Event: OECD at the UN 2023 Water Conference
Report: Implementing Water Economics in the EU Water Framework Directive
Blog: Financing Water: beyond traditional economic thinking, it’s time for global action
Brochure: OECD work on water
The Roundtable on Financing Water
Established by the OECD, the World Water Council and the Netherlands, the Roundtable draws upon political leadership and technical expertise, with the ambition of facilitating increased financing of investments that contribute to water security and sustainable growth.
Report: Financing a Water Secure Future
New initiative: Global Commission on the Economics of Water
Report: Toolkit for Water Policies and Governance - Converging Towards the OECD Council Recommendation on Water
Water Governance Initiative
An international multi-stakeholder network of members from the public, private and non-for-profit sectors gathering twice a year to share good practices in support of better governance in the water sector.
OECD Council Recommendation on Water
The Recommendation provides a unique source of policy guidance that help address the pressing issues that central and subnational authorities need to respond to.
The Sustainable Development Goals highlight the importance that the global community places on water and there is increasing demand for innovative and effective approaches to water management. With widespread competing demands on water, maintaining environmental sustainability and meeting the needs of the most vulnerable members of society must both be addressed. The OECD provides policy guidance on water to OECD members and non-OECD countries, covering a wide range of issues.
The established Roundtable on Financing Water aims to accelerate action to scale-up financing for water investment which contributes to sustainable growth.
What's new
Event: Tenth meeting of the Roundtable on Financing Water | 22-23 November 2023
Blog: A global pioneer addressing water scarcity – how can Israel face other pressing environmental challenges? | 31 May 2023
Event: OECD at the UN 2023 Water Conference | 22-24 March 2023
Report: Implementing Water Economics in the EU Water Framework Directive | 21 March 2023
Report: Addressing Water-Related Disasters in an Era of Multiple Crises: Lessons from Global Responses to COVID and Climate Change, see OECD chapter on financing water-related disaster risk reduction (DRR) | 21 March 2023
Blog: Financing Water: beyond traditional economic thinking, it’s time for global action | 14 March 2023
Event: Ninth meeting of the Roundtable on Financing Water | 7-9 February 2023
Working paper: Strategic Investment Pathways for Resilient Water Systems | 2 November 2022
Event: Science-policy workshop on Developing science-informed policy responses to curb endocrine disruption in freshwater | 18-19 October 2022
Blog: Seeing the Unseen: The Value of Water | 2 September 2022
Explore the policy areas below to access the latest OECD work in each area:
