Open AccessWater Framework Directive (An “Open up” Tool for Public Participation in Water Policy)
Author(s) -
Polytimi Farmaki
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
al-mağallaẗ al-akādīmiyyaẗ li-l-abḥāṯ wa-al-našr al-ʿilmī
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2706-6495
DOI - 10.52132/ajrsp.e.2021.301
Subject(s) - water framework directive , public participation , environmental planning , citizen journalism , european union , corporate governance , directive , stakeholder , environmental resource management , business , process management , adaptive management , stakeholder engagement , political science , public administration , environmental science , computer science , water quality , public relations , ecology , finance , law , biology , programming language , economic policy
The new EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) 2000/60 prescribes an adaptive water governance system and has been the European Union's most comprehensive tool for the management and protection of water resources. This article analyses how WFD encourages the active involvement of “all interested parties” and represents how public participation has a key role in successful implementation. The aim of this paper is to understand the functioning and effectiveness of the new model introduced to address the lack of implementation of EU environmental rules, as WFD since its introduction in 2000, requires member states to design and implement river basin management plans via participatory processes. Moreover, we have identified that Common Implementation Strategy of WFD was designed as a tool for public participation and stakeholder involvement to river basin management planning and how participatory approaches are implemented as the new "governance" within the EU in the field of environmental policy.