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experts (Pena
1997,
2001
; Vergara
1998
; Vergara-Blanco
2004
) that had helped the
DGA pinpoint areas of the legislative and institutional framework that needed to be
addressed, particularly and especially in light of climate change impacts. This
signifies willingness for institutional learning, despite the latitude for change in the
Chilean system being seen as limited to market efficiencies and transparency.
Similarly, the positive role of training programmes was referred to in the Chilean
case, where the CNR supports farmers not only through the legal provision for sub-
sidising efficiency improvements at the farm and canal level, but also through training
programmes and workshops.
In both cases areas, actors at the national and regional levels pointed to attempts
to improve integration across different scales of governance and sectors in order to
provide a more coherent and coordinated response to mountain and novel hydro-
logical challenges. In both case areas, little progress had been made towards this
goal. In the Swiss case, the Water Competence Centre proposed in the Canton Valais
had not yet been implemented at the time of publishing this research.
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