Water, Land and Ecosystems - Turkey

Interactive institutional design and contextual relevance: water user groups in Turkey, Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan

Anonymous — Thu, 19 Nov 2020 22:02:41 +0000

TypeJournal Article

Languageen

Authors

Mukhtarov, F.
Fox, S.
Mukhamedova, Nozilakhon
Wegerich, Kai

Institutional design for water governance assumes the possibility of intentional introduction of policy innovations into the new contexts or amending existing institutions. Such institutional design has been common in the water sector and examples include participatory irrigation management, integrated water resources management plans and water privatization programmes. With increasing application of institutional design across various political, socio-economic and cultural settings, the importance of the context is increasingly accepted. The key question is therefore how to reconcile institutional design and contextual variability. Based on our research on the introduction of water user associations in parts of Turkey, Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan, we conclude that a top-down institutional design implemented nation-wide and not involving multiple stakeholders and engaging their views, is doomed to failure. As an alternative, we offer interactive institutional design, which is based on collaborative approaches to institutional design and treats design as works of assemblage.

Citation

Mukhtarov, F.; Fox, S.; Mukhamedova, Nozilakhon; Wegerich, Kai. 2014. Interactive institutional design and contextual relevance: water user groups in Turkey, Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan. Environmental Science and Policy, 9p. (Online first) doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2014.10.006

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https://hdl.handle.net/10568/58441

Process-focused analysis in transboundary water governance research

Anonymous — Thu, 19 Nov 2020 22:02:41 +0000

TypeJournal Article

Languageen

Authors

Suhardiman, Diana
Giordano, Mark

Previous analysis of transboundary water governance has been focused primarily on state-centred approaches. The articles in this special section move us forward from this focus in three ways. First, they highlight the crucial role played by non-state actors in shaping water governance outcomes. Second, they show us how these actors can increase the 'room for manoeuvre' in negotiations. Third, they provide an entry point for developing process-focused approaches in transboundary water governance research. This article argues such an approach might improve our understanding of transboundary water outcomes and suggests new focus on how key actors form networks of alliances and shape decision-making landscapes at multiple governance levels and arenas. From a scholarly perspective, it brings to light the blurred boundary between state and non-state actors, as derived from a better understanding of the elusive links between actors and organisations; it unravels additional layers of complexity in the hydro-hegemony concept and bends the rigid notion of power asymmetry, towards the subtleties of power relations and interplays in transboundary decision-making processes.

Citation

Suhardiman, Diana; Giordano, Mark. 2012. Process-focused analysis in transboundary water governance research. International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics, 12(3):299-308. doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10784-012-9176-z

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https://hdl.handle.net/10568/40395

Supporting Coordination and Cooperation in Water Management in the Euphrates and Tigris Area (CPET)- Agricultural Water Productivity

Amanda — Wed, 08 Nov 2017 12:00:00 +0000

The Collaborative Programme Euphrates and Tigris (CPET) aims to increase the trust and knowledge base between Iran, Iraq, Syria and Turkey (Country Partners (CP) and to build a sufficient evidence base to enable investment prioritisation. A primary activity of the programme is joint fact finding, which is to be carried out by six specialist Task Forces. (1) Task Force H: Hydrology and Climate Change; (2) Task Force E: Hydropower; (3) Task Force W: Water Quality; (4) Task Force A: Agricultural Water Productivity; (5) Task Force M: Marshlands; and (6) Task Force S: Socioeconomics. As agriculture consumes the vast majority of the Euphrates and Tigris (E-T) basin water resources and it is well established that water is being used inefficiently this task force will develop feasible options for the basin countries to improve water use in agriculture and to enhance food security though regional and bilateral cooperation. ICARDA leads task force A on Agricucltural water productivity with key objective is to develop reasonable and equitable use for the basin countries to improve water use in agriculture and to enhance food security through regional and bilateral cooperation. This task force (A) aims to map water producvity of the basin to understand the variability of the crop water use and identify potetnail areas for improvement in agricultural water producctivity and cooperation in the basin.

Contact Person

Oweis, Theib <t.oweis@cgiar.org>

Lead Center

International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)

Donors

Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida)

Partners

ICARDA - International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas

Completed

Start/End dateJanuary 01, 2017 — August 31, 2018

Research ThemeLand and Water Solutions

Cluster

2.1 ALWM Solutions for Resilient Smallholder Livelihood and Landscape Systems

Regions

Middle East and North Africa

Countries

Iran, Iraq, Turkey