ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS / ACRONYMS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The handbook was developed by a Task Force co-chaired by Jean-François Donzier (INBO)
and Martin Walshe (GWP). The Task Force members included: Hartmut Brühl (GWP Technical
Committee), Oscar De Moraes Cordeiro Netto (Latin American Network of Basin
Organisations), Teodoro Estrela (Mediterranean Network of Basin Organisations), Alan Hall
(GWP Senior Advisor), Vadim Sokolov (GWP Regional Water Partnership for Central Asia and
Caucasus) and Reginald Tekateka (African Network of Basin Organisations and GWP Southern
Africa).

Contributions and comments came from Bruce Hooper (Danish Hydraulic Institute Water &
Environment), Madiodio Niasse, Axel Dourojeanni, Axel Julié (GWP), Daniel Valensuela (INBO)
and Danka Thalmeinerova (GWP). The GWP and INBO networks supplied practical examples
and made valuable comments. Sections of the handbook draw heavily from Hooper (2005),
, published by
International Water Association Publishing.

The handbook was edited by Sandra Child (Scriptoria, www.scriptoria.co.uk). Aurélie Vitry
(GWP) provided overall co-ordination and supervision.

GWP and INBO acknowledge that UNESCO is also producing guidelines on river basin
management. GWP/INBO and UNESCO are co-ordinating their efforts so that this handbook
and the UNESCO guidelines complement each other.

GWP and INBO gratefully acknowledge the grant from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of France
that made the preparation of this handbook possible. The GWP is also supported financially
by Canada, Denmark, the European Commission, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands,
Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States.

The handbook can be downloaded from the GWP website (www.gwpforum.org) and INBO
website (www.inbo-news.org), or requested on a CD-ROM from gwp@gwpforum.org and
inbo@inbo-news.org.

ACRONYMS
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– Authority for the Sustainable Management of the
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lake Izabal and River Dulce Basin
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .African Network of Basin Organisations
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .African Water Documentation and Information System
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Commission on the Application and Development of the Convention
...................... – Regional Autonomous Corporation
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Central and Eastern Europe Network of Basin Organisations
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Committee for the Integration of the Hydrographical Basin of
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .River Paraiba do Sul
.................... –
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .International Commission of the Congo-Oubangui-Sangha Basin
................ – National Water Commission
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Commission on Sustainable Development
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Changjiang Water Resources Commission
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Danish Hydraulic Institute Water & Environment
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Decision-Support System
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .European Commission
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Euro-Mediterranean Information System on know-how in the Water Sector

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .European Union
-I . . . . . . . . . . . . . .European Basin Organisation Group for the implementation of the WFD
.................... – Integrated Water
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Management at Basin Level
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Geographic Information System
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Global Water Partnership
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Global Water Partnership Organisation
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .GWP Regional Water Partnership for Central Asia and Caucasus
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .GWP Regional Water Partnership for Central and Eastern Europe
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .GWP Regional Water Partnership for China
. . . . . . .GWP Regional Water Partnership for Southern Africa
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .GWP Technical Advisory Committee
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .GWP Technical Committee
...................... – Electricity Institute of Costa Rica
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Interstate Commission for Water Co-ordination
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .International Joint Commission
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .International Network of Basin Organizations
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Irtysh River Basin Information System
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Integrated Water Resources Management
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Joint Danube Survey
. . . . . .Latin American Network of Basin Organisations –

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Local Water Commission

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mahaweli Authority of Sri Lanka
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Murray–Darling Basin Commission
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mediterranean Network of Basin Organisations
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Malta Resources Authority
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mekong River Commission
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ministry of Water Resources
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Niger Basin Authority
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Non-Governmental Organisation
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .New South Wales
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .National Water Committee
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .National Water Resource Master Plan
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Official Development Assistance
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
............ – International Office for Water
.................... – Organisation for
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .the Development of the Gambia River
.................... – Organisation for
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .the Development of the Senegal River
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Orange–Senqu River Commission
.................... a – Amazon Co-
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .operation Treaty Organisation
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Piracicaba, Capivari and Jundiai rivers
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Public Participation
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .River Basin Committee
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Water Development and Management Plan
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Water Development and Management Master Plan
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sustainable Development Action Plan
-I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . – ICE Unit for the River Peñas
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Blancas Basin
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Volta Basin Authority
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Volta Basin Technical Committee
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .EU Water Framework Directive

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