Developing Capacity on Water Ethics and Integrity - A Network Approach

31 May 2013

Panelists: • Teun BASTEMEIJER (Director, Water Integrity

Network)

• Francoise Nicole NDOUME (WIN Program Coordinator for West Africa)

• David GROENFELDT (Director, Water-Culture Institute, and Coordinator, WEN)

• Ramon LLAMAS (Director, Botin Foundation Water Observatory)

• Rafael ZIEGLER (Greifswald University, Social-Ecological Research Group)

Why Worry about Water Ethics?

• Water management decisions are driven by values (ethics) which are often tacit (i.e. not recognized consciously)

• Current water management is unsustainable

• Awareness about the operative values is an important step for achieving sustainable management

• Identify the values, then reflect on them, then try to adopt better ones.

• “You can’t manage what you don’t know”

What do we mean by “Water Ethics”?