Chapter
5:
Analysis
of
stakeholders
in
Yemen
•
to
carry
out
management
at
basin
level,
as
traditional
centralized
management
has
proved
to
be
inadequate.
The
new
authorities,
however,
have
difficulties
in
positioning
them
in
the
water
governance
system.
They
lack
legitimacy,
bargaining
power,
and
implementation
capacity
(Zeitoun,
2009).
5.2
Stakeholders
in
the
Yemen
Water
Sector
Many
stakeholders
from
the
international
to
the
local
level
can
be
identified
in
water
conflicts
in
Yemen
and
include
central
and
local
governments,
traditional
leaders,
NGOs,
the
private
sector,
media,
farmers,
and
domestic
water
users.
As
Yemen
is
dependent
on
the
international
donor
community,
donors
are
also
powerful
actors
in
steering
the
Yemeni
water
sector
(Hübschen,
2011).
The
table
below
provides
a
non-‐
exhaustive
overview
of
the
many
stakeholders
involved.
As
stakeholders
position
themselves
in
light
of
changing
perceptions,
economic
and
political
realities,
in
sum
changing
contexts,
Yemeni
water
governance
is
highly
dynamic.
Guided
by
the
Rada'a
Principles,
developed
by
various
donor
organizations
in
cooperation
with
Yemeni
government,
legal
responsibilities
are
gradually
moving
to
decentralized
public
utilities
and
Local
Corporations
(LC)
(Hübschen,
2011).
The
overview
does
not
go
into
depth
in
the
different
problem
perceptions
of
the
actors
on
water
resources
management.
Also
it
does
not
make
any
categorization
in
the
variety
of
religious
and
tribal
leaders.
These
leaders
also
require
legitimacy
in
a
wide
variety
of
customary
and
religion-‐
12
based
institutions.
These
institutions
also
steer
the
behaviour
of
the
stakeholders
in
conflict
settlement .
Table
5.1:
Stakeholders
in
the
Yemen
water
sector
Institution
/
Organization
Responsibility
and
interest
Influence/power
Ministries
Ministry
of
Water
and
Founded
in
2003
and
supervises
The
ministry
has
low
implementation
Environment
water
resources
management
capacity
resulting
in
low
bargaining
through
the
NWRA.
power
(Zeitoun,
2009)
Developing
water
resources
on
the
basis
of
IWRM;
providing
clean
drinking
water
and
sanitation
services,
allocating
water
for
other
uses;
and
protecting
the
environment
from
pollution
and
desertification,
conserving
natural
resources
and
rationalizing
their
exploitation
Ministry
of
Agriculture
Responsible
for
formulating
policies
and
Irrigation
for
water
resources,
for
food
security
and
for
crops,
livestock,
and
forestry
production,
and
for
coordinating
public
investment
and
services
in
the
sector.
Have
an
interest
to
maintain
water
allocations
for
Irrigation
and
Better
bargaining
power
than
MWE
due
to
vested
networks
(Zeitoun,
2009)
and
is
responsible
for
the
lion's
share
of
(agricultural)
water
resources
(Hübschen,
2011)
12
For
a
comprehensive
description
of
the
complexities
of
socio-‐cultural
religious
schools
and
peoples
and
its
grounding
and
steering
institutions,
the
work
of
Salmoni
et
al.
(2010)
is
referred
to.
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