EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (EC IFAS)

IFAS –TIME OF TESTS AND HOPES

Saghit Ibatullin, chairman

Almaty 2009

INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR SAVING THE ARAL SEA

Change of the Aral Sea Boarder

Current picture of the Aral Sea, 2008

Red line – boarders of the sea till 1965

Main indicators of the water and land reserves usagein the basin of Aral Sea

Indicators Meas. unit

1960 1980 2000 2007

Population mln. people

14.1 26.8

41.5 48.5

Area of irrigated lands th. hectares

4510 6920 7893 7893

Irrigated area per capita hect/pers 0.32 0.26 0.19 0.16

Cumulative water abstraction km3/year 60.61 120.7 105.0 105.0

Incl. irrigation km3/year 56.15 106.8 94.7 96.7

Share of water abstraction inthe aggregated runoff

% 52.4 104.4 90.8 90.8

Cumulative runoff to the Aral Sea

mln. km 54.99 5.1 10.6 8.6

IFAS Structure

CA States Presidents Council

President

IFAS Management Board

IFAS Executive Committee

Kazakhstan Branch

Kyrgyzstan Branch

Tajikistan Branch

Turkmenistan Branch

NukussBranch

Interstate CoordinationWater Commission

Revision Commission

Regional Hydrology

Centre

SIC ICWC

BWD Syrdarya

BWD Amudarya

Secretariat

Interstate Sustainable Development Commission

SIC ISDCSecretariat

Uzbekistan Branch

Kyzylorda BranchMetrological

CoordinationCentre

Reasons of insufficient efficiency of Aral Sea Basin rehabilitation

• Among the reasons that impede the effective water partnership between countries are the following.

• 1) Absence of: • - principles of water distribution and balance between water and energy

regimes of water use; • - financial mechanisms for compensation of reciprocal losses from energy or

irrigation regime of transboundary water resources usage;• - joint financing of modernization of irrigation and draining systems and

rehabilitation of degraded lands.• - unified database (meteorological, hydrological, environmental etc.)

recognized by all countries of the region • - unified system for monitoring of water resources. • 2) Poor public awareness. • 3) Poorly developed network of educational and training centers for farmers-

water-users. • 4)Poor coordination of actions of both the structural IFAS bodies, and donor

organizations.

Water Management Reforming tools and instruments

• Integrated planning of water use. IWRM as a basis to increase water efficiency and trans - boundary cooperation in basin.• Institutions• Legal and regulatory framework (development and harmonization)• Economic tools ( what is state share and what are the boundaries of responsibility, financial mechanisms – tariffs, subsidies, privilege loans, incentives for water saving and resources protection)• Technical and technological aspects (hydrometrics, automation, water allocation tools)• Environmental needs ( pollution control, ecological releases, water protection zones)• Capacity building ( equipment, training , including study tours).

Objectives and tasks of the IFAS for the future period

• 1. To develop an adequate institutional framework to prepare a new program and to implement it.

• - Proposals for approving new mandates of regional organizations, formulation of goals, responsibilities and scope of authority of regional structures will be developed.

• 2. To develop a regional water legislation and the principles of water management, including:

• - Development of regional principles and guidance on rational management of water resources, addressing the issues of water usage based on International conventions.

• 3. Development of regional guidance on water monitoring and data exchange, which shall include:

• - expanding and equipping the monitoring stations, meteorological stations and hydroposts;

• - development of a regional program “Impact of climate change on Water resources in Central Asia”;

• 4. Establishment of an Information and Analysis Center under EC IFAS. • 5. Organization of Donor conference (2010).• 6. To develop “Strategies for improving the socio-economic and environmental

situation in the Aral Sea Basin”: • - Development of a unified Strategy for the use of water resources in CA; • - Development of Principles for Joint Operation of Interstate Water and Energy

Reserves.• - Development of Food safety regional Programm;• - Development of Energy safety program;

View on Aral Basin Management SchemeInterstate Level

IFAS

ASB Development Strategy

Political concordance and good will

Acceptance of the international conventions

Development and approval of the regional conventions

Bi and Trilateral agreements

Water and Energy consortium

ASB environmental stability concept

Regional food safety programe

Energy safety program

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Interstate Basin Level

National Basin Level

National Basin Council

Regional Management Level

Transboundary Water Recourses Management TIWRM

Economic Safety

Water Recourses Monitoring

Joint Information Database

IWRM Basin Programs

Ecology

Social and Economical

Tariff Policy

Technical Improvement of Irrigation Systems

Soil melioration

II

III

IV

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Structure of Executive Committee of International Fund for Saving

the Aral Sea (EC IFAS)

№ Title amount Annotation

1 Chairman 1

2 Vice chairman 1

3 Director for technical projects 1 while waiting for candidates,expected from foreign

organizations

4 International experts team 10 representatives of all IFAS Member States (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan)

5 Department of cooperation with International Funds and Donors

while waiting for candidates,expected from foreign

organizationsChairman 1

Experts 4

6 Information Analysis Center 5

7 Secretariat 3

8 Administration and General Services 10