Topic Guide: Corruption in Water and Sanitation Sector

Dublin Statement on Water and Sustainable Development (1992). http://www.un-documents.net/h2o-dub.htm  

This statement provides a guideline for basic water governance directed at UN members. The statement recognises the problems surrounding water sustainability and supports the actions of member states in establishing participatory, integrated water management systems. It represents one of the first multi-country memoranda on the importance of integrity in water management and development surrounding water issues.  

SADC Shared Watercourse Protocol. http://www.internationalwaterlaw.org/documents/regionaldocs/Revised-SADC-SharedWatercourse-Protocol-2000.pdf  

Considered by the Water Governance Facility (WGF) to be a groundbreaking agreement in water sustainability networks, the SADC Shared Watercourse Protocol of 1995 (revised in 2000) is the commitment of 14 southern African governments to implement a shared water management system. The protocol essentially provides a framework to confront water scarcity and water conflict and provides a guideline for dialogue on trans-boundary water issues.  

OECD. 2015. OECD Principles on Water Governance.http://www.oecd.org/cfe/regional-policy/OECD-Principles-on-Water-Governance-brochure.pdf  

The OECD Water Governance Principles provide 12 must-does for governments to design and implement effective, efficient and inclusive water policies in shared responsibility with a broad range of stakeholders. They were developed using a multi-stakeholder approach within the OECD Water Governance Initiative, and backed by ministers at the OECD Ministerial Council Meeting on 4 June 2015. The principles have been endorsed by 42 countries and 140+ major stakeholder groups. The first 65 signatures from public, private and non-profit organisations were gathered through the Daegu Declaration.