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Research and Consultancy Services for International Waters
Facing big world issues like climate change, water scarcity, and complex water borders requires immediate, effective and strategic actions.
The Permanent Forum of Binational Waters provides specialized Research and Consultancy services designed to help governments, NGOs, institutions and private organizations confront these challenges towards the future.
Our deep expertise in international waters, surface water, groundwater, ecosystem services, and transboundary water governance allows us to design sustainable solutions that address both urgent needs and long-term water security.
Customized Solutions for Transboundary Water Challenges
Customized Solutions for Transboundary Water Challenges
We are dedicated to offering tailored consultancy services that focus on managing local, regional and international waters and providing alternative solutions for water challenges impacting transboundary water borders.
We understand that each region has its unique water dynamics, regulations and governance systems.
Our consultancy services are designed to provide strategic, science-backed advice to help manage these challenges effectively.
If your organization faces challenges with transboundary water management or seeks innovative approaches to long-term sustainability, our team provides strategic, science-backed advice to support your organization in addressing issues such as:
- Facilitating transboundary water cooperation: Expert guidance in facilitating bilateral or multilateral collaboration and communication for shared water resources.
- Custom-designed frameworks that support effective negotiation between governments or stakeholders over shared water resources.
- Design water usage and conservation policies: Designing robust policies that address equitable and sustainable water allocation as well as support during the implementation.
- Detailed, actionable plans that guide sustainable water use across borders, addressing both current and future demands and environmental challenges.
- Water resource efficiency audits: Conducting in-depth assessments of your water systems and risks assessments to optimize use and water management in the long-term.
- Comprehensive audits of your water infrastructure, governance systems, environmental challenges and recommendations for improvement.
- Environmental risk assessments: Conducting in-depth assessments of your water systems and risks assessments to optimize use and water management in the long-term.
- Identifying key vulnerabilities related to water quality, ecosystem health, and climate change adaptation.
- Effective Communication Strategies: Mediating and providing actionable solutions for water issues between users at domestic and international scale.
- Tailored protocols for addressing and resolving disputes over water use between nations, regions, or local communities.
- Action plans for resilience: Developing comprehensive strategies to build resilience against future water shortages, climate change, environmental and socio-political stressors.
- Strategies that outline how to build long-term resilience in your water systems against climate and socio-political stressors, with step-by-step guidance for implementation.
We offer on-site assessments, scenario modeling, and stakeholder engagement strategies to ensure your organization’s actions are grounded in reliable data and localized insights.
Transform Your Organization by Reducing Its Water Footprint
Transform Your Organization by Reducing Its Water Footprint
The Water Footprint Assessment and Certification is a unique service designed to help businesses, organizations, and public agencies assess, reduce, and manage their water footprint.
As water scarcity becomes a growing concern, this service empowers companies to demonstrate their commitment to sustainable water management practices and enhance border sustainability.
- Consulting and Advisory Services: Expert advice on water management strategies, risk assessments, and water-saving technology implementations is available to help businesses reduce their water footprint while maintaining operational efficiency.
- Training and Education: We provide training programs and workshops on water footprint assessment and sustainable water management practices to foster a deeper understanding of water conservation.
Strategic Consultancy on Water Security and Risk Assessment
Strategic Consultancy on Water Security and Risk Assessment
Our consultancy services extend beyond borders to address the big world issues influencing water security. With the growing pressures of industrial development, population growth, and climate variability, we deliver research-based insights into:
- Groundwater depletion: Monitoring and managing the depletion of critical aquifers across borders.
- In-depth analysis of groundwater depletion trends, with actionable recommendations for sustainable use.
- Water-energy-food nexus: Integrating water resource management with energy and agricultural demands to promote sustainable development.
- Comprehensive reports that evaluate the interconnectedness of water, energy, and agricultural demands in your region, providing strategies to optimize resource use.
- Climate change adaptation strategies: Providing recommendations on how to mitigate climate impacts on water systems through innovative engineering and nature-based solutions.
- Custom-designed roadmaps for implementing climate-resilient water management systems, including the use of innovative technologies and nature-based solutions.
- Cross-border water cooperation: Assisting in the drafting and revision of cooperation instruments that ensure fair and sustainable use of shared water resources
- Draft or revise cooperation efforts that ensure fair and sustainable use of transboundary water resources, designed with input from key stakeholders and aligned with international regulations.
Our data-driven research methodologies ensure that our solutions are tailored to your specific context, whether it’s addressing groundwater stress, cross-border water sharing, ecosystem conservation. and many other areas.
Partner with Us for Sustainable Water Management
By partnering with the Permanent Forum of Binational Waters, you gain access to a wealth of knowledge and experience in transboundary water governance, water conservation, and climate resilience strategies. We work closely with your organization to develop customized consultancy projects that provide practical, actionable solutions to:
- Water scarcity and resource management: Offering solutions for optimizing water usage and securing sustainable access to resources.
- Scenario-based models that allow you to simulate different water management strategies and assess their impact on water availability and ecosystem health.
- Comprehensive sustainability reports that document water usage, resource optimization, and conflict resolution efforts, aligned with your organization’s long-term goals.
- Effective Communication and stakeholder alignment: Ensuring all parties involved in water conflicts are aligned with a shared vision for sustainability.
- Facilitation of workshops designed to align various stakeholders on water resource goals, accompanied by reports summarizing outcomes and next steps.
- Long-term planning and policy design: Assisting in the development of future-forward policies that safeguard water security for years to come.
- Proposals for water management policies that address emerging challenges, including those related to climate change, population growth, and industrial development.
Together, we can develop strategies that ensure the future of international waters and enhance your organization’s resilience.