Retouch Nexus Dashboard
For the RETOUCH NEXUS case studies, the dashboard below summarizes the main characteristics of their water governance systems. Water governance in the EU presents a comprehensive framework that aims to ensure sustainable use and management of water resources. Please click the buttons to learn about water governance structures, the main challenges to sustainable water governance and data and evaluation of water policies in the case studies.
| Case Studies | Coordination Mechanisms | Water Policy Setting | Implementing Institutions | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vertical Coordination | Horizontal Coordination | National Government | Regional Government | National Authorities | Regional Authorities | Municipalities | River Basin Managers | |
| SPAIN Jucar River Basin |  | | Ministry for Ecological Transition and Demographic Change (Spain) | | NWA – National Water Agency (Spain) | | | |
| NETHERLANDS North Holland | | | MIWM – Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management (The Netherlands) | | RWS – Rijkswaterstaat (Department of Waterways and Public Works) (The Netherlands) | | | |
| SLOVAKIA South-Western Slovakia | | | ME – Ministry of Environment (Slovakia) |  | SWME – Slovak Water Management Enterprise (Slovakia) | | | |
| BELGIUM Flanders | | | | | | CIW – Flemish Committee for Integrated Water Policy (Belgium) | | |
| GERMANY Upper Main District | | | | MECP - Bavarian Ministry of Environment and Consumer Protection (Germany) | | SOE - Bavarian State Office for the Environment (Germany) | | |
| MALTA Malta River Basin | | | MEEE – Ministry of Environment, Energy and Enterprise (Malta) | | ERA – Environment and Resources Authority (Malta) | | | |
| Case Studies | WEFE Nexus in Water Governance | Measures for Water Scarcity and Precaution | Capacities of institutions(personal and financial) | Other Specific Challenges |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPAIN Jucar River Basin | collaboration among sectors is facilitated | | declared capacities and level of autonomy are sufficient | Water markets extension public-private, Partnership for innovations |
| NETHERLANDS North Holland | Cross-sectoral cooperation at the national level, emphasis on water-soil nexus | | Institutions adequately equipped from the judicial responsibility point of view | Societal demand shifts create pressure on an increase of capacities |
| SLOVAKIA South-Western Slovakia | Basic collaboration, water-soil concept under development | | Lack of capacities, a review of competences and institutional structure is foreseen | Stable financing of state water administration required |
| BELGIUM Flanders | Basic collaboration, WEFE nexus concept not developed yet | | Lack of structural, long-term funding mechanisms for water systems management | Valuing water such that investments in alternative water sources are facilitated Resilience to climate change |
| GERMANY Upper Main District | Basic collaboration, WEFE nexus concept not developed yet | | Capacity limits (personal and financial) have been reached | Water withdrawal charges not applied in Bavaria |
| MALTA Malta River Basin | Cross-sectoral coordination between water and energy, and environment well developed | | Institutions have adequate capacities | Energy dependency for water supply of the island |
| Case Studies | Legislative Requirements | Data Availability | Challenges | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legislative requirements for water policy monitoring and evaluation | Water Information System | Diverse Data Source | Challenges for empirical evidence on water resources and water policies | |
| SPAIN Jucar River Basin | | | | Gaps in data collection for groundwater use in regions with its quality or quantity problems gaps in economic valuation of ecosystems and ecosystem services |
| NETHERLANDS North Holland | | | | Water-related environmental information publicly available, but interpretation may be complex; progress in the implementation of the WFD programmes of measures reported online at the level of regional water authorities |
| SLOVAKIA South-Western Slovakia | | | | Incomparable structure of information in fragmented data sources, some information only for actual time period, historical time series difficult to access, some data not publicly available |
| BELGIUM Flanders | | | | Gaps in temporal resolution of water abstraction data, real time data on water quality, data on measures taken by water users, digital water metering |
| GERMANY Upper Main District | | | | Gaps in survey of public water supply – it does not provide individual characteristics such as water delivery to agriculture |
| MALTA Malta River Basin | | | | Data collected by a central authority, a water information system is under development |