Eurasian River Basin Portal

31.01.2017

November 24-25, 2016, Almaty, CAREC holds a two-day regional seminar on «Strengthening cooperation on water quality in Central Asia» with the representatives from Central Asian Environmental agencies, Water ministries, Hydromet services, Departments of the State Sanitary and Epidemiological Control, the academia and independent institutions are expected to attend the seminar. 

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The main purpose of the seminar is to strengthen cooperation in the region on water quality issues through joint discussion, development of action plan at the regional level, and building the capacity of specialists from national agencies in order to improve water quality management.

The seminar includes discussion on the European experience of cross-border cooperation on water quality, its institutional framework, and best practices of national water quality management in the region.

The regional seminar is organised in the framework of “Strengthening cooperation on water quality management in Central Asia” project, which is implemented by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe in cooperation with CAREC, and funded by Finland and FinWaterWEI. The main goal of the project is to support the development of efficient national policies, as well as the capacity building on water quality issues in the context of IWRM in Central Asia. 

  Please contact Ms. Assel Amit for more details: aamit@carececo.org, +7 727 2785110 (ext. 190)