Mr Anders Iversen, Norwegian Environmental Agency

1. IMPROVING WATER GOVERNANCE IN NORWAY
using the OECD Principles on Water Governance as reference
Evaluation of the River Basin Management Planning process 2010-2015:
Main study: - National Committee of Agencies for Water Management
Supporting: - Office of the Auditor General of Norway
- Institute for Urban and Regional Research
- Peer Review from Sweden and Finland
Reference: - OECD Principles on Water Governance
Outcome: - Recommendations from Agencies to Ministries in 2016
Anders Iversen, National Water Coordinator, Norwegian Environment Agency, anders.iversen@miljodir.no

2. Main points of success
2010-2015
P 2. Manage water at the appropriate scales
- Catchment Based Management.
- Local coordinators.
P 3. Encourage policy coherence
- New coordination mechanisms.
P 5. Produce, update and share data and information
- Increased monitoring, new public databases and websites.
P 10. Promote stakeholder engagement
- Water Conferences, River Restoration Seminars, etc.
- Involvement at catchment level and consultations.
Needs for improvements
and actions taken
P 1. Clearly allocate roles and responsibilities
- Confusion about roles and responsibilities.
- Varying involvement of sectoral authorities.
Actions taken:
- Revised Water regulation 2018.
- National Policy Guidelines 2019.
P 3. Encourage policy coherence
- Strong sectoral interests prevented integrated approach.
- Conflicts of objectives, lack of guidelines/ambition levels.
Actions taken:
- National Guidelines on hydropower (2014).
- National Policy Guidelines other sectors (2019).
Anders Iversen, National Water Coordinator, Norwegian Environment Agency, anders.iversen@miljodir.no