Lastly, the administrative gap is still a concern for half of OECD countries, EU and non-EU members alike, as well as the information gap and the accountability gap, which also prevent the acceptance of water policy reform towards more integration. The “profiles” attached to this report provide in-depth analysis of multi-level governance challenges in water policy of 17 OECD countries. For instance, any country facing a sectoral fragmentation of water roles and responsibilities across ministries and public agencies (policy gap) may also suffer from the conflicting goals of these public actors (objective gap).