ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: 2025-2030 IWMI ROADMAP
A roundtable discussion on the IWMI roadmap for 2025-2030 took place in Tashkent on 27 March 2025. The roundtable was organized by the IWMI Regional Office for Central Asia as part of the BPCA 2.0 funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC).
The roundtable brought together key representatives from government agencies, academia, international organizations, and water and sustainable development experts from Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
Barbara Janusz-Pawletta, IWMI's Country Representative for Uzbekistan and Regional Representative for Central Asia, delivered the welcome address.
During the discussions, IWMI representatives presented their proposed research priorities at both the national and regional levels for 2025-2030.
The event served as an important platform for dialogue on joint research initiatives in the field of water management and sustainable development. IWMI, along with local and international partners, explored opportunities for further collaboration and identified key research priorities in water management and sustainable development.
Sherzod Muminov, Deputy Director of SIC ICWC, underscored the importance of joint research on pumped irrigation, groundwater use, impact of small hydropower on irrigation, water conservation at all levels of water hierarchy, basin planning, and water management market mechanisms across Central Asian countries.
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