MacKay, HMAshton, PJ2007-03-282007-06-072007-03-282007-06-072004-01MacKay, HM and Ashton, PJ. 2004. Towards co-operative governance in the development and implementation of cross-sectoral policy: water policy as an example. Water SA, vol. 30(1), pp 1-80378-4738http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2148http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2148Water, because it is so fundamental and irreplaceable to humans and their activities, is an all pervasive issue that underpins the social fabric of every society. This means that water policy is cross-sectoral, directly and indirectly affecting and affected by almost all other sectoral policies such as agriculture, urban development, rural development, health, housing, economic development. Effective implementation of any cross-sectoral policy requires that co-operative governance processes have to be established on the ground, and not just considered as some form of laudable principle. One of the most important steps in moving towards operational co-operative governance is the identification and agreement, by all the relevant and affected sectors, on shared primary objectives. This must be followed by the development of co-ordinated implementation programmes that can effectively achieve these objectives. In this paper, we explore a possible model for initiating co-operative governance processes in cross-sectional policy implementation, using water as an example, and discuss some of the potential applications of this model.485626 bytesapplication/pdfenCopyright: 2004 Water Research CommissionWater policyCo-operative governanceIntegrated water resource managementSouth AfricaArticleMacKay, H., & Ashton, P. (2004). Towards co-operative governance in the development and implementation of cross-sectoral policy: water policy as an example. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2148MacKay, HM, and PJ Ashton "Towards co-operative governance in the development and implementation of cross-sectoral policy: water policy as an example." (2004) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2148MacKay H, Ashton P. Towards co-operative governance in the development and implementation of cross-sectoral policy: water policy as an example. 2004; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2148.TY - Article AU - MacKay, HM AU - Ashton, PJ AB - Water, because it is so fundamental and irreplaceable to humans and their activities, is an all pervasive issue that underpins the social fabric of every society. This means that water policy is cross-sectoral, directly and indirectly affecting and affected by almost all other sectoral policies such as agriculture, urban development, rural development, health, housing, economic development. Effective implementation of any cross-sectoral policy requires that co-operative governance processes have to be established on the ground, and not just considered as some form of laudable principle. One of the most important steps in moving towards operational co-operative governance is the identification and agreement, by all the relevant and affected sectors, on shared primary objectives. This must be followed by the development of co-ordinated implementation programmes that can effectively achieve these objectives. In this paper, we explore a possible model for initiating co-operative governance processes in cross-sectional policy implementation, using water as an example, and discuss some of the potential applications of this model. DA - 2004-01 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Water policy KW - Co-operative governance KW - Integrated water resource management KW - South Africa LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2004 SM - 0378-4738 T1 - Towards co-operative governance in the development and implementation of cross-sectoral policy: water policy as an example TI - Towards co-operative governance in the development and implementation of cross-sectoral policy: water policy as an example UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2148 ER -