In addition, interviews with officials representing the regional
water authorities and responsible for issues related to local integration
and public participation, were conducted in 2011: Interviewee
5 from South Baltic RBD and Interviewee 6 from Skagerrak and
Kattegat RBD. The questions covered the role of existing water
cooperation and the authorities’ expectations of the development
oflocal institutional arrangementfor stakeholder participation. The
purpose with these interviews was to provide a deeper understanding
of the regional development of catchment-based water
management and put the institutional development in the studied
catchments in a regional context.