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Water management is particularly dependent on strong capacity, a solid knowledge base and awareness at all levels, including those of the individual, the organization, the sector institutions and the ‘enabling environment’. Yet getting all levels to operate in a coherent manner is challenging, and requires vision and leadership. A special issue of Water Policy seeks to further the understanding of leadership in knowledge and capacity development in the water sector. However, its theoretical and methodological insights will be of interest beyond that arena. The special issue resulted from selected papers presented at the 5th Delft Symposium on Water Sector Capacity Development held in Delft, The Netherlands. The best thing: they are free to download!
 Collectively, the contributions examine knowledge and capacity development in both the water services and water resources sub-sectors. In order to be linked well to current local realities, the papers rely on both academic analyses based on empirical research as well as practitioners’ accounts based on their professional experience. They present an overview of the current state of the art in knowledge and capacity development in the water sector.
 Leadership in knowledge and capacity development in the water sector
A status review
by Uta Wehn de Montalvo and Guy Alaerts
Exploring water leadership
by Wouter T. Lincklaen Arriëns and Uta Wehn de Montalvo
Developing T-shaped water professionals
Reflections on a framework for building capacity for innovation through collaboration,
learning and leadership
by Brian S. McIntosh and André Taylor
Meeting the water and sanitation MDGs
A study of human resource development requirements in Tanzania
by Richard Kimwaga, Joel Nobert, Victor Kongo and Mpembe Ngwisa
Community management and sustainability of rural water facilities in Tanzania
by Christina Geoffrey Mandara, Carja Butijn and Anke Niehof
Readiness and willingness of the public to participate in integrated water management
Some insights from the Levant
Philippe Ange Ker Rault, Heleen Vreugdenhil, Paul Jeffrey and Jill Hillary Slinger
Capacity development for urban development
The evolution of the integrated urban management Masters course at the Ethiopian Civil Service University
by Meine Pieter van Dijk, Carley Pennink and Saskia Ruisink
Local solutions in Non-Revenue Water management through North–South Water Operator Partnerships
The case of Nakuru
by Nancy Ndirangu, James Ng'ang'a, Anthony Chege, Reint-Jan de Blois and Adriaan Mels
Water operator partnerships and institutional capacity development for urban water supply
by Richenel Breeveld, Leon Hermans and Siemen Veenstra
Key success factors for capacity development in the Brantas River Basin organisations in Indonesia
by Tjoek Walujo Subijanto, Harianto, Raymond Valiant Ruritan and Fahmi Hidayat
Monitoring for learning and developing capacities in the WASH sector
by Carmen da Silva Wells, René van Lieshout and Erma Uytewaal
Monitoring outcomes and impacts of capacity development in the water sector
A Cap-Net UNDP experience
by Indika Gunawardana, Kees Leendertse and Wibisono Handoko
What counts as ‘results’ in capacity development partnerships between water operators?
A multi-path approach toward accountability, adaptation and learning
by Maria Pascual Sanz, Siemen Veenstra, Uta Wehn de Montalvo, Rob van Tulder and Guy Alaerts
From knowledge and capacity development to performance improvement in water supply
The importance of competence integration and use
by Silas Mvulirwenande, Guy Alaerts and Uta Wehn de Montalvo
Knowledge leads, policy follows? Two speeds of collaboration in river basin management
by Ellen Pfeiffer and Jan Leentvaar |