■机构可以在协调如何在不过度开发的情况下有效管理和使用自然资源方面发挥关键作用。制度就是法律,政策,和组织安排,禁止或规范人类行为。本研究旨在探讨正式和非正式机构的作用,以及它们在中央裂谷(CRV)水资源治理中的相互作用,埃塞俄比亚。
■主要线人访谈,焦点小组讨论,和次要数据源被用来收集相关数据。
■研究结果表明,非正式机构对正式机构的影响微不足道,反之亦然,并且无法改变CRV中用水者的行为。CRV在水资源治理中观察到的其他局限性包括缺乏明确的角色和责任,没有有意义的权力下放,关键行为者对政策制定的参与有限,机构之间缺乏协同作用,缺乏执行机制。
■考虑到与水有关的政策中的地方背景和社区对水治理的传统知识,规则,和法规,提高地方机构的能力,参与水治理的所有机构之间强有力的相互作用,并建议有意义的行为者参与,以促进机构在CRV和国家水资源治理中的作用。因此,一个能够协调水管理系统中正式和非正式机构的机制可以加强研究区和该国其他地方的水资源治理。
UNASSIGNED: Institutions can play a key role in coordinating how natural resources are effectively managed and used without over-exploitation. Institutions are laws, policies, and organizational arrangements that permit, forbid or regulate human action. This study aimed to look into the roles of formal and informal institutions, and their interactions in water resources governance in the Central Rift Valley (CRV), Ethiopia.
UNASSIGNED: Key informant interviews, focus group discussions, and secondary data sources were employed to collect relevant data.
UNASSIGNED: The result of the study indicated that the influence of informal institutions on formal institutions or vice versa was insignificant, and unable to change the actions of water users in the CRV. Other limitations observed in water resources governance in the CRV include a lack of actors\' clear roles and responsibilities, absence of meaningful decentralization, limited engagement of key actors in policy development, lack of synergy between the institutions, and absence of enforcement mechanisms.
UNASSIGNED: Considering the local contexts and community\'s traditional knowledge of water governance in water-related policy, rules, and regulations, and enhancing the capacity of local-level institutions, strong interplay among all institutions involved in water governance, and meaningful actors\' engagement were recommended to advance the role of institutions in water resources governance in the CRV and in the country. Hence, a mechanism that enables to harmonize formal and informal institutions in water management system can enhance the governance of water resources in the study area and elsewhere in the country.