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Governmental Decree No. 791 validating national Water Sector Reform Program for the period 2016-2025.

Country/Territory
Russian Federation
Document type
Date
2015
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Water
Keyword
Policy/planning Surface water Groundwater Sustainable use Freshwater resources management Water supply Hydropower generation Potable water Sewerage Industrial water use Irrigation Climate change Effluent waste water/discharge Freshwater quality/freshwater pollution Disasters Flood Contract/agreement Water charges Polluter pays principle Pollution control
Geographical area
Arctic, ASIA AND THE PACIFIC, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Eastern Europe, Europe, EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA, North Pacific, North-West Pacific
Abstract

Ministry of Energy and Water Resources of the Republic of Tajikistan shall be coordinator of implementation of the multi-sectoral nationwide Water Sector Reform Program of the Republic of Tajikistan for 2016-2025, which goal is to establish a framework for decentralizing the management system and assigning part of the operational functions in the process of sharing responsibilities between ministries and agencies and partially non-governmental organizations. The proposed reform is based on the general regulatory principles of IWRM and emphasizes the importance of social, economic and environmental interests through sustainable water resources management and development. The goal of this reform is "to plan, develop and effectively manage the water sector in accordance with sound policies, analysis and joint management of groundwater and surface water volumes and quality, balanced water use by different sub-sectors through the basin approach and hydrographic systems as management zones in the interests of high economic development of the Republic of Tajikistan, on the basis of equity, equality and undiminished environmental sustainability". Achieving the above objectives will require the following measures: - (a) creation of a national structure functioning in accordance with IWRM, providing policy and normative legal acts, effectively coordinating stakeholders at different levels, from local to international; and (b) creation of transparent management and reporting structures with separation of functions related to policy and strategic orientation on the one hand, and implementation on the other hand, in compliance with modern principles of effective management and implementation.

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