Case Studies by the
World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP)
One of the key objectives of the World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP) is to help countries improve their self-assessment capability by building on existing strengths and experiences. WWAP fulfils this mission by assisting in the preparation of case studies in countries around the world in order to highlight the state of water resources where different physical, climatic and socio-economic conditions prevail. In this regard, case studies show the diversity of circumstances and different human needs. The second purpose of the case studies is to highlight the challenges that need to be addressed in the water resources sector. In the process, the skills and experience of both local water professionals and policy-makers are engaged and enhanced.
The World Water Assessment Programme is both global and local in scale, for it must check the accuracy of the big picture on the basis of snapshots of water in the field. In the global strategy to improve the overall quality of water resources, local actions often present the starting point the most fruitful efforts. The WWAP case studies aim to provide a snapshot of those efforts while showing the significance of the decisions taken at local, sub-national and national levels.
The lessons learned, from both successes and failures, may be shared with other countries interested in addressing such issues. For the 1 st United Nations World Water Development Report ( WWDR1 ), seven pilot case studies involving twelve countries were prepared. In WWDR2 (March 2006), this has increased to sixteen case studies and thirty-eight countries
http://www.unesco.org/water/wwap/case_studies/index.shtml
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