Provide leadership, support,
training and outreach activities of water and environmental activities for
the Central Asia Regional Environment & Energy Project.
Since the Central Asian
Republics gained independence in the early 1990s, their people have
experienced declining real incomes, deteriorating public services, and a
growing loss of confidence in their civil institutions. These factors have
combined to erode public support for continued economic and social reform
of the energy and environment sectors. Both water and energy are also
internationally shared resources, the competing demands for them among
neighboring nations hold the potential for conflict, economic hardship,
and political instability. All five nations compete for water for
hydroelectricity, irrigation, and industrial and urban use. An inequitable
allocation of water could significantly affect the economies of one or
more CAR countries, and could even trigger the outbreak of armed conflict.
The equitable use of water and energy resources is critical to each
nation's economic growth and harmonious relationships among CAR
countries.
|
![]()
Water and Environment Technical
Assistance. The CARNRMP has been designed to increase water related
management capabilities in the region through training programs, upgrading
data management, improving the understanding of the implications of
natural resource policies and regulations, strengthening skills for design
and implementation of demonstration projects, and increasing public
awareness of environmental issues. Training and Partnerships. The training
program addresses the need for increased integrated natural resource
management capabilities in the region by designing specific training
modules that take into account linkages between natural resource
management officials, managers, technicians, and specific population
groups in the project's natural resource management demonstration sites
and core principles of integrated management and
solutions.
|
|
Water and Environment Technical
Assistance. Provided instructions in transboundary monitoring station
installations and courses on soil remediation technologies and pollution
prevention. Developed sustainable models with the completion of
feasibility studies for salinization mitigation pilot assessments and made
recommendations for accurate seasonal runoff forecasting. Assessed and
made recommendations for the transboundary 1998 Syr Darya "Agreement on
Water and Energy Resources of the Syr Darya River Basin." Institution
Building: Trained Pakhtaabad canal operators. Developed partnerships with
Water User Associations (WUAs), national associations of WUAs,
hydrogeological and ameliorative expeditions, irrigation districts,
national and international NGOs supporting the establishment and
development of WUAs, and private sector companies which provide machinery
and construction services to farms. Training and Partnerships. Conducted
42 training programs and developed 10 training modules. Replicated six
training programs by institutions through "train-the-trainer" activities.
Trained 884 participants (246 women) with 332 institutions
represented. |
