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Official website of the Interstate Coordination Water Commission of Central Asia (ICWC) It contains information on the history and daily activities of ICWC, brief information on its meetings, reports on large conferences with the participation of ICWC, reference data (addresses, telephones) on all the ICWC members. The site also includes home pages of ICWC executive bodies BWO Amudarya, BWO Syrdarya and CMC ICWC. |
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Website of the Scientific-Information Center of ICWC It contains information on SIC ICWC: regional activities, international cooperation (including information about activities of international organizations), projects, publications, reference data (addresses, telephones) of SIC and its affiliates in Central Asian states. |
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Website of ICWC Training Center Information on ICWC Training Center |
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Website of the “Dialogue on Water and Climate: Aral Sea Basin Case Study” Project Materials on research on the impact of climate change on water resources in the Aral Sea basin. |
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Website of the “Integrated Water Resources Management in Fergana Valley” Project The site is dedicated to the outreach of integrated water resources management in Central Asia based on the case study of one of the major projects in the region in this field “IWRM-Fergana”. |
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Network “GWANET — Gender and Water in Central Asia” Web site of network “GWANET — Gender and Water in Central Asia”: to improve gender awareness among the water sector stakeholders at regional, national and local levels, and strengthen their capacity in incorporating gender issues into the decision-making process. |
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Website of the Information-Consulting Center on the European Commission Framework Program FP7 in Central Asia Website of the Information-Consulting Center on the European Commission Framework Program FP7 in Central Asia (in Russian) |
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Project RIVERTWIN Project RIVERTWIN — A Regional Model for Integrated Water Management in Twinned River Basins The project objective is to develop an integrated regional model for strategic planning of water resources management (WRM) in twinned river. Three river basins were selected for modeling in different regions (the Neckar river, the Oueme river, and the Chirchik river in Germany, Benin, and Central Asia, respectively). |
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Project TWINBASINXN Project TWINBASINXN — Promoting Twinning of River Basins for Developing Integrated Water Resources Management Practices The main objective is to promote capacity building of river basin organisations, to improve their expertise, and to help them, through twinning, to overcome water management problems mainly by:
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Aral Sea Basin Donors Community Web site of Aral Sea Basin Donors Community |
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ADB RETA 6163: Improvement of Shared Water Resources Management in Central Asia Web site of the Asian Development Bank Regional Technical Assistance (TA) “Improvement of Shared Water Resources Management in Central Asia” (RETA 6163) The overall goal of the TA is to achieve sustainable and efficient water management in the region. The purpose of the TA is to help the CARs strengthen their cooperation in the management of shared water resources in the Aral Sea Basin and other transboundary basins. |
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UCC-Water: Speedup of the IWRM-2005 Objectives Implementation in Central Asia Web site of the project «Speedup of the IWRM-2005 Objectives Implementation in Central Asia» The objective of the sub-regional program is: “Speedup of IWRM-2005 Objectives Implementation in Central Asia”. |
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CAREWIB Regional Information System On-line data of the CAREWIB Information System
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On-line data of the BWO Amudarya On-line database on actual ten-day water withdrawal in the Amudarya river basin.
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On-line data of the BWO Syrdarya On-line database on actual ten-day water withdrawal in the Syrdarya river basin. |
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Aral Sea basin General Information about Aral Sea basin: Location, geomorphology, landscape, climate; Water resources; Formation of the surface flow; Surface water resources quality; Lakes and depressions; Groundwater: reserves and use; Waste and drainage water; Dams and hydropower; Lands; Irrigated lands; Salinization and drainage, etc. |
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Database of the Aral Sea Map; precipitation; level; wind speed; water temperature; water mass volume; volume of water from river; relative humidity; evaporation from water surface. |
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Water resources of Afghanistan Water resources of Afghanistan: General Information |
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Rivers of Afghanistan: database Data on 16 rivers in Afghanistan |
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Analysis of water-related situation in river basins of Amudarya and Syrdarya This section gives analytical information on the water situation in the basins for 10-day periods. |
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Database on the water-management organizations “Water Atlas” The database “Water Atlas” contains information on the water-management and donor's organizations divided into three categories: international, regional and national. |
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Electronic library |
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Bibliographic database “Land and Water Resources Use in the Aral Sea Basin” In creating a bibliographic database on “Water and Land Resources Use in the Aral Sea Basin”, the multi-year experience of the research library of the SANIIRI and SIC ICWC Information-Publishing Division as well as of the developing ICWC Training Center library is used. It contains more than 2,400 records. |
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Knowledge Base “Water and Land Resources Use in the Aral Sea Basin” Knowledge Base includes the following sections:
The knowledge base also includes the results of the past field studies on irrigation and drainage in the region. Inclusion of those studies proceeds from a need to ensure the intergenerational continuity. Recently, most graduates of higher education institutions have been coming to water-management organizations without knowledge of experience in irrigation and drainage as gained in Central Asia over the past 20-30 years. It is assumed also that earlier research works are unknown to most foreign specialists who try to assist the Central Asian states in solving water and environmental problems in the Aral Sea basin. |
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Knowledge Base “International and National Water Law” The Knowledge base contains the generalized information about the international water law and national water laws of the Central Asian states. |
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Knowledge Base “Gender and Water” The knowledge base contains information relevant for both the Central Asian republics and other regions on issues of gender equality and women’s role in water sector |
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Glossaries The glossaries contain the basic terms, definitions and concepts which are used in spheres of the International Water Right, Water Economy, Gender etc. |
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Reviews Reviews contain most interesting information about international collaboration in water and land resources management and use (in Russian only). |
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CAREWIB in Central Asia The portal section is in 5 national languages |
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The World Water Council Web site of the World Water Council (in Russian) The World Water Council was established in 1996 in response to increasing concern from the global community about world water issues. Its mission is to promote awareness, build political commitment and trigger action on critical water issues at all levels, including the highest decision-making level, to facilitate the efficient management and use of water in all its dimensions and on an environmentally sustainable basis. |
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The Asia-Pacific Water Forum Web site of the Asia-Pacific Water Forum (in Russian) The goal of the APWF is to contribute to sustainable water management in order to achieve the targets of the MDGs in Asia and the Pacific by capitalizing on the region’s diversity and rich history of experience in dealing with water as a fundamental part of the human existence. Specifically, the APWF shall champion efforts aimed at boosting investments, building capacity, and enhancing cooperation in the water sector at the regional level and beyond. |
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The International Network of Basin Organization Web site of the International Network of Basin Organization (in Russian) “Together for Integrated Water Resource Management over the World” |
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International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage Web site of the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (in Russian) The Commission is dedicated to enhancing the worldwide supply of food and fibre for all people by improving water and land management and the productivity of irrigated and drained lands through appropriate management of water, environment and application of irrigation, drainage and flood management techniques. |
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Towards to 5th World Water Forum Web site of Preparation Process to the 5th World Water Forum |
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Clean Water Space Popular and informative articles about water |