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In Dutch water management waterschappen (water boards) play a key role since the centuries. Basic tasks of water boards concern flood protection and drainage. In the last decades, water boards have additional executive powers in water quality management and treatment of urban wastewater. Water boards in the Netherlands are public authorities, functioning within the general governmental structure, under supervision of provinces. Water boards have legal powers and their own taxation structure. The basis has always... In Dutch water management waterschappen (water boards) play a key role since the centuries. Basic tasks of water boards concern flood protection and drainage. In the last decades, water boards have additional executive powers in water quality management and treatment of urban wastewater. Water boards in the Netherlands are public authorities, functioning within the general governmental structure, under supervision of provinces. Water boards have legal powers and their own taxation structure. The basis has always been that those who have interest in the task of a water board (stakeholders) pays accordingly. And secondly, stakeholders elect their representatives in the water boards assembly. Although, the application of this concept has evoluted over the centuries, the principles have remained intact. The last 50 years have seen an intensive merging process taking place. The number of water boards reduced from about 2,500 to 27. In this up scaling, the size of water boards increased and the professionalism improved. However, the distance between stakeholders and management institution increased, leading to lower involvement of stakeholders. The paper describes the Dutch water board model and current developments to bring stakeholders and water boards closer to each other. 几个世纪以来,荷兰的水利董事会在水管理中起着关键作用。这些水利董事会的基本任务是防洪和排水。最近几十年里,水利董事会增加了水质管理和污水处理的职能。荷兰的水利董事会是政府机构,是省级权力机构下属的一般政府职能部门。水利董事会具有法定权力和自己的税收制度。水利董事会的基本原则是在水利服务中谁受益(称为利益主体)谁付费,而且水利董事会成员是这些利益主体通过大会选举的代表。在过去50年里,水利董事会经过了多次大的合并过程,使得全国水利董事会的数目从2500个锐减到27个。在合并的过程中,水利董事会的规模扩大了,而且专业水平也有了很大提高。但是,利益主体和管理机构之间的距离加大了,使得利益主体参与水利管理活动的机会少了。本文主要研究荷兰水利董事会的模式和进展情况,使得利益主体与水利董事会更密切地联系起来。
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