INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE “ENHANCEMENT OF COOPERATION ON WATER SECURITY BETWEEN THE CENTRAL ASIAN COUNTRIES”
On April 25-26, Dushanbe hosted the International Conference "Enhancement of Cooperation on Water Security between the Central Asian Countries".
The Conference was organized by the Institute of Asian and European Studies at the National Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan and the National Foundation "Silk Road - the Path of Consolidation", with the support of the United States Institute of Peace.
The aim of the conference was to provide a comprehensive analysis and monitoring of the current state and show prospects of enhancement of cooperation on water security between the Central Asian countries, as well as to develop and promote optimal mechanisms and tools to spur the process. Mobilization of the region's leading experts in the field of water security allowed not only exchange of opinions, but also finding optimal mitigation mechanisms and tools, with the focus on water.
The Conference was organized in the form of the following sessions:
- New approaches to water and energy security.
- Ensuring effective transboundary water management of the Amu Darya and the Syr Darya.
- Maintaining and expanding the inter-basin country dialogue in the region.
- Innovative solutions for enhanced regional cooperation on water and energy.
The conference brought together representatives of the Executive Office of the President of Tajikistan, the Ambassador of Kazakhstan to the Republic of Tajikistan, councilors of Kyrgyz and Turkmen Embassies, representatives of the United States Institute of Peace, the Institute of Asian and European Studies, the Institute of Water Problems, Hydropower and Ecology of Tajikistan, the Institute of Water Problems and Irrigation (Uzbekistan), the Kazakhstan Institute of Strategic Studies, the Academy of Sciences of Kyrgyzstan and others.
Mr. Ikrom Ergashev from SIC ICWC made a presentation on Available Water Supply in the Countries and Mechanisms for the Improvement of Water Management in Amu Darya and Syr Darya Basins.
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