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Resolution No. 500 of the Cabinet of Ministers validating normative legal acts regulating the activities of the Ministry of Water Resources.

Country/Territory
Uzbekistan
Document type
Regulation
Date
2018
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Water
Keyword
Institution Irrigation Waterworks International relations/cooperation
Geographical area
Aral Sea, Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Central Asia, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Europe and Central Asia, Landlocked Developing Nations, North Asia
Abstract

This Resolution determines the status, main tasks, functions, rights and organizational framework for the activities of the Ministry of Water Resources. The Ministry is a government body implementing a unified policy in the field of water resources management, as well as coordinating the activities of state bodies, economic management bodies and other organizations in the field of rational use and protection of water resources, prevention and elimination of the harmful impact of water. The Ministry is subordinated to the Cabinet of Ministers. The main tasks of the Ministry are: (a) implementation of a unified state policy in the field of water resources management, as well as coordination of the activities of state bodies, economic management bodies and other organizations in the field of rational use and protection of water resources, prevention and elimination of the harmful impact of water; (b) sustainable and rational provision of territories and sectors of the economy with water resources, taking measures to ensure the improvement and sustainability of the ameliorative state of land; (c) ensuring the reliable functioning of the irrigation and melioration system, reservoirs, pumping stations and other water management and hydraulic structures, organizing the protection of large and especially important water facilities; (d) increasing the responsibility of water users and water consumers for the careful and rational use of water resources, raising the level of water management; (e) introduction of the achievements of science and technology, modern water-saving technologies and best practices in the water management industry, innovative methods of operating the water management system and water use; (f) organizing a system for advanced training of specialists in the field of water management, strengthening the integration of water management organizations with educational and scientific institutions, taking measures to introduce the achievements of science into practice; and (g) development of interstate relations on the management and use of transboundary water resources, attraction of foreign investments and technical assistance funds (grants), as well as active participation in the activities of international organizations in the field of water management.

Full text
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Website
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