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Region
Regional governments and
administrations
Basin organisations
Regional institutions and
organisations

Develop scientific networks to better connect science and
management - focus on universities, NGOs, research
institutes and science professionals knowledge sharing
platforms and linkages with government planning, decision
makers and water managers.
Institutional mechanisms to translate national goals into the
basin context - investing in, and where appropriate
formalising, bridging organisations to link in top down and
bottom up priorities, issues and solutions.
Investment in regional collaboration to integrate lessons-
learnt, knowledge and information across stakeholders and
sectors.
Create ownership of the planning process - investing in
communication and education programmes at both
regional and local level, rather than just consultation
and participation.

Financial and technical preparedness plans so that
federal or central level help can be rapidly
coordinated to local levels in extreme periods.
Investment in monitoring capacity and maintenance
of up to date and relevant data.
Enhance availability and accessibility through
multiple communication channels and networks in
the lead up to and during extreme events.
Development of cross-sector or agency review panels -
to ensure best available knowledge (from top
down and bottom up sources) is integrated into
rights, procedures and plans.
Development of expedient and accessible conflict
resolution vehicles in periods of heightened stress
(i.e. developing institutional redundancy).

Local Integration of climate impacts into longer-term planning, and

adaptive capacity assessments through community
adaptation planning.
Particpation in planning process from a climate knowledge
perspective, rather than just a presentation of final plans for
approval.
Development of local campaigns and activities to improve
knowledge of climate impacts as well as variety of
transformative approaches to adaptation - e.g. school and
university competitions, advertising campaigns etc.
Initiate dialogue on evolving property rights to better
correspond with shifting hydro-climatic baselines.
Development of access to bridging organisations with
cross-scale and multi-disciplinary/sector foci for fostering
trust horizontally and vertically.

Better matching of levels of autonomy with resources
capacity or access to capable networks to enable
better mobilisation of plans of action in extreme
periods amongst rights holders or municipalities.

Municipality, commune levels
User groups

Access to financial and technical support - with more
balanced focus on both these aspects, not just
fi nancial access.
Development of local networks that are connected
through looser horizontal structures rather than
rigid hierarchies to create ownership and faster
response.