Central Asia : Water Accountability in Transboundary Chu and Talas River Basins

Projet terminé

Effective water resources management requires data management capacities for proper decision-making at different scales. In this context, a modern, Multi-Level Distributed Water Information Systems is a management instrument that provides stakeholders’ gateways for judicious and sustainable water resources management. The project is aiming at introducing such a modern management information system in transboundary Chu and Talas river basins to improve water accountability and transparency.

Pays/région Thème Période Budget
l'Asie centrale
Eau
Diplomatie et sécurité dans le domaine de l'eau
Politique du secteur de l’eau
15.12.2016 - 31.12.2021
CHF  2’300’000
Contexte

Judicious and sustainable water resources management and planning require sufficient amounts of data for informed decision-making at different scales, from local to transboundary levels. Data transparency helps in trust and confidence building between different resource users, especially at interstate levels. To date, no such a modern Water Information System exists anywhere in Central Asia at basin scales. The relevance of such a modern WIS is well recognized by the key stakeholders in the transboundary basins of the Chu and Talas rivers shared by Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan which strongly support interventions in this area.

Objectifs

The overall objective is to contribute to sustainable integrated water resources management in the region by promoting transboundary cooperation in Chu and Talas river basins, thus fostering peace and regional stability in Central Asia.

Groupes cibles
  • The Kazakh-Kyrgyz Interstate Commission on transboundary Chu and Talas rivers
  • Basin management organizations from Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan
  • District level irrigation management organization and water users (farmers)
Effets à moyen terme
  • The institutions increase effectiveness of water delivery services through modernised and accountable water management practices
  • Accountability towards end users is enhanced through data transparency
  • The approach of transboundary cooperation is acknowledged and promoted in the region
Résultats

Principaux résultats antérieurs:  

  • Agreement between KG and KZ to have an exchange of daily data (baseline: 0, target: 1)
  • Number of institutions that use modern accounting (baseline: 1, target: 9)
  • Agreement of the KG and KZ Chu talas basin authority with data producers to develop water balance calculation and water use indicators on each national part of the basins (baseline: 0, target: 1 in each country)


Direction/office fédéral responsable DDC
Crédit Coopération avec l'Europe de l'Est
Partenaire de projet Partenaire contractuel
Secteur privé
Institution étatique étrangère
  • Secteur privé suisse
  • Sub-National State SouthEast


Coordination avec d'autres projets et acteurs
  • GEF funded project “Enabling Transboundary Cooperation and Integrated Water Resources Management in the Chu and Talas River Basins
  • SDC funded “National Water Resources Management Project” steered by the World Bank
Budget Phase en cours Budget de la Suisse CHF    2’300’000 Budget suisse déjà attribué CHF    2’171’563
Phases du projet

Phase 1 15.12.2016 - 31.12.2021   (Completed)