Valuing Water Survey
A global online survey was developed to understand how personal values impact decision-making in water governance. The results are also available in Arabic, French, Mandarin, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish.
On basis of the outcomes of the VWI Water Survey and the practitioner guide, the following tools were developed:
Tool 1: Value maps
How can I identify the multiple values of water?
Please find two value maps that have been created to start the values conversation: an Assigned values map and a Governance-related values map
Tool 2: Value conversation game
Enabling reconciliation of values
Please find the value conversation game documents here: Game facilitator notes, Game presentation and Game stakeholder cards
Tool 3: Systemic change tool
Constellations
The constellations’ methodology as an aid to visualize and unravel complex situations or challenges. It does so by inviting people to represent either individual actors, stakeholder groups, or more abstract themes, like governance, corruption, poverty, and nature. By observing movements and patterns within the constellation, and by sharing perceptions, unknown or hidden patterns can be revealed. This creates new perspectives and insight for those dealing with the problem, and not seldom a new starting point for addressing it. As a group exercise the collective experience adds strongly to a more common understanding. VWI implements constellations in collaboration with professional constellators.
Valuing water tools developed by others
• Serious game: Water Values: a serious Board Game | PortCityFutures
• IHE is developing a course on valuing water in collaboration with VWI
We value our collaboration with
UNESCO – IHE Delft
University of Cambridge
TU Delft
University of Leeds
University of Bath
Scotland’s Rural College
New Foresight
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