“Stakeholders commitments are not homogeneous”, declares Rob Dowling, Director of Australian company SA Water Corporation”. However, good water governance supposes a close coordination between all the actors involved in the decision making and implementing process. “This governance”, underlines Monique Corier, chair of the confederation of Marseille residents association, “cannot be done without the active participation of water users”.

A common objective for the good water governance

Stakeholders involved in water management pursue a common objective:  to satisfy the most underprivileged water users. The NGOs are committed in various countries in order to help people from marginalised area to be conversant to good water governance concept”, emphasises Mary O' Connel, representative of Initiative Butterfly Effect. In Colombia, over taxation of the water distributed to the richest people finances the subsidies granted to the poorest”, maintains Rubén Avendano. Togolese and Dutch develop a quadripartite policy to reinforce technical capabilities of local actors in the field of water and sanitation.

“The 6^th World Water Forum must make it possible for the stakeholders to dynamise their commitments in favor of an effective water policy and management”, mentions Aziza Akmouch, Policy analyst Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).