In 15 years, all residents of Tajikistan will be provided with clean drinking water, their homes will be 100% connected to the centralized sewerage system. This is what the National Water Strategy until 2040 promises us. In November last year, the Government of Tajikistan approved the National Water Strategy until 2040. This document is aimed …
Clean Water and Sewage for All: Tajikistan to Have Them by 2040 Read More »
On 06 November in Astana (Kazakhstan) within the framework of the project ‘Integrated Watershed Management in the Ishim River Basin in Kazakhstan’, implemented by CAREC with the financial support of the Coca-Cola Foundation will be held the event ‘Rational use of natural resources as a basis for the success of sustainable business development’. The main …
Today, President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov took part in the commissioning ceremony of a new facility in Ashgabat – the Bagtyýarlyk water treatment plant with a capacity of 150 thousand cubic meters of water per day. The construction of the structure was carried out in accordance with the relevant decree of the head of state, …
In Uzbekistan, there are plans to establish a specialized educational institution to train personnel in the field of drinking water supply and sanitation. Representatives of Uzbekistan’s Uzsuvtaminot, the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the French Development Agency (AFD), the Islamic Development Bank, the German Development Bank (KfW), as well as Korean experts from the …
On April 3rd, the Kyrgyz State Technical University (KSTU) and the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW) signed a memorandum of cooperation. The purpose of this agreement is to strengthen partnership in the field of research in water supply, sanitation, hygiene, and health (WASH), as well as to promote the exchange of …
Uzbekistan has launched a project on water supply, sanitation, and protection of water resources in the context of climate change. On the eve of World Water Day, on March 14, Tashkent hosted a seminar dedicated to the launch of a new project of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, “Strengthening activities in Uzbekistan in …
Despite the well-documented benefits of improved sanitation and washing facilities, a considerable number of people, even in middle-income countries, still lack access to modern sanitation and home-based bathing facilities. We leverage household budget survey data from two Central Asian countries to investigate the barriers to improved adoption of sanitation and washing facilities. We find that …
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NEXUS NEWSLETTER (FINAL ISSUE No. 18) We are pleased to share the final issue of the newsletter published by the Global Nexus Secretariat (GNS), which summarizes the results of Water-Energy-Food (WEF) Nexus based projects: Nexus Regional Dialogues Programme, which covered 5 regions of the world: Latin America and the Caribbean, Middle East and Northern Africa, …
October 3, 2023, at 11:00, in the city of Almaty, at the Kazzhol Park Almaty hotel, at st. Nauryzbay Batyr 108, an Inception workshop will be held for the projects “Integrated watershed management in the Ishim River Basin in Kazakhstan” and “Creating opportunities and improving the status of women in rural regions of Central Asia …
The Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation has been established in Kazakhstan President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev in his Address to the people of Kazakhstan on September 1, 2023, outlined a series of strategically important issues related to water policy. He expressed the belief that water resources are of the same importance to the country …
The Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation has been established in Kazakhstan Read More »
