Established in 2004, the Alberta Water Council (AWC) is a multi-stakeholder partnership created to monitor and steward implementation of Alberta’s Water for Life strategy.

The Alberta Water Council and CASA collaborated to produce the Consensus Decision-making Toolkit, as a resource for any group, experienced or not, choosing to explore and use consensus decision-making. The toolkit helps identify elements to help the consensus process succeed. A hands-on workbook, the toolkit helps identify possible problems that could develop during the process, with practical suggestions for dealing with those problems constructively.

The Enhanced Collaboration with Water Council project team concentrated on three goals:

• Identifying opportunities for leveraging resources, increasing efficiency, avoiding duplicate efforts, and building on each others’ successes.
• Educating and raising awareness regarding the activities and processes of both the Water Council and CASA.
• Demonstrating a commitment to, and help build on, the important linkage between air, land and water at the strategic level