This document outlines a rationale for developing guidance on applying the OECD Principles on Water Governance to flood risk governance. It proposes a methodology using a checklist to assess governance arrangements across the five stages of flood risk management. The checklist will be used to collect case studies from different scales to provide examples and identify good practices. Peer reviewers and experts will provide feedback on the robustness of the methodology and checklist before case studies are collected in September and a working paper is developed in November. The goal is to apply the water governance principles to other sub-sectors like droughts and groundwater.

1. Flood risk governance:
A shared responsibility
Emeline Hassenforder
OECD Water Governance Programme
7th WGI Meeting, The Hague, 23 June 2016

2. Luckily I live on the 4th floor…
Photo: Golem 13

3. Outline
 Rationale for this work
 Added-value of the paper
 OECD Principles on Water Governance
 Example of the checklist on the scale principle
 Next steps
 Questions for discussion

4. Rationale for this work
Supporting the implementation of the
principles by:
 Providing detailed guidance for specific subsectors
 Taking a closer look at stakeholders’ roles as shared
responsibilities
Supporting the discussion on indicators
Collecting good practices on flood risk governance

5. Added-value of the paper
 A contextualisation of the principles for flood risk
governance
 A checklist to assess whether conditions are in
place to manage risks rather than to manage crisis
Concrete examples and good practices
5 stages of flood risk management:
Anticipation  Prevention/Mitigation  Preparation
 Response  Recovery

6. OECD Principles on Water Governance
TRUST &
ENGAGEMENT
Clear
roles &
responsibilities
Capacity
Policy
coherence
Appropriate
scales within
basin systems
Regulatory
Frameworks
Data &
information
Financing
Innovative
governance
Trade-offs
across users,
rural and urban
areas, and
generations
Integrity &
Transparency
Monitoring
& Evaluation
Stakeholder
engagement
WATER
GOVERNANCE

7. Example
p. 15-16 of the draft paper
• DIAGNOSTIC
• IMPACTS
• MECHANISMS

8. SEP: Collect case studies at different scales:
• “Ticking boxes” in the checklist
• Providing a short paragraph introducing the case
• Peer-reviewing the comparative analysis
NOV: Working paper
DEC: Scientific contribution
Our ambition = Apply the principles to other sub-sectors
(droughts, groundwater)
Next steps

9. Peer-reviewers
Experts:
Peter Driessen,
Marloes Bakker

10. • Do you think the methodology and the checklist
are robust enough to proceed with case studies’
collection?
• How can we enlarge the geographical scope of the
paper ?
• Is the checklist relevant for all scales of
governance?
• How to foster bench learning through case
studies?
• How can this exercise foster greater integration
between water, spatial planning and other policy
areas?
Questions for discussion

11. Thank you
Emeline.Hassenforder@oecd.org