New Water Policy and Practice Volume 1, Number 1 - Fall 2014 | Page 31
New Water Policy and Practice
tainable development provided by integrated planning will aim at implementing more
rational use and prevent pollution of water
bodies by misuse. Between the national and
international basins, it will also advise the
creation of management networks in order
to connect the local, regional, and national
contexts.
This integrated vision may provide
greater knowledge, designed for policy
makers, about the demand of water, and
how to share development benefits. This
approach aligns with that put forward by
Álvaro Pereira (2008) which states that programs and governance priorities face mainly structural and conjuncture constraints
such as: the level of availability of water resources; cultural, socio-political, economic,
and environmental mindset; governance
variables within dominant geopolitics and
economic order; and finally the ideological
wrangling and administrative provisions.
In Angola, in terms of environment,
the guiding legal framework contributes
several principles, namely the environment
framework law 5/98 which establishes the
general environmental paradigms and different complementary executive decrees
and regulations which are in full compliance. It should be noted that the law on spatial planning and urbanism 03/04 and the
land law 9/04a) are also regulatory instruments that guide these activities.
In the context of recognition of the
role of organized civil society through the
Associations Law for Environmental Protection 03/06, which supports the environment and organizes public participation,
the transversal aspect of environmental issues is an open door for defining new paradigms on water and the sharing of this resource.
In the current state of development,
Angola still maintains a good level of availability of water resources, but despite the
considerable results already achieved, still
faces structural level constraints and the
need to overcome barriers imposed by different situations from the moment of conception until the time of execution of the
programs.
The future development of water