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National dialogues were characterised by genuine participation of a wide range of stakeholders, including those usually excluded from the policy community such as poor communities and small-scale providers. |
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There was a key role for national governments to avoid problems experienced by previous multistakeholder processes where governments were involved after-the-fact. |
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The Water Dialogues upheld flexibility. It enables countries to adapt research questions to national realities, while maintaining some global commonalities. |
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Dialogue must be grounded in evidence either generated through robust research carried out through the multistakeholder process or via open and transparent examination of existing evidence and stakeholder knowledge. |
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National dialogues and the international secretariat linked in with existing water sector reform processes thereby avoiding duplication and enhancing effectiveness. |
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The emphasis of The Water Dialogues project was on building in-country capacity and robust structures. |
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The International Secretariat was small and its life finite: it was disbanded in January 2010. If new countries wish to establish similar dialogues the project has provided a “Practitioners Group” of willing members and staff available to offer advice and support. |
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