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Wrap up, Recommendations and Conclusions Presented by A Aureli, UNESCO IHP HQs 11 April 2013

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Wrap up, Recommendations and Conclusions

Presented by A Aureli, UNESCO IHP HQs

11 April 2013

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UNESCO HAS FORMULATED INDICATORS FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF Transboundary AQUIFERS

UNESCO WILL SUPPORT GROUNDWATER RESOURCES CASE STUDIES: PROVIDE THE IN DEPTH UNDERSTANDING OF THE TRANSBOUNDARY AQUIFER INDISPENSABLE FOR ITS SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT

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TRANSBOUNDARY WATERS ASSESSMENT

PROGRAMTRANSBOUNDARY

AQUIFERS

GLOBAL- LEVEL 1

UNESCO, GEF

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES

REGIONAL – LEVEL 2

CASE STUDIES

SET THE BASE FOR AQUIFERS

MANAGMENT

FINANCED BY THE SDC

ROLES OF AGENCIES

UNESCO and UNESCO IGRAC, SDC, GEF IW (Funding Organizations):

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AT THE GLOBAL LEVEL, IT IS TO REPLICATE THE DETAILED INDICATOR BASED TRANSBOUNDARY AQUIFER ASSESSMENTS DEVELOPED AND PILOTED BY THE PROJECT.

THE SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES ARE TO: 

IMPROVE THE KNOWLEDGE AND RECOGNITION OF THE IMPORTANCE AND VULNERABILITY OF TRANSBOUNDARY GROUNDWATER RESOURCES,

ESTABLISH CROSS‐BORDER DIALOGUE AND COOPERATION,ANDDEVELOP SHARED MANAGEMENT TOOLS;

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PROJECT outputs

Global level-Indicator Based Assessment of 3 Aquifers representative of different environmental and socio-economic conditions,

Regional level-Information Management Systems and harmonized monitoring programs in each project aquifer

National Level –Better knowledge of the groundwater resources and Capacity on Methodology

National and regional seminars

Multi-country Consultative Meetings in the three project aquifers agree on targets

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REGIONAL LEVEL

ENHANCED COOPERATION , ENHANCED NATIONAL WATER SECURITY AND IMPROVED OVERALL ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY.

COUNTRIES COOPERATE AND IMPLEMENT PRIORITY ACTIONS FOR THE PROTECTION AND MANAGEMENT OF THE AQUIFERS.

GOALS of the UNESCO IHP Groundwater Resources and Transboundary Aquifer Project : :

• NATIONAL LEVEL

COUNTRIES IMPROVE THEIR KNOWLEDGE ON NATIONAL GROUNDWATER RESOURCES AND

ON THEIR TRANSBOUNDARY AQUIFER (Pretashkent Aquifer ),

APPLY THE UNESCO INDICATORS FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF AQUIFERS

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• The team of experts of the countries will agreed on the issues to be studied :

-What are the gaps -What are the challenges

Will also Agreed on:The data to be collectedThe analysis to be conducted The equipment to be purchased Organization of the work amongst the experts

THE OBJECTIVES OF THE CASE STUDY IS :

TO FORMULATE A SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT STRATEGY FOR THE PRETASHKENT AQUIFER

Within the framework of the UNESCO IHP programme

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• APRIL 2013TO

END 2015

2016- 2017

PROJECT TIME SCALE

FIRST PHASE

SECOND PHASE ?

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ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN 2013

-SET UP OF NATIONAL EXPERTS TEAMS BY - MID MAY

- ORGANIZATION OF NATIONAL SEMINARS IN THE TWO COUNTRIES TO DEFINE DETAILED ACTIONS PROGRAMME AT NATIONAL LEVEL (GAPS AND CHALLENGES)AND ELABORATION OF CASE STUDY SPECIFIC METHODOLOGY END MAY / JUNE 2013

AND REGIONAL SEMINAR CASE STUDY SPECIFIC METHODOLOGY PRESENTED AND AGREED AND COORDINATION BETWEEN THE EXPERTS FOR JOINT INVESTIGATIONSSEPTEMBER 2013

-FIRST DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS UP TO THE END OF THE YEAR 2013

-SECOND REGIONAL SEMINAR ON CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT DECEMBER 2013

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Overall coordination of the Project

UNESCO IHP Secretariat in Paris

UNESCO

National levelNational Technical TEAM Group (NTTG)

National Focal Points (one per country) IHP national Committee National Experts

Regional Level  

Regional Team composed by the two National Team Members

IHP National Committees and appointed national representatives

International and Regional Partners  

UNECE, IWMI, and also RAMSAR, IPCC, GEF, UNDP, UNEP etc..

Duration of project: First Phase 2year and 1/2 Commencing: April 2013 Completion: December 2015 2. Cost of project: average 350.000US $(to be confirmed with SDC by end of April 2013 )

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•THANK YOU