OECD WGI Strategy 2019-2021, OECD http://www.oecd.org/cfe/regional-policy/11th-meeting-of-the-oecd-water-governance-initiative.htm

1. OECD Water Governance Initiative
Strategic Programme
2019-2021
Contact: Hakan Tropp, Head, OECD Water Governance Programme
Hakan.TROPP@oecd.org

2. • What was done in previous phase, OECD
WGI Satisfaction Survey, 2015-2018.
• Where should we be heading? From vision
and action to implementation!
• How to get there?
– Structure of the WGI 2 Working Groups
– Resource mobilisation
– Time table
Presentation

3. • Satisfaction and Forward-looking Survey of OECD
WGI (May 2018)
 70% response rate
• One-day Workshop of WGI Steering Committee
(May 2018)
• Steering Committee comments on draft, September
2018
• Discussion at WGI-meeting, 12-13 Nov, Zaragoza,
Spain and comments from WGI members
• Approval by OECD Regional Development Policy
Committee (RDPC) in Dec. 2018.
Process for developing WGI Strategy and terms-
of -reference

4. • WGI is a unique forum that brings added-value
– Acknowledged by the High Level Panel on Water to « be
especially valuable to states and stakeholders seeking to
implement HLPW recommendations »
• WGI delivered on:
– Developing water governance indicators
– Developing water governance stories/practices
– Peer-review of national policy dialogues and analytical
work (Water governance in cities, national water
dialogues, Brazil)
– Research reports, such as in Water International – The
Principles: From Policy Standards to Practice
– Global Water Agenda (esp. 8th World Water Forum)
Point 1: WGI is highly relevant and
delivers!

5. 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
OECD Secretariat
Chair
Overall WGI network
Steering Committee
73%
55%
36%
21%
22%
42%
58%
66%
4%
3%
4%
13%
1%
What is your level of satisfaction with the WGI?
[% of respondents]
Very satisfied Satisfied Could be better Unsatisfied
OECD WGI Satisfaction Survey, 2015-2018
 WGI should pursue its activities - 100% of survey
respondents (70% response rate)
 Level of satisfaction of WGI secretariat (96%), Chair
(97%), WGI-SC (87%), overall WGI network (95%) is
very high
 The 2 Working Groups worked well in general at around
80% satisfied to very satisfied
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Process and
methodology
Outcomes /
Material
produced
Co-ordination /
Communication
with Working
Group members
Process and
methodology
Outcomes /
Material
produced
Co-ordination /
Communication
with Working
Group members
Indicators Best practices
28% 25% 25%
17% 13%
20%
56% 66%
56% 70%
67% 53%
16%
9%
19%
13%
20%
23%
3%
What is your degree of satisfaction with the Working Groups?
[% of respondents]
Very satisfied Satisfied Could be better Unsatisfied

6. Main benefits for OECD WGI members
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Learning from
countries' policy
reforms and
experiences
Accessing and
contributing to cutting-
edge evidence-based
analysis and research
Using OECD Principles
on Water Governance
to guide your activities
Raising the profile of
your organisation's
contribution to the
Global Water Agenda
Networking and
partnerships
Having a platform to
disseminate your own
work/events/messages
51%
37%
33% 30% 27%
22%
31%
25%
42%
28%
45%
28%
18%
37%
25%
42%
28%
49%
What are the main benefits that you take away from the WGI?
[% of respondents]
Ranked no. 1 or 2 (most important) Ranked no. 3 or 4 (important) Ranked no. 5 and 6 (least important)

7. Main contribution of WGI members
69% of respondents contribute with other activities besides
participating in meetings
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Co-production of
analytical work
Commenting on WGI
documents and reports,
and providing guidance as
appropriate
Leading some of the
activities / mobilising your
own internal resources
Disseminating WGI results Presenting your research,
reports, analysis at WGI
meeting for
discussion/peer-review
65%
50%
39%
30%
15%
20% 50%
33%
41%
57%
15%
0%
28% 28% 28%
What are the main contributions of WGI members?
[% of respondents]
Ranked as no. 1 or 2 (most important) Ranked as no. 3 or 4 (important) Ranked as no. 5 (least important)

