In 2016, the Central Asia Energy-Water Development Program (CAEWDP) continued to support efforts to deepen regional cooperation in energy and water and to advocate sustainable solutions to development challenges in these sectors that are central to the economies of the Central Asian countries. CAEWDP aims at strengthening the enabling environment
The Central Asia Energy and Water Development Program (CAEWDP) is a partnership between the World Bank, the European Commission, Switzerland (through SECO), the United Kingdom (through DFID), and the United States (through USAID) to address the challenges of cross-border system interlinkages and national and regional energy and water resources management.
WASHINGTON, August 1, 2018 – The Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan, which are highly prone to natural disasters and future climate change risks, will benefit from improved hydrometeorological services thanks to additional financing to the Central Asia Hydrometeorology Modernization Project (CAHMP). The World Bank Board of Executive Directors today approved US$
http://www.cacilm.org/en/articles/detail/618%22 Land degradation in Central Asian countries is a serious threat, particularly considering the sizeable share of agriculture in these countries’ GDP. Causes of land degradation are not only in irrational use of water resources, but also in the legacy of the pre-independence (pre-1991) system of land management when maintenance
International water law concerns the rights and obligations that exist, primarily between States, for the management of transboundary water resources. Such legal rules and principles are dedicated to preventing conflict and promoting cooperation of shared water resources International water law has evolved and crystallized through state practice and the codification
Water infrastructure in Central Asia consists of hundreds of reservoirs, dams, irrigation systems and pumping stations, a lot of channels and tens of multi-purpose waterworks facilities. There is the world’s highest rockfill dam – Nurek with height of 300 meters on the Vakhsh River in Tajikistan, and there is also
The objectives of the GWANET: improved gender awareness among the water sector stakeholders at regional, national and local levels through establishment of GWANET; strengthened capacity of the water sector stakeholders for incorporating gender dimensions into the decision-making process. Since ADB’s assistance program in the CARs includes a number of water
This documentation accompanies a series of polygon layers that depict watershed boundaries and sub-basin delineations at a global scale. The goal of this product is to provide a seamless global coverage of consistently sized and hierarchically nested sub-basins at different scales (from tens to millions of square kilometers), supported by
The UN Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia has issued a new publication on “Innovations in Trans-boundary Water Management: Pacific Resolutions”.
The UN Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia has issued a new publication on “Bilateral and Multilateral Cooperation on Trans-Boundary Water Resources in Central Asia: The Way Forward Following the Sixth World Water Forum “.
