Tools for the implementation of integrated water resources management (IWRM) in the Caribbean

Water Policy ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 15 (5) ◽  
pp. 859-870 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine Senecal ◽  
Chandra A. Madramootoo
Keyword(s):  
Water Resources ◽  
Water Resources Management ◽  
Monitoring Network ◽  
Integrated Water Resources Management ◽  
Collaborative Process ◽  
Resources Management ◽  
International Agencies ◽  
Adoption And Implementation ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
National Governments

While many countries and regional authorities in the Caribbean have embraced the concept of integrated water resources management (IWRM) and recognized its guiding principles as beneficial, few have possessed the capacity to implement it since its enunciation in the Dublin Principles of 1992. The Caribbean Water Initiative (CARIWIN) endeavoured over a 6-year period, 2006–2012, to build capacity in a collaborative process with national governments and regional and international agencies. The result of this collaborative process was the selection of three Caribbean-specific tools to support the implementation of the key components of IWRM. These tools were National Water Information Systems, the Caribbean Drought and Precipitation Monitoring Network, and Community Water Strategies. This paper describes these three tools and the process promoted through CARIWIN for their successful adoption and implementation, i.e. a program including professional development, institutional partnerships, research, and dissemination of knowledge.

scholarly journals Why isn't IWRM working in the Caribbean?

Water Policy ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 587-600
Author(s):  
Adrian Cashman
Keyword(s):  
Water Resources ◽  
Water Resources Management ◽  
Policy Reform ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Integrated Water Resources Management ◽  
Status Report ◽  
Global Level ◽  
Contributing Factors ◽  
Resources Management ◽  
The Caribbean

At the global level, it appears that acceptance for integrated water resources management (IWRM) has been growing. In a status report by the United Nations in 2012, 82% of the 134 nations which responded indicated that they had embarked on reforms to achieve integrated approaches to water resources management. Over the last decade in the Caribbean there have been similar IWRM agendas. However, so far efforts to embed IWRM in the region have yielded few results. Hence it is appropriate to ask what has been the progress with adopting an integrated approach to water management in the Caribbean and are there lessons that can be learnt? The paper seeks to provide some answers to those two questions. An overview of the various national and regional IWRM initiatives over the last decade provides the basis on which the evaluation of the successes or otherwise is made. This is complemented by an assessment of the enabling conditions and the extent to which they have been able to support developments. The analysis of contributing factors uses a stakeholder characterisation typology developed by Mitchell and Agle. Finally, the need for ‘brokering’ actors as an integral part of policy reform is identified as a necessary element of success.

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