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Local water governance is about new policies, platforms, networks and institutions. But making these work is about people. When it works, it is about people challenging the traditional way of how things ‘ought to be’. These are people who do things differently; people with a bit of courage.

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This storybook documents the experiences, accounts and stories of people in villages, governorate offices and ministries who have tried to shake traditional patterns, wherever they could, and tried to do things differently.

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Through their eyes, we look at concepts such as concerted action, empowerment, decentralisation and shared decision making. What happens to people when they are confronted with these concepts, and try to put them into practice?

Why do they do what they do?

Why should they change?

What patterns and traditions do they find on their way?

What do their neighbours and colleagues say?

What did they learn about themselves and their social environment?

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Read more or download EMPOWERS_Storybook_Eng.pdf  (1.90 MB)