Facultadad de Ciencias Geológicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, c/Jose Antonio Novais 2, Ciudad Universitaria, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
J Environ Manage. 2010 Jun;91(6):1332-40. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2010.02.014. Epub 2010 Mar 12.
Public participation is a key element of Integrated Water Resources Management and, in the European Union (EU), is a major challenge in the implementation of the Water Framework Directive (WFD), which was adopted in December 2000. When new legislation enters into force it is essential to set a baseline against which to measure the progress towards the established goals at significant milestones of its implementation. This paper presents an assessment of the quality of stakeholder participation at the beginning of the WFD implementation in twenty countries belonging to or with close institutional relationships with the EU. The evaluation was completed by environmental non-governmental organizations and it shows that already in 2003 there were positive examples of stakeholder participation in several countries but that, in general, the WFD implementation will require significant efforts to improve on participatory practices throughout Europe.
公众参与是水资源综合管理的关键要素，在欧盟，公众参与也是 2000 年 12 月通过的《水框架指令》（WFD）实施过程中的一项重大挑战。当新立法生效时，必须设定一个基线，以便在其实施的重要里程碑上衡量朝着既定目标取得的进展。本文评估了二十个属于欧盟或与欧盟有着密切体制关系的国家在 WFD 实施初期利益攸关方参与的质量。这项评估是由环境非政府组织完成的，结果表明，2003 年已经有几个国家在利益攸关方参与方面有了积极的例子，但总体而言，WFD 的实施需要在全欧洲范围内做出重大努力，以改进参与做法。
