Central Asia: Promotion of Interstate Water Management Cooperation on Transboundary Chu and Talas Rivers
Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan have set up Interstate Commission for joint management of water resources in the basins of Chu river and of Talas river. However, a serious challenge for integrated water resources management remains to establish a data management system for which capacities are increasingly depleting. The proposed project will establish a monitoring system for both basins by upgrading the monitoring infrastructure generating real time data and capacities in both basins, thus supporting the Interstate Commission in decision making based on solid analysis and data.
Country/region | Topic | Period | Budget |
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Central Asia |
Water Agriculture & food security
Water diplomacy and security
Water resources conservation Agricultural water resources |
01.03.2013
- 31.12.2016 |
CHF 950’000
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- Interstate Commission on Transboundary Rivers Chui/Talas
- Kyrgyz Department of the Water Resources Management and Melioration
- Committee for Water Resources in the Ministry of Environment Protection of the Republic of Kazakhstan
- Higher precision of water level measurements and regulation of waterworks (measurement errors reduced from 10% down to 5%)
- Better data support due to ongoing computer based collection, storage and processing of measured values of water levels and consumption
- Higher responsiveness in detection and rectification of defects in equipment at waterworks management systems that result in lower probability of emergency situations
- Central State of South East
- Swiss Private Sector
- Interstate Commission on Transboundary Rivers Chui/Talas, Kyrgyz Department for Water Resources and Melioration (DWRM), Subcontractor Vodoavtomatika, a State enterprise, as a Design and Technology Institute “Water Automation and Metrology”, mandated by the Kyrgyz DWRM
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Sector according to the OECD Developement Assistance Commitiee categorisation WATER SUPPLY & SANITATION
WATER SUPPLY & SANITATION
AGRICULTURE
Sub-Sector according to the OECD Developement Assistance Commitiee categorisation Water sector policy and administrative management
Water resources conservation (including data collection)
Agricultural water resources
Cross-cutting topics Crisis prevention
The project also supports partner organisation improvements
Type of support Official development assistance (ODA)
Type of collaboration Bilateral cooperation
Finance type Aid grant
Aid Type Mandate without fiduciary fund
SDC administrative costs
Tied/untied aid Tied aid
Project number 7F06120
Background |
To regulate the joint use of water management infrastructure, the Kazakh and Kyrgyz Governments signed an Agreement on the Use of Water Management Facilities of Interstate Status on the Rivers Chu and Talas and established the Interstate Commission in 2006. The Interstate Commission sets an operating mode for the facilities, estimates the costs required for their reliable operation and maintenance as well as the contribution of each party to cover operation costs (Kazakhstan provides up to 30 % of costs annually). This collaborative framework is so far unique in Central Asia, otherwise characterized by a severe competition for water resources between upstream and downstream counties. Phase 1 focused on Chu river basin only and installed a monitoring system on key infrastructure in that basin. The external evaluation recommended to extend and expand the support to both basins and both countries |
Objectives |
The overall goal of the project is to help the Interstate Commission making decisions based on solid data and analysis by strengthening data management capacities and infrastructure. In a long term perspective, the goal is that the provided equipment and the data it generates will be used for joint analysis, evaluation and decision making. |
Target groups |
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Medium-term outcomes |
Provision of access for the Interstate Commission to reliable and timely data on water availability and flows in the basins of Chu and Talas rivers. |
Results |
Results from previous phases: |
Directorate/federal office responsible |
SDC |
Credit area |
Swiss cooperation with Eastern Europe |
Project partners |
Contract partner Private sector Foreign state institution |
Budget | Current phase Swiss budget CHF 950’000 Swiss disbursement to date CHF 916’064 |
Project phases |
Phase 2 01.03.2013 - 31.12.2016 (Completed) |