Governança da água: comparação entre a região hidrográfica do centro de Portugal e a bacia hidrográfica do rio Apodi-Mossoró/RN no Brasil

This work aims to compare the way water resources are managed in Portugal and Brazil. For this, the methodology includes: systematic literature review, documentary research on water legislation and field study on social participation in water management. Progress has been made in the legislation of water resources and legal differences in both countries. These distinctions directly reflect the public participation of water resource management, verifying that in Portugal the Hydrographic Region Councils are informative and consultative, while in Brazil the Hydrographic Basin Committees are negotiators and deliberatives. Therefore, these laws need improvement for their effectiveness effectively, with verification of their positive and negative aspects.