The Guidelines on Strengthening River Basin Organisations were formulated through an all inclusive consultative process. Many thanks go to representatives of Member States who have been very supportive to this process especially through their participation in the annual RBO Workshop series. The purpose of this guideline is to propose procedures that can assist Governments to establish institutions to manage shared watercourse systems,  including environmental protection of natural resources. The guideline was designed to help practitioniers assimilate,  evaluate,  and implement the ever increasing amount of evidence on best practices.