Undertaking long-term capacity building measures for improved water management

This strategy features in the framework of Agenda 21 as formulated at UNCED (Rio de Janeiro, 1992), now coordinated by the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development and implemented through national and local authorities. Agenda 21 recommends provision of specific measures that require support for institutional strengthening, inter alia, through long-term programme budgeting, staff training, incentives, mobility, equipment and coordination mechanisms.

1. Managing water

1. Managing water resources for sustainable rural development

1. Integrating water resource management and biodiversity conservation

1. Undercapacity
2. Short-termism
3. Overcapacity
4. Mismanagement
5. Capacity