scholarly journals Water operator partnerships and institutional capacity development for urban water supply

Water Policy ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 15 (S2) ◽  
pp. 165-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richenel Breeveld ◽  
Leon Hermans ◽  
Siemen Veenstra
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Asset Management ◽  
Capacity Development ◽  
Policy Transfer ◽  
Urban Water Supply ◽  
Water Board ◽  
Development Framework ◽  
Game Theoretic ◽  
Improved Performance ◽  
Institutional Analysis And Development

One way in which international water operator partnerships can contribute to capacity development is through the exchange of experiences with water institutions in different countries. This paper looks at a partnership between water operators in the Netherlands and Malawi to see to what extent institutional experiences in the Netherlands can contribute to capacity development of the Lilongwe Water Board in Malawi. For this, it combines insights from policy transfer, with a conceptual framework based on the Institutional Analysis and Development framework. Stylized game theoretic models are used to analyze in-depth the institutional (dis)incentives that contribute to improved performance for customers. Experiences in the Netherlands are analyzed by studying four specific action situations, such as asset management at drinking water company Vitens NV. Potential lessons are derived from this, which are evaluated for potential transfer to Malawi. The analysis suggests ways in which improved information gathering and data management can support allocation of investment and budgets for operation and maintenance. Furthermore, it suggests ways to increase the frequency of encounters between government and financing institutions and water utilities, as well as the use of a system of benchmarking to provide a platform for sharing best practices and to create competition.

scholarly journals Water Infrastructure Asset Management Is Evolving

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (6) ◽  
pp. 90
Author(s):  
Assela Pathirana ◽  
Frank den Heijer ◽  
Paul B Sayers
Keyword(s):  
Asset Management ◽  
Capacity Development ◽  
Water Infrastructure ◽  
Poor State ◽  
Technical Developments ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Development Agenda ◽  
Future Direction ◽  
Relevant Education ◽  
Infrastructure Asset Management

Infrastructure Asset Management (IAM) is the process by which decisions are made and resources allocated to ensure organisational or societal assets continue to deliver, as required. IAM is an evolving field. We discuss this evolution and present our perspectives on the future direction of IAM. IAM was born as a response to the poor state of maintenance of infrastructure, largely due to lack of resources, and emphasizes the need to prioritize maintenance and renewal using risk-based approaches. The demands on IAM have also continued to evolve as asset systems have become more complex, with multifunctionality, adaptative capacity and nature-based infrastructure, all issues that IAM must now consider. These challenges underpin the changing context of Water Infrastructure Asset Management (WIAM) and the opportunity for WIAM to harness new technical developments from other IAM domains. WIAM will need to continue to evolve, responding to these challenges and take advantage of these opportunities through research and application in collaboration with a relevant education and capacity development agenda.

scholarly journals Hiring an External Advisor Hydrology at Water Board De Dommel

2011 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 112
Author(s):  
Bas Plehn
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
Selection Process ◽  
Professional Services ◽  
Water Board ◽  
Best Value ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Design Firms ◽  
Selection Of

Best value PIPS has been introduced in the Netherlands in the procurement of construction systems. The Water Board De Dommel utilized best value PIPS to select engineering consultant services. The test differed from other Dutch tests in that the PIPS process used the pre-award phase before the award phase. The best value selection of engineers also proposes that design firms can compete on value (price and performance). The engineering selection process was much closer to the original BVP/PIPS than the construction phases. The major lesson learned is the BVP/PIPS is a paradigm shift. The success of the test led to the recommendation of more professional services using BVP/PIPS.

scholarly journals Maritime Common Good and Coastal Zone Management

Pomorstvo ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 151-161 ◽  
Author(s):  
Borna Debelić
Keyword(s):  
Common Good ◽  
Coastal Zone Management ◽  
Theoretical Concept ◽  
Classification Criteria ◽  
Coastal Zones ◽  
Zone Management ◽  
Development Framework ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Economic Goods ◽  
Institutional Analysis And Development

This paper aims to develop the concept and the definition of the maritime common good, its sub components and sub layers and to classify and analytically systematize it in the framework of modern theories addressing economic goods. Possible theoretical advancements and extensions in classification criteria are provided. International formal institutional framework is presented and elaborated. The accent is given to the development of theoretical concept and classification of economic goods as well as development of the Institutional Analysis and Development framework – IAD framework that is used to provide analytical understanding of the maritime good classification as well as allocation problems arising. This is performed in the light of ICZM protocol addressing coastal zones as of special concern particularly considering the intensive interrelations between humans and coastal zones. According to the developed classification criteria and analysis performed, the maritime good, as a complex good, can be classified dominantly as common good with limited renewability. The importance of further advancements of maritime common good governing mechanisms based on stakeholders’ inclusion into decision making process is emphasized in order to strengthen the potential of the mechanisms itself and the information background necessary for a successful management of the complex maritime common good.

