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Table 12.2 (con tinued)

Case examples
Chile

Knowledge
indicators Operationalisation Switzerland

Experience
and
expertise

Experience : Formation of
experience for managing water
resources in extreme periods
through years of professional
experience, social memory of
past extreme events and
droughts and training
programmes.

Lack of professional training/education
in water resources management for
those private actors 'managing'
water rights, for normal or drought
periods. JdV/Canalista positions tend
to be non-professional and part time.
Strong role of tradition ('culture of
water') and history in management
of the canals. Experience of
managing water scarcity differs from
section to section and region to
region. CNR/CORFO seminars and
training programmes aim to improve
management, techniques and
efficiency and knowledge transfer in
visits abroad. In drought manage-
ment DGA relies on provision of
technical information/parameters,
while irrigators' intuition guides the
management process. Lack of local
knowledge/capacity in DGA drought
interveners.

Disparities across municipalities and sectors; post-event
debriefings occur at company level, allowing lessons to be
applied to management of and preparation for future
events; training courses on water management specialised
for water management within different sectors through
commune and cantonal administrations (e.g. L'association
Valaisaine de distributer d'eau'; Societe Suisse de
l'industrie du gaz et d'eau; Landwirtschaftzentrum;
seminars on extreme events in Dienstelle für
Naturgefahr). Long history of experience of rain shadow
effect and annual training exercises on disaster response.
Mix of experts in TRC (engineers, hydrologists,
ecologists, territorial management etc.)

Different forms of experience; mix
of technical competence and
traditional knowledge for
management of complex
problems and novel threats.

Expertise : Con fl ict resolution
processes need to be informed
by both in depth legal
knowledge, but also by the
hydro-climatic and environ-
mental impacts in which the
judgement would result.

Court responsibility for resolving water
conflicts result in judgements that
steer the course of water manage-
ment (ref Supreme Court decision on
Factor de Uso). Local/regional
judges may lack water specific

Scope to improve technification in agricultural sector, farmers
are increasingly part time, impacting traditional associa-
tions for management of irrigation right; at local level,
commune presidents may assume responsibility for water
management decisions, presiding over the post for short
periods and on part time basis; certain water management
responsibilities at local level (gefahrenkarte,.