SDC - Training project for hydrometeorologists, Central Asia 2001-2003

Project Title :

Training project for hydrometeorologists

Organisation :

SDC

Partner(s) :

Global Environmental Facility (GEF) agencies in the five target countries (?)

Region :

South Caucasus

Project Number :

KA: 7F-01282.01

Duration :

January 2001 - December 2003

Financing (US$) :

CHF 1'730’000.– (approx. USD 1.5 M.)

Status :

Closed (?)

URL :

Description :

This project aims to train 810 hydrometeorologists in five countries of Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turmenistan), 500 of them in the national hydrometeorological centres of these five countries, 300 in a total of 60 survey stations and 10 in the Regional Centre for Hydrometeorology. The hope is that assistance with staff training and organization will promote effective, sustainable use of water. Action was needed because only few of the 1500 survey stations operated under Soviet rule still provide reliable data about water volumes and quality. Statistically speaking, the target region of Central Asia has enough water. However, to use these resources efficiently and effectively, the end consumers of hydrometeorological data (government organizations, water companies, energy producers, transport companies, farms) require reliable figures and information. The project is being conducted in cooperation with the Global Environmental Facility (GEF) agencies – NGOs – in the five target countries.

Lessons Learned :

TYPE LESSONS HERE

Contact :

SDC / Thomas Meyer