Institutional process for infrastructural development in Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 223-242
Author(s):  
Christian Omobhude ◽  
ShihHsin Chen
Keyword(s):  
Institutional Factors ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Institutional Pressures ◽  
Structured Decision Making ◽  
Infrastructural Development ◽  
Development Framework ◽  
Professional Network ◽  
Under Performing ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Institutional Analysis And Development

Infrastructural development is characteristically multifaceted, but studies tend to be focused on limited context which has shed more light on structural issues at the cost of increased ambiguity as regards institutional factors that influence infrastructural development. Combining institutional theory and institutional analysis and development framework (IADF), this research studies how institutional factors influence infrastructural development. In particular, it explores three questions: what are the main differences that exist in policymaking processes? How do stakeholders interact in infrastructural development in Nigeria? How can institutions enhance infrastructural development? The findings show that institutional arrangements and legitimacy pressures are the main reasons for organizational passivity which produce under-performing infrastructures. Initially, mimetic pressures influenced infrastructural development practices as companies imitated other company’s structures that were perceived to be beneficial to attain certain goals. However, coercive pressures by government and normative pressures wielded through professional network of actors appear to be more potent institutional instruments for reducing unresponsiveness. We concluded that favourable institutional pressures support infrastructural development practices, which indicates the need for more structured decision-making process based on collective participation of relevant stakeholders.

scholarly journals Laws, norms, and the Institutional Analysis and Development framework

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 829-847 ◽  
Author(s):  
DANIEL H. COLE
Keyword(s):  
Institutional Analysis ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Legal Rules ◽  
Development Framework ◽  
Meta Analyses ◽  
Institutional Analysis And Development ◽  
Type 3 ◽  
Working Rules

AbstractElinor Ostrom's Institutional Analysis and Development (IAD) framework has been described as ‘one of the most developed and sophisticated attempts to use institutional and stakeholder assessment in order to link theory and practice, analysis and policy’. But not all elements in the framework are sufficiently well developed. This paper focuses on one such element: the ‘rules-in-use’ (a.k.a. ‘rules’ or ‘working rules’). Specifically, it begins a long-overdue conversation about relations between formal legal rules and ‘working rules’ by offering a tentative and very simple typology of relations. Type 1: Some formal legal rules equal or approximate the working rules; Type 2: Some legal rules plus (or emended by) widely held social norms equal or approximate the working rules; and Type 3: Some legal rules bear no evident relation to the working rules. Several examples, including some previously used by Ostrom, are provided to illustrate each of the three types, which can be conceived of as nodes or ranges along a continuum. The paper concludes with a call for empirical research, especially case studies and meta-analyses, to determine the relevant scope of each of these types of relations, and to provide data for furthering our understanding of how different types of rules, from various sources, function (or not) as institutions.

scholarly journals Flood Risk and Resilience in the Netherlands: In Search of an Adaptive Governance Approach

Water ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 2563
Author(s):  
Astrid Molenveld ◽  
Arwin van Buuren
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Flood Risk ◽  
Flood Management ◽  
Adaptive Governance ◽  
Risk And Resilience ◽  
Policy Regime ◽  
Adaptive Policy ◽  
The Face ◽  
The Government ◽  
Institutional Analysis And Development

In the Netherlands, dealing with the risk of flooding in the face of the current climate change requires a governance approach that is less based upon the long-standing tradition of prevention and protection, and more oriented toward ideas of resilience and adaptivity. Such an approach is assumed to be more resilient compared to static approaches and better equipped to deal with the indeterminate character of a problem like flood risk. This article presents the Dutch attempt to introduce a more polycentric and adaptive governance approach in flood management, called multilayered safety (MLS). We studied this approach via interviews and an extensive document study, and analyzed the institutions governing the issue using the Institutional Analysis and Development (IAD) framework of Elinor Ostrom. For years, the issue was in the hands of a small network of actors, mainly occupied by water experts and governed by a strong lead organization and permanent bodies. While introducing a new, more adaptive policy concept the government encountered both resistance and inability within the existing policy regime. This article shows that the issue of flood safety was successfully ‘tamed’ for decades. Adopting a more adaptive and polycentric approach necessitates ‘untaming’ the issue of flood safety.

scholarly journals Self-organising management of user-generated data and knowledge

2014 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 237-264 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sam Macbeth ◽  
Jeremy V. Pitt
Keyword(s):  
Pervasive Computing ◽  
User Generated Content ◽  
Participatory Sensing ◽  
Open Approach ◽  
Computational Logic ◽  
New Class ◽  
Sensing Applications ◽  
Development Framework ◽  
Governance Model ◽  
Institutional Analysis And Development

AbstractThe proliferation of sensor networks, mobile and pervasive computing has provided the technological push for a new class of participatory-sensing applications, based on sensing and aggregating user-generated content, and transforming it into knowledge. However, given the power and value of both the raw data and the derived knowledge, to ensure that the generators are commensurate beneficiaries, we advocate an open approach to the data and intellectual property rights by treating user-generated content, as well as derived information and knowledge, as a common-pool resource. In this paper, we undertake an extensive review of experimental, commercial and social participatory sensory applications, from which we identify that a decentralised, community-oriented governance model is required to support this approach. Furthermore, we show that Ostrom’s institutional analysis and development framework, in conjunction with a framework for self-organising electronic institutions, can be used to give both an architecture and algorithmic base for the requisite governance model, in terms of operational and collective-choice rules specified in computational logic. This provides, we believe, the foundations for engineering knowledge commons for the next generation of participatory-sensing applications, in which the data generators are also the primary beneficiaries.

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