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Khujand – Members of working group on basin planning in the Isfara river basin discussed
current issues during workshop “Complex assessment and analysis of situation in the Isfara river basin”,
22-23 July 2013. Representatives of water sector and related agencies, specialists from basin
organizations of the Isfara river from Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, as well as experts took part in the event.
The participants presented the main results of legal and institutional framework analysis for basin
planning; economic and social development of the territory; climate change analysis and adaptation to
climate change; emergency situation, natural disasters and environment conditions; results of
development of land use map and land and water resources analysis for the Isfara river basin.
Every aspect of the complex assessment and analysis of the situation in the basin was
discussed after the presentations, thus, besides of receiving information, the participants of the meeting
could ask questions and make suggestions.
Based on the results of the discussion, the working group developed plan of next actions on basin
planning for the Isfara river, in particular, on prioritization of the problems in the basin, which later is to
be included into basin plan.
Meetings of working group on basin planning have been held since 2012 in the framework of “Water
Management and Basin Organizations in Central Asia (WMBOCA)” project. This project is funded by the
European Union and implemented by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
GmbH acting in partnership with the Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia (CAREC). Budget
of WMBOCA consists of approximately EUR 2 million provided by the European Union and
approximately EUR 0.5 million provided by the German Federal Foreign office.
