The
report was launched on 2 September 2015 in Brasilia, Brazil by Luiz De
Mello, Deputy-Director for Governance and Territorial Development, OECD
in the presence of Vicente Andreu, President of the National Water
Agency, Francisco Gaetani, Executive Secretary of the Ministry for
Environment, Ambassador José Antônio Marcondes de Carvalho, representing
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and 100+ Brazilian stakeholders from
public, private and non-profit sectors.
Water is abundant in Brazil,
but unevenly distributed across regions. Remarkable progress has been
achieved since the 1997 National Water Law; but economic, climate and
urbanisation trends generate threats that may jeopardize national growth
and development. The consequences are particularly acute in regions
where tensions across water users already exist or are likely to grow.
The
report is the result of a Policy Dialogue with more than 100
stakeholders at different levels in Brazil. It assesses the performance
of Brazil’s water governance and suggests policy recommendations for
strengthening the co-ordination between federal and state water policies
and for setting up more robust water allocation regimes that can better
cope with future risks. The report concludes with an action plan, which
suggests concrete milestones and champion institutions to implement
those recommendations.
The report can be downloaded for free through the OECD ILibrary
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