This document discusses the Global Water Partnership (GWP) Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) Tool Box. It provides an overview of the tool box, which contains 59 tools and over 500 case studies that are available online for free. A 2012 user survey found that education and training were the primary uses. Case studies were the most popular resource. Additional findings from a 2015 survey of lecturers indicated that many case studies focused on developed countries and had limited applicability in developing nations. There was also a request for more peer-reviewed case studies to support university education. The document proposes developing case studies through collaborations between academics and practitioners. It also describes GWP's offer to host a Water Governance Initiative best practices

1. GWP IWRM Tool Box
An overview
8th OECD Water Governance Initiative Meeting
Francois Brikké
Rabat, the 12th of January 2017

2. 59 tools
On-line, open, free IWRM data-base since 2000 WWF
500 + case studies

4. User survey conducted
March – May 2012
326 Responses
(26% Governments;
26% Academia;
26% NGOs;
14% private;
5% students)

5. A broad application: education and training dominate

6. Favorite: case studies

9. In addition, findings about case studies (survey with lecturers 2015)
• Many case studies deal with IWRM processes implemented in west/north
developed world that are not applicable to developing nations.
• Many IWRM case studies searched at free access databases are made for a
specific purpose – to capture the findings of individual projects with a limited
follow up after the project is completed.
• There was a strong request from universities that GWP should devote resources
to develop peer reviewed case studies to be qualified for university education.
• It is recommended to create teams of academics and practitioners to develop
case studies in order to complement academically sound analysis with practical
realities

10. GWP offers to host WGI Best Practices Database
GWP TOOL BOX
Vast outreach world wide
Currently being upgraded with impact
mapping, improved search engine and
promoting WG market place
Water Governance
Initiative
Best Practices
GWP Database System
WGI own
entry, identity
OWN Structure based on 12 Principles
and Peer Reviewed material

11. WG Knowledge Broker on Water Governance also
acting as a network of networks with links to other
relevant organizations - Initiatives (WGI, INBO,
NARBO, ANBO, ..., SIWI WGF, GWP, 2030 WRG,
WaterLex, CEO Water Mandate Tool box, IWA, ..., )
WG Community of Practice, stimulating exchange
of experiences between professionals on key
selected hot topics and Peer to Peer learning, as
well as playing a role of advocacy at local level,
and links with other Hubs such as the URBAN
WATERS HUB
Towards a Water Governance (WG) Knowledge HUB

12. www.gwptoolbox.org
www.gwp.org