WORKSHOPS

National workshop “Issues of Intersectoral Interaction in Water Use and Transition to Integrated Water Resources Management”

The first national seminar within the framework of component was held on 29 April, 2006, in Dushanbe. 53 representatives of the Ministry of Amelioration and Water Resources, the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Energy, the Ministry of Economy and Trade, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the State Committee for Environment Protection and Forestry, the Scientific and Production Associations and the Scientific and Educational Institutions, the local Executive governmental authorities, the Non-governmental organizations, the President’s apparat, the Parliament of Tajikistan, the Executive Committee of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea, the Tajik Department of Scientific-Information Center of ICWC, oblast water management organizations, the international projects, media and public awareness participated in the seminar.

In the reports and presentations of the members of the National Groups for Coordination and Support to IWRM at this seminar the following issues were reflected:

• IWRM objectives and tasks and the planned approaches to their implementation
• Problems in establishment and the state support to WUAs
• Perspectives of water resources development from the IWRM viewpoint
• Water legislation in the light of implementation of the IWRM principles
• Strategy and priorities for development of water sector
• Role of information system, capacity development, and public awareness campaign in the IWRM process
• Technical, managerial, ecological and social aspects of the IWRM.

The following papers were presented to the participants of seminar:

• The main provisions of the “Strategy for development of water sector in Tajikistan” that is under preparation now, and
• Draft law on “Water User Associations”, submitted for consideration to the Parliament of the republic. Adoption of this law is expected in the current year.

On the results of seminar it was adopted the decision (similar to the one adopted at the Kyrgyz seminar) on preparation of the draft national “road map”.