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ANNUAL MEETING OF THE EU WATER INITIATIVE
EASTERN EUROPE, CAUCASUS AND CENTRAL ASIA (EUWI EECCA)
WORKING GROUP
24-25 October 2013, Helsinki
Summary Record
Overall information about the meeting
1. The meeting was chaired by Mr Gheorghe Constantin, Chair of the EUWI EECCA.
Welcome and adoption of the draft agenda
2. Delegates noted the opening remarks by Ms. Lea Kauppi, Director General of SYKE, who welcomed
the meeting participants, acknowledging the continued support of the donor community to the water
reforms in the region; and Mr. Mathieu Bousquet, Head of Sector - Environment, Directorate-General
EuropeAid Development and Cooperation, EC, who acknowledged progress made under the EU Water
initiative; stressed the importance of national policy dialogues as umbrella processes to identify and
implement reforms; stressed water diplomacy as a cross-cutting theme for future work; highlighted the
role of the implementing agencies as co-ordinators; insisted on the need for the EUWI to demonstrate
results and to promote river basin approaches in national and transboundary waters following the
principles of the EU Water Framework Directive.
3. Delegates adopted the Draft Agenda.
Tour de Table
4. Delegates from EECCA countries flagged recent developments in water policies in their country. The
following delegates took the floor: Armenia (on river basin management plans and the establishment of
working group on monitoring), Azerbaijan (on water sector reform strategy; water pricing and capacity
building), Georgia (on new draft water law and need for further changes in legal framework for water
management; and on bilateral treaty with Azerbaijan on Kura river), Kazakhstan (on implementation of
national green growth strategy; rational water use in agriculture; water supply and sanitation, adaptation
to climate change; and water and health), Kyrgyzstan (on assistance needed to implement the water and
health targets formally adopted and on work of Chu river basin council), Moldova (on amendments to
Water Law released in October 2013; and a revised strategy for water supply and sanitation, including
developments of solidarity mechanisms), Russia (on a new water code and water strategy), Tajikistan (on
planned institutional changes in the water sector), Turkmenistan (on adhesion to the Water Convention;
the development of a new Water Code; and capacity building need for water managers), Ukraine (on
approximation with the Water Framework Directive; devolution of responsibilities for water supply and
sanitation to local authorities), Uzbekistan (on possibility of joining the NPD process; and on rational
water use and irrigated land).
5. NGOs flagged the need to give higher visibility of policy dialogues and to further involve stakeholders
or to sustain their participation.
New developments on the global water policy agenda
6. UNECE reported on the UN-led process of establishing post-2015 Sustainable development Goals
(SDGs) to replace current Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). As regards water, the importance of
ongoing debate on standalone water goal vs water issues being integrated into other goals was
underlined. SDGs are expected to be endorsed at the UN General Assembly in September 2014.
7. The OECD presented how water can be managed to drive (green) growth and support development.
This approach can support further work in EECCA such as the development of river basin management
plans that contribute to growth; the reform of water allocation regimes; the design of policy instruments
that promote coherence across the water – food – energy nexus; investment in water infrastructure.
8. The EC DG Environment presented a holistic vision of EU policies and legislative framework, related
to water management including the Water Framework Directive. It highlighted recent policy documents
such as the Blueprint to Safeguard Europe’s Water Resources, that provides tools designed for the EU
context and useful in EECCA countries as well (e.g. the links between land use and the ecological status of
water bodies; addressing non-point sources of pollution; increasing efficiency of water uses).
9. The EC DG Relex highlighted the role of water diplomacy and international conventions on water in
improving trans-boundary water management – a very topical issue in EECCA countries.
Transboundary Water Management: challenges and benefits
10. Delegates noted the presentations by Mr. Peep Mardiste (UNECE) and Mr. Erkin Orolbaev
(Kyrgyzstan) on strengthening institutional framework for transboundary cooperation and a practical case
from the Chu/Talas basins; delegates acknowledged the successful functioning of the Interstate Kazakh-
Kyrgyz Chu-Talas Commission and supported sharing the experience with other Central Asian countries.
11. Delegates noted the presentation by Mr. Timothy Turner on the project for International River Basins
in the wider Black Sea basin (supported by the EC); and discussed the challenges of developing river basin
management plans.
12. Delegates took note of progress by the OECD in the development of an analytical framework to assess
the benefits of cooperative water management in the Caucasus (mainly between Azerbaijan and
Georgia).
13. Delegates welcomed the lessons learned from the 50 years’ experience of the Finnish-Russian
transboundary water co-operation; took note of the issues related to managing flood and drought risks in
both countries, and of the compensation mechanism for Russian losses.
