Guidelines for equitable participation in water decision-making

This document is designed to foster collaboration between researchers, practitioners and stakeholders who manage and allocate water. The guidelines address how to make multistakeholder participation and decision-making in water planning more equitable. Applications of knowledge co-production and participatory action research (PAR) are described in real-world case studies. We present a pathways approach, used in the case studies to encourage and facilitate equitable participation as well as to identify and overcome barriers to engagement. The content of the document should empower researchers and stakeholders to find entry points, end-goals, and pathways for engagement and ownership in water decision-making