in australia belgium france the netherlands italy mexico spain and portugal they assume a wide array of responsibilities with the common objective of harmonising water policies at basin level this situation was a result of sporadic water shortages in specific areas and substantial regional disparities in water resources especially between the coastal areas where demand is high and the hinterland the water resources prospective and management scheme sourse launched in is an ambitious eur project to build by a strategic vision and operational framework across levels of government including the state and the rhonemediterraneecorse water agency and to define the terms for effective water governance at the regional level it develops a model of public governance of water for equitable sharing of water by taking into account the economic demographic and environmental evolution of the territory