Improved land and water resource management in the Upper Syr Darya Basin in the Context of Sustainable Development

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Project Title	Improved land and water resource management in the Upper Syr Darya basin in the context of Sustainable Development
Organisation	GEF, UNDP (implementing Agency), UNOPS (Executing Agency)
Partner(s)	ENVSEC
Region	Ferghana Valley / Upper Syr Darya Countries: Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan
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Status	Proposal under development / circulation
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Description	The Upper Syr Darya basin is threatened by the lack of a coordinated water management strategy that integrates land and water use in a sustainable manner. This project, in coordination with the UNDP Energy and Environment Practice and the UNDP, UNEP, OSCE and NATO Environmental and Security (ENVSEC) initiative will address transboundary integrated land and water management through a dual prong approach. The first part is preparation of a transboundary diagnostic analysis complemented by a stakeholder analysis and causal chain analysis that will assist in development of a set of eco-system quality objectives (EQOs) that will serve as the basis for the regional strategic action programme and the national action plans. The second part of this approach is the testing of these EQOs as instruments for sustainable use of land and water resources in the region. These EQOs will be scaleable for the whole region to down to small villages. Once these EQOs are established, two community level demonstration projects that emphasize issues of sustainable development in transboundary cooperation in water resource utilization and economic development will be implemented to test their practicality. The projects will be monitored and evaluated for their application throughout the basin.
Lessons Learned	(not yet..)
Contact	Vladimir Mamaev, UNDP/GEF-IW RTA [1] Inkar Kadyrzhanova, Regional Programme Officer Juerg Staudenmann, Water Governance Advisor