Integrated Water Management Plan of Mongolia.

This Plan is developed within the framework of the “Strengthening Integrated Water Resources Management in Mongolia” project". The Law on Water of Mongolia states that an Integrated Water Management Plan should be developed and approved by the Government. The Plan can also be considered as a follow-up, through the Water National Programme, on the MDG-Based Comprehensive National Development Strategy of Mongolia. The objectives of the MDG-Based Strategy can be summarized as: (i) Social improvement, (ii) Economic development and (iii) Environmental conservation. This Plan in particular aims to support these objectives. It identifies import issues for IWRM and provides for the actions at national level that are proposed in the Water National Programme, providing a scientific basis, regional detail, and a methodical approach for ranking the actions including their impacts assessment and risks. The main challenges are: Improving water conditions in and around urban centres; Mining, water supply and safeguarding environmental impacts; Supply of water for herders; Developing the national hydropower potential; developing an institutional framework for water management; integrated policy development for water management. Through analysis of these challenges, the Plan formulates a total of 88 measures to address the 96 issues that have been identified.