Improving European river basin management
The research, conducted in nine countries, focused on scientifically challenging aspects that are necessary for river basin management. These included scale issues, the role of information and tools used as well as the cultural, political and geographical influence. The resultant report is made up of a Social Learning (SL) Pool of Questions and a reference document on social learning and river basin management (RBM). Social Learning is both a process and an outcome and has to do with the increasing capacity of social entities to conduct usual tasks associated with a river basin. It is necessary to understand the context in which it occurs and the ways in which Social Learning outcomes might affect this context. Three parts make up the "SL Pool of Questions". These include a short checklist of general issues for consideration, a brief explanation of the assumptions inherent in each question and a series of concrete questions and research methods. Given its broad nature, adaptive structure and explanations of assumptions and potential methodologies, it is a very adaptive instrument for a great variety of cultural and or political RBM contexts.
