Water Governance Practices

Engaging Civil Society Groups to Innovate Collaborative Cross-Boundary Water Governance Practices in the Greater Pearl River Delta Region

Objectives

• To provide a comprehensive engagement, training and experience-sharing programme for environmental NGOs (ENGOs) and community concern groups (CCGs) on the important issue of water resources management in the Greater Pearl River Delta region from a cross-boundary-cum-governance perspective
• To enlarge the scope of the participants’ knowledge-base on water resources management from a Hong Kong-centric view to a larger river basin perspective
• To enhance their competency to make an informed and reasoned contribution to this particular resource planning policy issue
• To strengthen significantly their capacity to generate innovative and collaborative cross-boundary water governance practices

Project Investigator

• Dr Frederick Lee, Department of Geography

Collaborators

• Civic Exchange
• Friends of the Earth Hong Kong

Target Sectors

• Hong Kong-based ENGOs and CCGs
• Decision-makers involved in cross-boundary planning and environmental issues

Expected Deliverables

• Eight working group meetings and four network meetings on cross-boundary water governance practices
• Two one-day training sessions on cross-boundary water governance practices
• Four field-trips to mainland China for ENGO/CCG participants and media and ENGO/CCG leaders
• A half-day public lecture on cross-boundary water governance practices
• An engagement and training manual

Event Highlights