At the local and community level, RTi staff and associates have been directly responsible for the formation, establishment, development, and strengthening of numerous local, community-based water organizations worldwide. Some of these projects have included establishing and developing local Village Water Organizations (VWOs) for drinking water in five communities in Central Asia serving 60,000 people, or approximately 15,000 households. RTi staff and associates also have helped to establish and develop 26 Water User Associations (WUAs) covering 95,000 hectares, and 90 WUAs covering tens of thousands of hectares.

RTI staff and associates have been directly responsible for both large and small scale community-driven and stakeholder participation projects. These services have included developing institutional mechanisms and arrangements for participatory projects, and linking/coordinating the physical and institutional components of complex water management projects. Specific activities have included developing and implementing coordinating mechanisms between local water user groups and rehabilitation activities for large irrigation systems in Eastern Europe and Central Asia.