8. Strategic activities to support the implementation of
the OECD Principles
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
A) Facilitate the uptake and use of
the OECD water governance
indicator framework
C) Develop capacity-building
modules and train
mentors/facilitators
B) Promote peer-learning from
water governance practices
54% 49%
28%
30%
21%
42%
10%
21% 25%
6% 9% 4%
Which strategic activities should the WGI prioritise to support the
implementation of the OECD Principles on Water Governance?
[% of respondents]
Very important Important Somewhat important Not important
• 21 members volunteered to be lead institutions of a self-assessment
• 26 members volunteered to organise a webinar on stories
• 70% of members ranked capacity-building as “very important” or “important”

9. • Broadening the scope and more engagement with:
– actors outside of the water box (city networks, other
sectors)
– non-OECD countries (Africa, Asia)
• WGI and its members: More scope for mutual
learning
• Broadening the funding base
Some lessons learned:

10. Point 2: From vision and action to implementation!
OECD Principles on
Water Governance
Indicator
Framework
50+ Water Stories
2013-2015
Vision
2016-2018
Action
2019-2021
Implementation
Promoting the use of
existing indicators and
developing
impact indicators
Promoting capacity
development and
developing modules
and activities
Implementation of the
Principles and
indicators

11. Operational
activities
OECD
Secretariat
Working
group
Indicators
Working
group
Capacity
building
Strategic guidance
Chair & Steering Committee
[Suez, ASTEE, INBO/OIEau,
AEAS, WIN, SIWI, Transparency
International]
100+ Network
Members
Communication
& outreach
Structure of the WGI (2019-2021)
Better Governance in the Water Sector
Provide a Technical
Platform
Advise Governments
on Reform
Raise Profile of
Governance in SDGs,
COP, Habitat III,
Implement Policy
Standards and
Practices
Foster Governance
Continuity
Global Water Agenda
[SDGs, 9th World Water Forum, Habitat III,
COP]

12. Promote Implementation: Indicators &
Capacity Development
Indicators
• Applying input and
process indicators
• Identifying methodologies
for data
production/collection
• Developing impact
indicators and finalising
framework
• Indicator framework On-
line tool, with pilot studies
Capacity
Development
• Taking stock of capacity
development initiatives and
frameworks
• Defining scope and target(s)
groups
• Creating modules and
testing them in workshops
• On-line tool, pool of
trainers, “flagship”report on
capacity development
Working Group 1: Working Group 2:

13. • The spirit of voluntarism and in-kind contributions will remain a
critical pillar of the WGI
• The promotion of the Implementation of the Principles will
require more resources as compared to developing tools
• Develop resource mobilisation strategy! Act on it!
– Expand existing partnership engagement with funders
– Diversify pool of funding by adding new funding partners, such as
through leveraging the King Hassan II Water Prize, awarded to OECD
– Explore possibilities of “basket funding” and where funding can flow in
different directions
– WGI Steering Committee plays a key role, along with interested
members and supported by OECD Secretariat
point 3: More resources are needed?

14. • The OECD Water Governance Initiative is highly relevant and
delivers
• The core focus for 2019-2021 is to support the
implementation of Principles (with related tools)
• Additional resource mobilisation is required to deliver on
work plan in full
• Strength of WGI is its collective approach
– The afternoon session will tease out more in detail the aim and work
of the Working Groups, as well as how members would like to
contribute
WGI in Summary……..

15. Time-table: Working Groups
Nov
2019Nov 2018
June
2019
June/July
2020
11th WGI,
Zaragoza:
Inception phase
to set scope,
process and
expectations 12th WGI:
Draft Inventories
March
2021
13th WGI
Draft Scoping notes
14th WGI
Piloting and testing
“Launching of outputs”
9th World Water
Forum (Senegal)
Nov/Dec
2020
15th WGI
Finalise work
outputs
Webinars will be held in between meetings

16. Thank you