Stakeholder engagement in water governance as social learning: lessons from practice |
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| Authors: | Uta Wehn Kevin Collins Kim Anema Laura Basco-Carrera Alix Lerebours |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Integrated Water Systems and Governance Department, IHE Delft, Delft, The Netherlandsu.wehn@un-ihe.org;3. Applied Systems Thinking in Practice, School of Engineering &4. Innovation, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK;5. Integrated Water Systems and Governance Department, IHE Delft, Delft, The Netherlands;6. De Nieuwe Vrijwilliger, Nijmegen, The Netherlands;7. Water Youth Network, Delft, The Netherlands |
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| Abstract: | ABSTRACTThe OECD Principles on Water Governance set out various requirements for stakeholder engagement. Coupled with conceptualizations of social learning, this article asks how we define and enact stakeholder engagement and explores the actual practice of engagement of stakeholders in three fields of water governance. The results suggest that a key consideration is the purpose of the stakeholder engagement, requiring consideration of its ethics, process, roles and expected outcomes. While facilitators cannot be held accountable if stakeholder engagement ‘fails’ in terms of social learning, they are responsible for ensuring that the enabling conditions for social learning are met. |
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| Keywords: | OECD Principles on Water Governance stakeholder engagement social learning e-participation |
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