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Although centralised planning and management of water resources continues to predominate in the five Central Asian States, reform of the current water management system is on-going in most of them. The aim is to complete the transition of major functions to the local level.
A study tour was conducted for Central Asian representatives of national ministries concerned with water and land resources management and for the representatives of local water administrations. The purpose of the tour was the study of methods for the self-administration of water and soil utilisation in Germany. The experience gained will provide the water managers from Central Asia with new ideas for shaping and improving on the reforms taking place in their own countries.
The objective of the study tour was to demonstrate methods for the self-administration of water and land resources, for the protection of these resources, and for maintenance measures by the water and soil associations in sub-river basins within the German Federal State of Brandenburg. Focus was on the Nuthe and Welse river basins.
The study tour also highlighted the integrative work of water professionals from the national governmental level to the provincial level and to highlight challenges and solutions for sustainable water and land management.
In addition, the participants became acquainted with the key objectives of the European Union’s Water Framework Directive and the main results of its implementation.
