Learning for Transformation of Water Governance: Reflections on Design from the Climate Change Adaptation and Water Governance (CADWAGO) Project

Chris Blackmore; Severine van Bommel; Annemarieke de Bruin; Jasper de Vries; Lotten Westberg; Neil Powell; Natalie Foster; Kevin Collins; Pier Paolo Roggero; Giovanna Seddaiu

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Learning for Transformation of Water Governance: Reflections on Design from the Climate Change Adaptation and Water Governance (CADWAGO) Project

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Learning for Transformation of Water Governance: Reflections on Design from the Climate Change Adaptation and Water Governance (CADWAGO) Project

Chris Blackmore, Severine van Bommel, Annemarieke de Bruin, Jasper de Vries, Lotten Westberg, Neil Powell, Natalie Foster, Kevin Collins, Pier Paolo Roggero and Giovanna Seddaiu

Water, Vol.8(11), 510

2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/w8110510

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learning

design

water governance

transformation

CADWAGO

This paper considers how learning for transformation of water governance in the context of climate change adaptation can be designed for and supported, drawing examples from the international climate change adaptation and water governance project (CADWAGO). The project explicitly set out to design for governance learning in the sense of developing elements of social infrastructure such as workshops, performances and online media to bring stakeholders together and to facilitate co-learning of relevance to governance. CADWAGO drew on a variety of international cases from past and ongoing work of the project partners. It created a forum for dialogue among actors from different contexts working at different levels and scales. The range of opportunities and constraints encountered are discussed, including the principles and practicalities of working with distributed processes of design and leadership of events. A range of concepts, tools and techniques were used to consider and facilitate individual and collective learning processes and outcomes associated with water governance in the context of climate adaptation. Questions were addressed about how elements of past, present and future water governance thinking and practice are connected and how multi-level systemic change in governance can take place. Some reflections on the effectiveness of the design for learning process are included. The nature of the contribution that projects such as CADWAGO can make in learning for transformation of water governance practices is also critically considered.

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Title: Learning for Transformation of Water Governance: Reflections on Design from the Climate Change Adaptation and Water Governance (CADWAGO) Project
Authors: Chris Blackmore (Author) - Open University, United Kingdom
Severine van Bommel (Author) - Wageningen University, Netherlands
Annemarieke de Bruin (Author) - University of York, United Kingdom
Jasper de Vries (Author) - Wageningen University, Netherlands
Lotten Westberg (Author) - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden
Neil Powell (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts, Business and Law
Natalie Foster (Author) - Open University, United Kingdom
Kevin Collins (Author) - Open University, United Kingdom
Pier Paolo Roggero (Author) - University of Sassari, Italy
Giovanna Seddaiu (Author) - University of Sassari, Italy
Publication details: Water, Vol.8(11), 510; 20
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date published: 2016
DOI: 10.3390/w8110510
ISSN: 2073-4441
Copyright note: Copyright © The Authors 2016. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. (CC BY 4.0).
Organisation Unit: School of Social Sciences - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Law and Society; Sustainability Research Cluster
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99451038502621
Output Type: Journal article