Upcoming Synthesis Workshop to follow up results of the Case Study Review Workshops
Thursday, 08 July 2010
Between March and June 2010, Twin2Go hosted six case study review workshops that collected water governance data in the context of climate change. Experts provided data for 25 case studies from Europe, Latin America, Africa and Asia. The six workshops brought together an international mix of more than 120 scientists, representatives from government, river basin organizations, business, civil society, and non-governmental organizations, as well as Twin2Go team members.
The results of the case study review workshops will be analysed over the summer, and form the basis of a synthesis workshop, held 1-3 September in Stockholm. This synthesis forms a crucial step in the project, as it aims to test hypotheses about adaptive water governance, to detect patterns, and to identify key factors for good water governance performance in a given context. The synthesis workshop will be attended by Twin2Go project staff, members of the advisory board, and external experts in adaptive governance research.
For more information on the Twin2Go workshops please refer to the Workshops section of this website.
Series of case study review workshops starting in March 2010
Tuesday, 09 March 2010
Under the Twin2Go Work Package 1, a methodological framework has been developed for analysing the advances and problems related to adaptive water governance in river basins. During the first half of 2010 this methodological framework will be applied to case study basins of past and ongoing projects involved in Twin2Go. This will occur during six participatory workshops, which will be organised in the different Twin2Go target regions in close collaboration with key regional stakeholders. For more information on the case study review workshops please refer to the related Workshops section of this website.
First newsletter published
Saturday, 06 February 2010
Twin2Go has just published the first issue of its newsletter "Synthesising research for adaptive water governance". Periodic newsletters every 6 months will keep you updated about Twin2Go’s progress and related news. The first issue informs you about the project approach, upcoming events and news from related initiatives. You can download it from this website here. If you would like to regularly receive this newsletter, please send a short note "subscribe" to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Developing the Twin2Go analytical framework
Saturday, 09 January 2010
The first step of Twin2Go was to elaborate a diagnostic approach that allows comparative analysis and synthesis of past and on-going research projects. In an interactive three-day workshop that took place in Osnabrück on 2-4 December 2009, Twin2Go project partners discussed the methodological approach. An analytical framework was developed that allows for the evaluation of all important attributes of adaptive water management and governance in the context of climate change. Considering the high variety of projects as well as differences in data availability, the methodological approach strikes a balance between comprehensiveness and simplicity and centers around:
- characteristics of the water governance regime (e.g. formal and informal institutions, decision making procedures, levels and procedures of participation, cooperation, and information sharing, etc.);
- the societal and environmental context in which water governance takes place; and
- performance of water resources management with regards to its stated goals, good governance and climate change.
The Twin2Go analytical framework will be applied to the analysis of about 20 case study basins in 2010. For more information on the workshop and development of the analytical framework see the pages on Work Package 1.
