Public Private Partnerships and Overview of the Advisory Committee on Water Information (ACWI)

 “Public Participation and the Advisory Committee Process: A collaborative Partnership for Water Resources”
Toni M. Johnson, Chief Water Information Coordination Program [Presentation]
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1st point: The main elements in US that seem original are:
-    importance given to the dialogue,
-    the involvement of the various stakeholders (users, academy, private sectors, decision-makers, etc…),
-    the strategic approach to implement the commissions,
-    importance given to the data reliability and the opportunity given to independent users to check the data,
-    the Federal Committee Act in 1972 to ensure that advice given to Federal agencies by committees be objective and accessible to the public.
2nd point: Dissemination and communication
-    It’s well clear that dissemination, awareness and communication could not be respected without strong Act,
-    The total data are available to everybody using accessible websites (www.nemi.gov/);
-    Publication of guidelines for States,
-    Biannual conference and roundtables for sharing information and experiences,
3rd point: among the discussion, some relevant items are well addressed as following:
-    NGO participation to the commissions
-    The criteria to select the commission’s members,
4th point: Further, future learning
-    The interest given to implement the Sub-committee for groundwater management.
Blog Rapporteur: Djamel Latrech