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2.4       Institutional organisation for water resources management

All six countries have governmental authorities responsible for water management and environmental protection. Overall, Ministries of Environment are the main governmental bodies responsible for developing water management policy and legislation. Within these ministries are dedicated institutions for monitoring, analysing and disseminating data and information on water quality and quantity. In most countries these are hydrometeorological and geological services. Some countries have also established special information centres engaged in environmental protection or/and natural resources management that can be sponsored by international programmes. Their overall function is to disseminate information to the public at large. They are typically involved in projects as the operators of information systems or web portals suitable for indicator publishing.