Policy coherence and sustainability when addressing water, climate, food, energy nexus
14. The UNECE informed the delegates about the setting up of a Task Force on Food, Water and Energy
security issues. Experience of selected countries with the issue is being reviewed. The next stage of the
project will propose policy options to achieve Food, Water and Energy security targets in selected
transboundary basins.
15. Tajik delegates presented experience with improving the level water and food security in Tajikistan.
Respective measures included: improving legal and institutional framework (e.g. new Water Code and
National Water Council), river basin management (establishing basin councils and developing river basin
management plans) as well as the on-going efforts aimed at improving economic regulation of the water
and irrigation sectors and plans to build new hydropower stations.
Managing water for growth
16. The OECD presented the outcomes of a recent assessment of water-harmful subsidies in Russia and in
Kyrgyzstan. The project also recommends reforms that directly contribute to better coherence between
policies that drive water demand and water availability. Delegates noted opportunities to replicate similar
projects in other EECCA countries.
17. Delegates took note of recent developments regarding water supply and sanitation in Moldova. The
design of sustainable business models for rural water supply and sanitation is relevant for other
countries.
18. The EBRD briefed delegates about its activities in the region. It stressed the benefits of a staged
approach to investment in water infrastructure and services, starting from emergency programmes in city
centers and gradually expending to suburbs and adjacent communities. Capacity building and the
combination of grants and loans were also highlighted.
Future developments
19. Delegates took note that European Commission financial support to the EU Water initiative for the
EECCA region beyond 2015 will depend on results achieved, EECCA countries' commitment to water
policy reforms, approximation to EU acquis and demonstrated value of the regional approach. Delegates
acknowledged the political priorities of the European Commission in the region (sustainable inclusive
socio-economic development, security and stability) and priorities for future work on water: the water-
energy-food security nexus; green economy; and water diplomacy.
20. Delegates discussed the OECD/UNECE programme of work for 2014. They signalled the need for
further work in several fields, such as the reform of economic instruments for water management, water
and agriculture, the development of river basin management plans, the upgrade of water legislation, and
work on water and health. There was call for more exchange of experience within the region.
21. Delegates expressed their appreciation for the substantial financial support provided by the European
Commission, Germany, Finland, Norway, and Switzerland.
Other business and closing remarks
22. Delegates expressed gratitude to the Finnish Government for hosting the meeting.
List of participants
Armenia Mr. Volodya NARIMANYAN
Head
Water Resources Management Agency
Ministry of Nature Protection
3, Government House
Republic Square
0010 Yerevan
Armenia
Tel: +374 10 54 08 67
+374 91 42 35 39 (mob).
e-mail: [email protected]
Armenia Mr. Vahagn TONOYAN
NPD Coordinator in Armenia
Aigestan 10 Street, Building 2/51
0025 Yerevan
Armenia
Tel:+37477550487
e-mail: [email protected]
Azerbaijan Mr. Sahib HASANZADE
Head of Sector
State Agency for Water Resources
51 Rasul Rza
AZ1000 Baku
Azerbaijan
Tel:+994125124837
e-mail: [email protected]
Finland Ms. Lea KAUPPI
Director General
Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE)
Mechelininkatu 34A, P.O. Box 140
00251 Helsinki
Finland
Tel:+358 20 610 1970
e-mail: [email protected]
Finland Mr. Juhani TOIVONEN
Ambassador
Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Merikasarmi, PO Box 176,
00023 Government,
Finland
Tel:+358 295 350898
e-mail: [email protected]
Finland Ms. Ulla HAKANEN
First Secretary
Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Merikasarmi, PO Box 176,
00023 Government,
Finland
Tel:+358 295 351 023
e-mail: [email protected]
