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Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes
 
done at Helsinki on 17 March 1992

CWC project: River basin commissions and other institutions for transboundary water cooperation

 

The workshop
Background material
Presentations
List of participants

THE WORKSHOP

The Workshop on “River basin commissions and other institutions for transboundary water cooperation” was held in Almaty, Kazakhstan 23-25 October, 2007, back to back with the annual regional meeting of the “UNDP Water Community of Practice” 25 -26 October 2007. The two consecutive workshops were co-organized by UNECE, UNDP, and OSCE. The objective of the CWC workshop on “River basin commissions and other institutions for transboundary water cooperation” was to build capacity and exchange experience between EECCA countries, organizations and projects with regard to institutions for the joint management of transboundary waters; and to promote the establishment of efficient joint bodies - river basin commissions or other appropriate institutional arrangements - in the region.

The workshop brought together representatives of established joint bodies, policy - and decision-makers, scientists and representatives of international organizations and NGOs involved in transboundary water management from EECCA countries. The workshop illustrated good practices and lessons-learned in EECCA, and in the rest of the UNECE, UNDP and OSCE areas, and identified recommendations and steps needed to support the establishment of a sustainable framework for cooperation on transboundary waters.

The annual “UNDP Water Community of Practice (CoP)” meeting started on the 25th right after the CWC workshop, and lasted until 26 October 2007. The main objective of this meeting was to provide an update on recent trends and developments in the water sector. The discussion focused on on-going and future UNDP projects and activities in areas such as National IWRM Planning, Climate Change and Adaptation, Financing and Public-Private Partnerships for Water and Sanitation, ENVSEC activities in Central Asia, as well as on tools to enhance knowledge exchange and networking in Europe & CIS and beyond.

BACKGROUND MATERIAL

Agenda English Russian
Background paper on River Basin Commissions and other institutions for transboundary water cooperation
English (extended outline) Russian
   
   
   

PRESENTATIONS

Development of Integrated Management Plan for Ili-Balkhash Basin, Mr. Iskander Mirkhashimov, Project Manager English Russian
Fostering a Dialogue between Riparian States for Development and Establishment of Initial Legal and Institutional Frameworks for Increased Cooperation and Joint Management in the Kura-Aras River Basin, Mr. M. Adeishvili, Project Leader, UNDP-GEF, Georgia
English Russian
Investing in Kazakhstan with SACE, Mr. Fabio Fritelli, SACE English
Joint bodies according to the UNECE Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes, Ms. Francesca Bernardini, UNECE English
Establishment of the Chu-Talas Commission between Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan,
Mr. B. Koshmatov, General Director, Water Department of the Kyrgyz Republic
Russian
Chu-Talas Secretariat between Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, Mr. B Koshmatov, General Director, Water Department of the Kyrgyz Republic Russian
Convention on the Protection of the Danube River, Mr. D. Drumea, Moldova Russian
ICWC – achievements and future challenges: water partnership on the way to sustainable development, Mr. V.Dukhovnyi, Director, SIC-ICWC English Russian
EIA in transboundary Context, Mr. O. Pechenyuk. Eco-Expertise Russian
Activities of the Executive Committee of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea,
Mr. M. Kazakov, EC-IFAS
Russian
Presentation on Naryn-Syrdarya, Mr. A. Zyrianov, Deputy Director JSC “Electricity Stations”, Mr. E. Orolbayev, Consultant, Kyrgyzstan Russian
Dispute settlement by Joint Bodies, Ms.Yu. Trombitskaya, Consultant Russian
Institutional arrangements in transboundary water cooperation, Ms.Yu. Trombitskaya, Consultant Russian
Rules of procedure and other administrative documents, Ms.Yu. Trombitskaya, Consultant
Russian
River Basin Commissions-Mosel and Saar, Mr.Jean-Marie RIES, Water Management Administration, Luxembourg English
Sava River Basin Commission, Mr. D. Zeljko, Deputy Secretary for River Basin Management and Water Planning in the Secretariat of the Sava Commission English
Integrated Water Resources Management in the South Caucasus, Mr. Zurab Jincharadze, South Caucasus Water Program English