The designations employed and the presentation of the material do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area, or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. [...] Ninth session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Water Convention in Geneva, Switzerland viii Good Practices and Lessons Learned in Data-sharing in Transboundary Basins Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland As Co-Chairs of the Working Group on Monitoring and Assessment, Finland and Senegal led the process of preparing the publication with the support of the Water Convention secretariat. [...] During the Expert Meeting on Good Practices and Lessons Learned in Transboundary Data-Exchange (Geneva, 18–19 April 2023) and the eighteenth meeting of the Working Group on Monitoring and Assessment (Geneva, 17–18 October 2023), participants provided feedback on the structure and text of the draft publication, and subsequently provided additional lessons learned and case studies for integration i. [...] The Water Convention Secretariat gratefully acknowledges the Co-Chairs of the Working Group on Monitoring and Assessment, Anna-Stiina Heiskanen (Director of the Freshwater Centre, Finnish Environment Institute, Finland) and Niokhor Ndour (Director of Water Resources Management and Planning at the Ministry of Water and Sanitation, Senegal), for their guidance and inputs to the development of this p. [...] Acknowledgements xi Furthermore, the Secretariat wishes to thank all participants at the 18th meeting of the Working Group on Monitoring and Assessment (Geneva, 17–18 October 2023) and the fifth joint meeting of the Working Groups on Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) and on Monitoring and Assessment (Geneva, 6–8 May 2024) for their feedback on the draft of the Good Practices and Lessons.
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Table of Contents
- NOTE 4
- FOREWORD 5
- PREFACE 9
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 11
- CONTENTS 14
- LIST OF FIGURES 16
- LIST OF MAPS 16
- LIST OF CASE STUDIES 17
- LIST OF CASE STUDIES 18
- ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS 19
- KEY MESSAGES 21
- Chapter 1 28
- Introduction 29
- Chapter 2 38
- Monitoring and assessment context 39
- Lesson 1 40
- Lesson 2 43
- Lesson 3 44
- Lesson 4 49
- Lesson 5 51
- Lesson 6 54
- Lesson 7 57
- Lesson 8 62
- Lesson 9 65
- Lesson 10 70
- Lesson 11 75
- Lesson 12 78
- Lesson 13 79
- Lesson 14 83
- Lesson 15 84
- Chapter 3 86
- Setting up data-sharing 87
- Lesson 16 88
- Lesson 17 90
- Lesson 18 92
- Lesson 19 96
- Lesson 20 98
- Lesson 21 99
- Chapter 4 102
- Types of data and information shared 103
- Lesson 22 105
- Lesson 23 106
- Lesson 24 109
- Lesson 25 114
- Chapter 5 116
- Lesson 26 117
- Harmonization and quality assurance 117
- Lesson 27 121
- Lesson 28 124
- Lesson 29 127
- Chapter 6 132
- Lesson 30 133
- Data management processing and sharing 133
- Lesson 31 136
- Lesson 32 141
- Chapter 7 148
- Reporting and use of data 149
- Lesson 33 150
- Lesson 34 151
- Lesson 35 153
- Lesson 36 164
- Lesson 37 167
- Chapter 8 168
- Impacts and benefits 169
- Lesson 38 170
- Lesson 39 174
- Lesson 40 180
- Chapter 9 188
- Main difficulties and challenges 189
- Lesson 41 190
- Lesson 42 192
- Lesson 43 195
- ANNEX MATRIX OF LESSONS LEARNED AND CASE STUDIES 198
