Editors’ foreword Aziza Akhmouch, Delphine Clavreul, Sarah Hendry, Sharon B. Megdal, James E. Nickum, Francisco Nunes-Correia and Andrew Ross Introduction: Introducing the OECD Principles on Water Governance Aziza Akhmouch, Delphine Clavreul and Peter Glas 1. Addressing the policy-implementation gaps in water services: the key role of mesoinstitutions Claude Menard, Alejandro Jimenez and Hakan Tropp 2. Stakeholder engagement in water governance as social learning: lessons from practice Uta Wehn, Kevin Collins, Kim Anema, Laura Basco-Carrera and Alix Lerebours 3. OECD Principles on Water Governance in practice: an assessment of existing frameworks in Europe, Asia-Pacific, Africa and South America Susana Neto, Jeff Camkin, Andrew Fenemor, Poh-Ling Tan, Jaime Melo Baptista, Marcia Ribeiro, Roland Schulze, Sabine Stuart-Hill, Chris Spray and Rahmah Elfithri 4. Functions of OECD Water Governance Principles in assessing water governance practices: assessing the Dutch Flood Protection Programme Chris Seijger, Stijn Brouwer, Arwin van Buuren, Herman Kasper Gilissen, Marleen van Rijswick and Michelle Hendriks 5. The evolution of water governance in France from the 1960s: disputes as major drivers for radical changes within a consensual framework Marine Colon, Sophie Richard and Pierre-Alain Roche