Stakeholder engagement in water governance as social learning: lessons from practice

The 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 wate...

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Published in:Water international 2018-01, Vol.43 (1), p.34-59
Main Authors: Wehn, Uta, Collins, Kevin, Anema, Kim, Basco-Carrera, Laura, Lerebours, Alix
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accountability
e-participation
Ethical standards
Ethics
Governance
Interest groups
International economic organizations
Learning
OECD Principles on Water Governance
Social discrimination learning
Social learning
stakeholder engagement
Stakeholders
Water governance
Water policy
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Summary:The 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.
ISSN:0250-8060
1941-1707
DOI:10.1080/02508060.2018.1403083