016
• INBO General Assembly, Merinda , 3-4June 2016
• Citizen Observatories for water management Conference, Venice 9 June 2016
• International Conference on Adapting to Climate Change, Lisbon 21 June 2016
Dissemination & Outreach

12. THANK YOU
Aziza.Akhmouch@oecd.org