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Expected results
of
the Phase III.
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Result
1
Pilot Canal Management
Organizations are practicing IWRM principles. |
Securing, deepening and further
developing canal management organizations created under Phase II based on
integrated government-public canal organization principles with participation of
the water users in the governing body of the canal organizations will receive
high priority. Steps made in Phase II shall be consolidated and better anchored
at national legislative and regulatory level. This will also include management
and training support in water demand planning and water distribution/
allocation, and application of MIS.
The project implementation
team, together with the National Coordination and Support Group, will look at
getting financial support for rehabilitation of the infrastructure. In addition,
the project implementation team shall disseminate the approach among other
donor-funded projects, if possible joining hands with other projects in the
sector in the Fergana Valley.
Result
2
Created
WUAs are distributing and delivering water in equitable and reliable manner
using IWRM guidelines.
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Emphasis will be to
deepening and broadening the support of the WUAs created under Phase II
and of disseminating the proven methodology made in WUA creation and
management through social mobilization in other areas. The project shall
extend its support to sub-WUA level, i.e. Water User groups as
intermediary level between WUA and farmers.
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Result
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Improved farming technologies are introduced
and disseminated below WUA level.
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The improvement of water and
land productivity and reduction of drainage shall remain an important task for
this phase too. However, during this phase, project will focus on generalizing
the methodologies and the disseminating know-how developed within Phase II in
collaboration with other projects (RAS/SDC in the Kyrgyz Republic, FOMP/SECO in
Tajikistan, etc.) through training of trainers and transfer of technology.
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Result
4
Policy improvements and
changes at
national level
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As an important new direction,
this component will focus on governance supporting national efforts at policy
level to create the legal and political environment for IWRM including the legal
frameworks for WUA and participatory canal management.
Result 5
Sustainable transboundary small rivers’ water resources management in pilot
project area
This component coverage is limited to two transboundary small
rivers (TSR) -Shakhimardan and Khodja Bakirgan rivers, recommended as pilot
systems and having direct linkages to the irrigation systems of the «IWRM-Fergana»
Project, in particular – to pilot canals «Aravan-Akbura», «Khodja Bakirgan» and
«South-Fergana». «Small Rivers» component should facilitate to achieve the
overall objective of «IWRM-Fergana» Project through development of the
institutional, legal, financial, technical and other aspects of water allocation
with involvement of the wide public and local communities of border districts in
neighboring countries (Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan). This new
component will be implemented between January 2007 and April 2008 (till the end
of the current phase) as it has been suggested by SDC (SDC Mission Report ¹10).
The main effort during this period is to start a dialogue for consensus building
among local WMOs and communities in ways of managing TSR water resources of
Shakhimardan and Khodja Bakirgan rivers. This will be achieved through
establishment of Shakhimardan and Khodja Bakirgan Basin Committees, development
of projects, regulations on the Basin Committees, water agreements for
Shakhimardan and Khodja Bakirgan rivers, participation of the key stakeholders
and water users as well as introduction of IWRM principles, enhancing users’
participation. |
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