ADVANCING WATER GOVERNANCE

REFORMS: AN OPEN GOVERNMENT

PERSPECTIVE

Marcos Mendiburu

August 2017

World Water Week, SIWI, Stockholm

OGP commitments

Mexico - OGP commitment

Mexico - OGP commitment

Uruguay - OGP commitments

Chile - OGP commitment

Honduras - OGP commitment

Panama - OGP commitment

Dominican Republic - OGP commitment

Paraguay - OGP commitments

OGP subnational level commitment – La Libertad, Peru

2008

20162015

2014

SOME REFLECTIONS

• Need To Learn From Previous Commitments And For Knowledge Sharing Across Countries

• Need To Look At Implementation – Who Is Engaged And How? (@ Policy Or Utility/Service

Delivery Level/

• Participation Or Feedback/ Individual Or Collective Engagement, How Is Feedback Contributing

To Performance Management, Etc.)

• Depth Of OGP Water-related Commitments. Focus On Transparency; A Few On Participation

• How To Reach Out To Sectoral Csos And Government Counterparts? The Role Of Intermediaries

(Foundations, Multilateral Orgs.)

• How To Incorporate Sector-related Commitments?

Leverage Existing Platforms Role Of IRM Researcher

Subnational Level Pilot Program

Look At The Accountability Ecosystem (Ex. Accountability Institutions - Ombudsman Offices)