• Water and the planet
  • Global issues
    • Taking stock
      • World situation
      • The international actions by France in the water sector
  • A challenge for humanity
    • Global water-related challenges and responses provided by the international community
    • Johannesburg and Millennium objectives
      • International events from 1988 to 2003
    • International initiatives
      • "Citizens of the Earth" conference for global ecological governance
      • 4th World Water Forum - Mexico - 2006
      • The International Forum on Integrated Water Resources Management of the Mekong River Basin
      • International conference on regional cooperation in transboundary river basins
      • "WaterStrategyMan" : An international conference organised in Paris
      • 3rd World Water Forum - Kyoto
• Stakeholders
  • French Stakeholders
    • Public water policy in France : decentralisation and participation
      • Towards sustainable development
      • The catchment area : a cornerstone of water policy
      • Local public responsibility for water and sanitation services
      • The participation of all players : keystone of the entire system
      • Water pays for water
      • Water sector players
      • Knowledge and information dissemination networks : monitoring and decision-making tools
    • French experience in support of international initiatives
      • French experience
      • French experience shared: from vision to action
  • French Coordination for Water
    • Introducing the Coordination
  • Europe
    • Mobilisation of Europe
      • 4th International meeting on the implementation of the European Water Framework Directive - « EUROPE INBO 2006 »
      • After Johannesburg Summit : The European Initiative on Water
  • International community
    • The Global Water Partnership (GWP)
    • Mobilisation of institutions
      • The International Community Mobilization
    • Partners
      • French development cooperation
• Concrete actions
  • Drinking water and sanitation access
    • International promotion of access to essential services
      • Water in poor neighbourhood
      • THE KINGDOM OF MOROCCO : Water for small towns
      • LEBANON : From Water Tank to City Management in Lebanon
      • VIETNAM : Water, the staff of life
      • MAURITANIA : Water in the Village
      • GUINEA : Not Only Water!
      • EAST OF CHAD : Water for cattle
      • NIGER : Water for Everybody
      • Access to drinking water and sanitation
      • Guidelines for good governance - Providing Access to Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation
      • Six around the world experiences of delegated water management
      • Access to essential services for populations
      • Assistance to Asian countries touched by the tsunami
      • Drinking water and sanitation strategy
      • Key players' views : Public-Private Partnerships
      • Key players' views : Water, Resources and People
    • What is happening in France
      • FRANCE : Water pricing
      • FRANCE : Drinking water and sanitation : Annual report on pricing and quality
      • FRANCE : Water and Sanitation Services
  • Support for national policies
    • Reforms and legal support
      • UKRAINE : Legal and institutional assistance
      • BRAZIL : Parana - Institutional reforms
    • Twinning and new water codes
      • MAURITANIA : a National Action Plan for Nature and the Environment (PANE)
      • CENTRAL EUROPE : Twinning agreements for accession to the European Union
      • CHAD : A new water code
  • Monitoring and evaluation
    • MDG 7 and the Sustainable Development Summit: Proposed comprehensive observation mechanism for water and sanitation
    • National monitoring-evaluation systems
      • UKRAINE : Monitoring water quality in the Bug, Latorica and Uzh rivers
      • RUSSIA - KAZAKHSTAN : Setting-up of the Irtysh river basin information system
      • BOLIVIA : Quality standards for the management of water and sanitation utilities
      • FRANCE : Water data
    • Data collection and exchange
      • PHARE project in Poland "Setting-up of a basin information system"
      • HUNGARY: French-Hungarian co-operation programme for water data management
  • River basin
    • Basin organisations: strengths of the French model
      • UKRAINE : The southern Bug basin committee
      • RUSSIA : The Volga : pilot basin for training and institutional reforms
      • ROMANIA : A basin committee for the Siret river
      • TURKEY : Integrated water resource management at river basin level
      • MOROCCO : Institutional reform in the water sector
      • ALGERIA : Consolidation of river basin agencies
      • IWRM.Net : Towards a European-wide exchange network ...
