Groundwater Resources Studies, Management and Governance (GGRETA Project)

Set up of a Pretashkent Aquifer Case Study

RECOMMENDATIONS NATIONAL EXPERTS WORKSHOP

UN HOUSE, Almaty (Kazakhstan)

15-16 July 2013

The total budget available at UNESCO for the PRETASHKET Case Study is of around

500.000 US dollars for activities to be performed both by Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan

experts.

Duration of the Project July 2013 end of 2015-

URGENT- UNESCO Almaty office will undertake a mission to ASTANA to coordinate

with State Commission and Ministry of Environment and the UNESCO National

Commission

Set up a national team of experts including main national institutions with a clear

mandate such as the Institutes of Geography and Hydrogeology and including

outstanding experts such as Dr Podolny

The Focal Point -Coordination to maintain contact and report directly to UNESCO

Almaty and Paris can be the IHP National Committee

September 2013 - First National TEAM experts meeting to decide exactly what

actions, data and prepare steps actions