Water Governance in Central Asia

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Project ID
Project Title	Water Governance in Central Asia
Type	Water Governance
Focus Areas
Geographic Scope	Central Asia, Europe & CIS
Lead Organization(s)	EC (Almaty Delegation)
Project Partners	Implemented through consultancy
Financing	Total: 1.8m EUR; Sources of Financing:
Timeframe	2008 - 2010 (24 months after start July 2008)
Status	Under implementation
Project website(s)
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Contents 1 Description 2 Expected Outcomes 3 Achievements: Results and Impact 4 Lessons for Replication 5 References 6 See also 7 External Resources 8 Attachments

Description

The overall objective of the project is to contribute to the reduction of pollution, to fair sharing and effective use of scarce water resources, to improve the quality of shared water resources such as trans-boundary rivers through the improvement, implementation and enforcement of water legislation approximated to EU standards.

The objective of this project is to provide further advancement of IWRM already initiated in the beneficiary countries that have been created by previous projects and other initiatives. The project aims in supporting water management improvement in the Central Asia countries through practical support to reinforce regulatory and institutional mechanisms. The project focus is on developing the integrated water management (IWRM) approaches, by the means of:

• Reinforcing the water basin management planning through regulatory and institutional measures;
• Promoting the reform of water quality standards as a tool to improve the information base for water management and basin planning, using the European Union Water Framework Directive as a reference framework.

Specifically, the project aims to assist the development of:

• Legislative and regulatory framework that establishes procedures of water management planning, promoting a coherent and integrated approach to water management bringing together quality and quantity issues;
• Appropriate economic mechanisms targeted at economic operators in line with IWRM principles;
• A practical system of water quality standards, and legislation, regulation or other instruments, including economic mechanisms, that enable the use of these standards in IWRM;
• Legislative and regulatory framework that reinforces procedures of inter-institutional coordination, ensuring compatible approach and enabling the recognition of procedures and results of one institution by another, both within and between countries;
• The participation of user groups in the decision-making process.

The work has two dimensions:

1. Country-specific activities that promote good practice nationally, and;
2. Regional activities helping to ensure that approaches to integrated water management (IWRM) are compatible and mutually comprehensible in all project countries, and also to cater to international agreements.

Expected Outcomes

Achievements: Results and Impact

Lessons for Replication

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References

See also

1. Amu Darya Assessment of Environment and Security Linkages and Impact
2. Amu Darya Water Quality Assessment and Management
3. An Action Plan for Improving Weather and Climate Service Delivery in High-Risk, Low Income Countries
4. Aral Sea Basin Capacity Development Project
5. Bishkek and Osh Urban Infrastructure Project
6. Bukhara & Samarquand Water Supply Project
7. CAREWIB
8. Canal Automation in Ferghana Valley
9. Capacity Building of Water Users for Sustainable Development in the Aral Sea Basin
10. Capacity for Water Cooperation Project
11. Central Asia – Regional and National Water Sector Review
12. Central Asian Gateway
13. Community Agriculture & Watershed Management GEF Project
14. Community Agriculture & Watershed Management Project
15. Cross Border Impacts of Vahksh River Basin Development
16. Dam safety in Central Asia: capacity building and sub-regional cooperation
17. Developing Sustainable Hydro Technology in Kyrgyzstan
18. Development of Ili-Balkhash Basin Integrated Management Plan
19. Drainage, Irrigation & Wetlands Improvement Project - Phase 1
20. Dushanbe Water Supply Project
21. East-Caspian Assessment of Environment and Security Linkages and Impact
22. Enhancing regional exchange of water resource information (CAREWIB phase II)
23. Establishing a dialogue involving all key stakeholders to improve implementation and sustainability of rural drinking water projects in Tajikistan
24. Ferghana Valley Water Resource Management
25. Ferghana Valley Water Resources Management Phase-I
26. Ferghana Valley Water Resources Management Project
27. Harmonization and Approximation of Water Standards and Norms in Central Asia
28. IWRM and transboundary dialogue in Central Asia
29. Improved Management of Water Resources in Central Asia II
30. Integrated Water Resources Management Ferghana Valley
31. Karakol Water Supply Project
32. Kazakhstan Water Sector Study TA (P090048)
33. Local multi-sectoral efforts for the CAI Water Dialogue
34. MSGP Projects in Iran
35. Microbiological safety of drinking water
36. Municipal Infrastructure Development Project
37. National IWRM and Water Efficiency Plan for Kazakhstan
38. National IWRM and Water Efficiency Planning in the Central Asian Region
39. National Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) and Efficiency Plan for Uzbekistan
40. Nura River Clean-Up Project
41. Promoting IWRM and Fostering Transboundary Dialogue in Central Asia
42. Regional Environment Programme
43. Regional Rural Water Supply Project (SDC)
44. Roadmap of the Kyrgyz National Policy Dialogue (NPD) on IWRM
45. Rural Enterprise Support Project II
46. Rural Water Supply & Sanitation 2
47. Second Irrigation and Drainage Improvement Project
48. Second On-farm Irrigation Project
49. Small Towns Infrastructure & Capacity Building Project
50. Syr Darya Control and Northern Aral Sea Project - Phase I
51. Syr Darya Control and Northern Aral Sea Project - Phase II
52. Syr Darya Water Supply Project
53. Tajikistan WSS Strategy
54. The Swiss Support to Hydro-meteorological Services in the Aral Sea basin Project
55. Transboundary Cooperation in the Chu-Talas River Basin
56. Transboundary Waters Management Experience in Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (TWME-ECCA)
57. UNEP Support Programm for CA Countries on Johannesburg Plan and IWRM Plan by 2005
58. Ust Kamenogorsk-Environmental Remediation Project
59. Utilities Reform Study
60. Uzbekistan Bukhara and Samarkand Sewerage Project
61. Uzbekistan WSS Strategy
62. Water Flume Metres for Water User Associations
63. Water Management Improvement Project (WMIP), Kyrgyzstan
64. Water Productivity Improvement at Plot Level
65. Water Resources Management Project, Uzbekistan
66. Water Sector Investment Planning Study
67. Water Unites Central Asian Programme
68. Water-Energy Nexus in Central Asia
69. Water/Energy Dialogue

External Resources

Attachments

 EC Central Asia Water Governance Inception Report Jan09 ENG.pdf

 EC Water Governance Central Asia TOR.pdf