      • SRI LANKA : Mahawelli Authority - Decentralisation and basin management
      • INDIA : Integrated management of the Sabarmati river basin
      • MEXICO : The setting-up of regional water information centres
      • BRAZIL : Implementation of the Federal Water Law
      • BRAZIL : Bahia - Experts' missions on the Rio Jiquiriça
      • NIGER BASIN : A constructive audit of the Niger Basin Authority
      • Franco-Moroccan exchange for the creation of basin agencies
      • Integrated management of water ressources by river basin
      • TWINBASINxn : Promoting twinning between basins to reinforce practices of Integrated Water Resource Management
      • International Network of Basin Organizations (INBO)
      • FRANCE : Managing upstream river basins
      • FRANCE : Water Agencies - 8th programme
    • River and land management
      • ETHIOPIA : Towards water management at the level of river basins
      • RUSSIA - KAZAKHSTAN : International management of the Irtysh river
      • TURKEY : Project on pollution control in Izmir Bay and integrated management of Aegean rivers
      • "IRBM": A European Working Group
      • CENTRAL AMERICA : Integrated management of shared river basins
      • THE SAHARA : Management of a transboundary river basin
      • THE SENEGAL RIVER : Organisation for the development of the Senegal river
      • European Water Initiative for Integrated Water Resources Management
      • Organizing a concerted management of the rare water resource
      • The French Fund for the World Environment (FFWE) and international waters
      • FRANCE : Drought action plan
      • FRANCE : The European Water Framework Directive
      • The French action in the field of river basin planning
      • Transboundary basins in Africa
  • Resources
    • Irrigation and watercourses
      • FRANCE : Irrigation and management of water resources
      • FRANCE : Restoring and maintaining watercourses
    • Flooding and pollution
      • FRANCE : Drinking water and health: nitrates, pesticides, microbes, chlorine, calcium and lead
      • FRANCE : Quality of drinking water distributed by communal public services
      • CHINA : A flood forecasting and warning system in the Dongting lake basin
      • CHINA : Eutrophication control in the Tai-Hu lake
      • FRANCE : Spreading of sludge from treatment plants
      • FRANCE : Water pollution from agricultural sources
      • FRANCE : The Prevention of Technological and Natural Risks
      • French Law n°64-1245 Of December 16, 1964
      • FRANCE : Discharges by local authorities
      • FRANCE : Water, A Resource to be Preserved
    • Resource management
      • MAURITIUS, an Island of Water and Drought
      • ROMANIA : Water management and implementation of the Framework Directive
      • POLAND : Support to the decentralised and participatory management of water resources
      • BOLIVIA : Integrated management fo the rio Rocha
      • IVORY COAST:Reform of the institutional framework for integrated water resource management
      • An action plan for the Mediterranean
      • NICARAGUA : Preparation to the concession of water supply utilities' management
      • FRANCE : Seven Main Principles
  • Democratic and public governance
    • Recommendations for fulfilling France's political commitments
    • International policy and governance
      • FRANCE : A "Rhine Network" for better participatory management of the River
      • MALI : A modernised water code
      • International and Community policy : detail of the implementation of the sustainable development strategy in Europe
      • Sustainable development, water management and land use planning
    • European directives
      • The European Water Policy
      • The European Directives
      • FRANCE : The European Water Framework Directive implementation
    • French laws
      • FRANCE : The 30th December 2006 - Law on Water and Aquatic Environments
      • FRANCE : Law of 9th February 2005 relating to the international cooperation of regional authorities and water agencies in the fields of water supply and sanitation
      • FRANCE : The national debate on water
      • FRANCE : French Law n°92-3 Of January 3, 1992
      • FRANCE : French Law n°84-512 Of June 29, 1984
      • French Law n°64-1245 Of December 16, 1964
      • FRANCE : The French Water Police