The Amman Seven Principles and Policy Recommendations for Improved Local Water Governance

Prepared by Mona Barghout (2007)

With the belief that stakeholder involvement, particularly of the water end-users, is an essential step towards improved water service delivery and sustainable water resources management; The Regional Forum on Local Water Governance, held in Amman-Jordan on June 6-7, 2007, looked into the policy and institutional arrangements necessary to enable local government and community organizations to engage in a planning and management of water resources that are equitable, effective, and sustainable.

The outcome of the Forum’s discussions were summed up and consolidated into the Amman Seven Principles on Local Water Governance and are presented here in this booklet together with their justifications and recommendations for policy and practice.

These recommendations are primarily geared towards making such stakeholder involvement effective; and creating an enabling environment for participatory local water governance. Building upon the outcomes of four1 regional and national events, the regional forum came as the culmination of a two-year consultative process in which the policy recommendations set out in this booklet were developed. They therefore incorporate critical feedback and input by several hundred leading practitioners from the three countries in which the EMPOWERS Project was active, as well as the region at large.

This booklet is also available in Arabic

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