The ODI Water Policy Programme links high quality research with practical policy advice on water issues with a bearing on poverty. Our aim is to provoke, contribute to and influence debates on water through collaboration with a wide variety of government, donor, civil society and private sector partners.
What we work on
The programme is organised into three areas of focus with an overarching interest on water security. These cover both rural and urban contexts, and crossover with wider ODI themes including governance and conflict, risk, aid and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
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 With climate variability, poor people are having to survive through extreme weather conditions more often. Changing environments throw up more challenges to strengthening coping mechanisms, particularly within the water sector.
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 We are looking at how the water and sanitation sector moves beyond the MDGs - this be crucial in securing access to water and promotion of sanitary practice for the most vulnerable.
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 Managing water resources sustainably remains high on the agenda, with growing populations and changing environments. Negotiating tensions demands and ensuring sustainable access continues to be a senstive balancing act.
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 We manage a five-year programme that combines activities from each theme. This aims to improve evidence-based learning on water supply and sanitation through support for local research on planning, financing, service delivery and sustainability.
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About the programme
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 We aim to maintain a flexible approach in our work, using a variety of different research, policy advisory, communications and capacity building methods, and offering a wide variety of services to development partners.
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Related links
On the ODI website
On the internet
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