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planning in Cepekyab Sub-basin of Murgab basin took place...\/k"+"l>
Central Asia is a huge landmass situated between the Caspian Sea in the West and the mountain ranges of the Pamirs and the Hindukush in the South- East. For centuries, caravans travelled along the famous Silk Road connect- ing Europe and Asia, and crossed the two main rivers of the region: the Amu Darya and the Syr Darya, which were known by the ancient Greeks as the Oxus and the Jaxartes. More than 1000 years ago, powerful Khans had already developed complex irrigation systems along these rivers, serving as a basis for economic prosperity and development.
Before the break-up of the Soviet Union in 1991, both rivers ran mostly inside the USSR...
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 ...
ARALSK – Second Small Basin Council for Smaller Aral irrigation area to take place on 10 April 2013 in the framework of “Water Management and Basin Organizations in Central Asia (WMBOCA)” project funded by the European Union and implemented by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, Transboundary Water Management in Central Asia Programme.
During the Council, access to drinking water for the population of Aralsk and Kazalinsk districts will be discussed as well as reconstruction of the drainage system on the left shore area of Kazalinsk district, abandoned drainage systems, works on headwork construction on...
ASHGABAT — Third meeting of the Steering Committee of the National Policy Dialogue on Integrated Water Resources
Management under the EU Water Initiative in Turkmenistan (NPD) took place on 5 April 2013 in line with the national
holiday “A Drop of Water is a Grain of Gold”. The financial support of the UNECE-led National Policy Dialogue was provided
in the framework of the EU-funded project “Water Management and Basin Organisations in Central Asia (WMBOCA)”,
which is implemented by GIZ Transboundary Water Management in Central Asia Programme.
The NPDs are aimed at assisting governments of Central Asia in promoting implementation of th...
ASHGABAT – This week (14-18 January 2013) Introductory Meetings on Climate and Flow Prediction in Small River Basins of Central Asia have taken place in the framework of the EU-funded action “Water Management and Basin Organisations in Central Asia (WMBOCA)”, implemented by programme of Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH.
Nominated experts from Turkmen and Kyrgyz partner water management organisations, German scientists from University of Wuerzburg and representatives of the GIZ Transboundary Water Management in Central Asia Pro- gramme have discussed theoretical approach and practical solutions on clim...