The need for awareness raising, advocacy, and capacity building in Integrated Water Resources Management toward sustainable development: A case study in Malaysia

Date01 May 2019
DOIhttp://doi.org/10.1002/wwp2.12002
Published date01 May 2019
World Water Policy. 2019;5:43–54. wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/wwp2
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© 2019 Policy Studies Organization.
Published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
DOI: 10.1002/wwp2.12002
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
The need for awareness raising, advocacy, and
capacity building in Integrated Water Resources
Management toward sustainable development: A
case study in Malaysia
RahmahElfithri1,2
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Mazlin BinMokhtar1,2
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SalmahZakaria2
1Institute for Environment and
Development (LESTARI),Universiti
Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Selangor,
Malaysia
2Academy of Sciences Malaysia (ASM)
Water Committee‐AACB Task Force
Working Group, Kuala Lumpur, Selangor,
Malaysia
Correspondence
Rahmah Elfithri, Institute for Environment
and Development (LESTARI), Universiti
Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 UKM Bangi,
Selangor, Malaysia.
Email: elfith@ukm.edu.my
Abstract
Malaysia has, since the turn of the 21st century, formally
adopted Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM)
as the way forward to sustainably manage its water resources.
This paradigm shift has also been embodied in the National
Water Resources Policy formally launched in March 2012.
The adoption of IWRM marks a clear shift away from past
fragmented and sectoral management practices. The recent
endorsement of the United Nations Sustainable Development
Goals by Malaysia has further reiterated that IWRM will be
implemented at all levels by the year 2030. Despite the formal
declaration and adoption of the IWRM policy, its implemen-
tation to‐date has yet to gain adequate traction on a national
scale. Fragmented management of the water sector both at
the Federal and State levels is a legacy from the past which
continues as the institutional norm. There is a need for IWRM
awareness raising, advocacy, and capacity building. This in-
cludes training and education programs, modular and material
development, communication, and delivery system, facilities
establishment, and appropriate governance mechanisms to im-
prove the current water management system and practices in

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