Finland Ms. Hannele NYROOS
Environment Counsellor
Ministry of the Environment
P.O. Box 35
FIN-00023 GOVERNMENT
Finland
Tel:+358 50 572 6358
e-mail: [email protected]
Finland Mr. Martti POUTANEN
Ministerial Advisor
International Affairs Unit, Bilateral and
Regional Cooperation
Ministry of the Environment
P.O. Box 35
FIN-00023 GOVERNMENT
Finland
Tel:+358 50 300 63 79
+358 91 603 93 65
e-mail: [email protected]
Finland Ms. Taina VELTHEIM
Ministerial Adviser
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
PO Box 30,
FI-00023 GOVERNMENT
Finland
Tel:+358 50 3446596
e-mail: [email protected]
Finland Mr. Seppo REKOLAINEN
Director, Freshwater Centre
Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE)
Mechelininkatu 34a
P.O.Box 140,
FI-00251 Helsinki
Finland
Tel:+358 40 580 6538
e-mail:[email protected]
Finland Mr. Karri ELOHEIMO
Project Manager / Finnish Water
Programme for EECCA countries
Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE)
Mechelininkatu 34A, P.O. Box 140
00251 Helsinki
Finland
Tel:+358 40 5531898
e-mail: [email protected]
Finland Ms. Miia KOKKOLA
Secretary, International Affairs
Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE)
International Affairs Unit
Mechelininkatu 34a
P.O.Box 140,
FI-00251 Helsinki,
Finland
Tel:+358 40 356 4601
e-mail: [email protected]
Germany Ms. Esther WÖRNER
Federal Environment Agency
Wörlitzer Platz 1
06844 Dessau-Roßlau
Germany
Tel: +4934021032405
e-mail: [email protected]
Georgia Mr. Alexander MINDORASHVILI
Main Specialist
Water Resources Management Division
Ministry of Environment and Natural
Resources Protection
6 Gulua str
Tbilisi, Georgia
Tel:+995322727226
e-mail: [email protected]
Georgia Mr. Baadur UKLEBA
Chief Hydrologist
United Melioration System Company
of Georgia
62 Chavchavadze str. Apt. 51
0162 Tbilisi
Georgia
Tel:+995599704028
e-mail: [email protected]
Georgia M. George DZAMUKASHVILI
NPD Coordinator in Georgia
Chair of National Water Partnership of
Georgia
2-9-125
Varketili 3
Tbilisi
Georgia
Tel: +995 99 547931
e-mail: [email protected]
Kazakhstan Mr. Serik AKHMETOV
Head, Eurasian Water Centre
Eurasian Water Centre, Ministry of
Environment Protection
2 Mirzoyan
educational – administrative block
010008 Astana
Kazakhstan
Tel:+77172798196
e-mail: [email protected]
Kazakhstan Ms. Saule ZHADRINA
Chief Expert
Ministry of Regional Development
8 Orynbor str.
010000 Astana
Kazakhstan
Tel:+77172742754
e-mail: [email protected]
Kyrgyzstan Mr. Erkin OROLBAEV
NPD Coordinator in Kyrgyzstan
126-1 Pr. Chui
720022 Bishkek
Kyrgyzstan
Tel:+996 707 303 903
e-mail: [email protected]
Moldova Ms. Nadejda CHILARU
Consultant
Water resources management
Ministry of Environment
9 Cosmonotilor
Chisinau
Republic of Moldova
Tel:+37322204538
e-mail:[email protected]
Romania Mr. Gheorghe CONSTANTIN
Director
Directorate of Water Resources
Management
Ministry of Environment and Climate
Change
Bucharest
Romania
Tel:+ 40 21 408 95 14
e-mail: [email protected]
Romania Ms. Ana DRAPA
Directorate of Water Resources
Management
Ministry of Environment and Climate
Change
Bucharest
Romania
Tel: +40214089555
e-mail: [email protected]
Russian Federation Mr. Alexander KATKOV
Executive Director
Russian water union
7 Bolshoy Strochenovskiy pereulok
115054 Moscow
Russian Federation
Tel:+74956373626
e-mail: [email protected]
Tajikistan Mr. Bakhrom GAFAROV
NPD Coordinator
Scientific Information Center of
Interstate Coordination Water
Commission
5/1 Shamsi street
734064 Dushanbe
Tajikistan
Tel:+992927703346
e-mail: [email protected]
Tajikistan Dr. Kholmakhmad NAZAROV
Deputy Head
Sanitary and Epidemiological Service
Ministry of Health
8, Chapaev str
734025 Dushanbe
Tajikistan
Tel:+992 372 2773 513
e-mail: [email protected]
Tajikistan Mr. Homidjon HASANOV
Deputy Minister
Ministry of water and melioration
5/1 Shamsi str.
Dushanbe
Tajikistan
Tel: +992 373 353597
e-mail: [email protected]
Tajikistan Mr. Hamdam TAGOYMURODOV
Head
Antimonopoly Agency at the
Government of Tajikistan
37 Bokhtar str
437002 Dushanbe
Tajikistan
Tel:+9920901119091
e-mail: [email protected]
Turkmenistan Mr. Arslan BERDIYEV
NPD Coordinator in Turkmenistan
Kemine 54, 6
744000 Ashgabad
Turkmenistan
Tel:+99312940583
e-mail: [email protected]
Ukraine Mr. Oleksandr BON
Head of Water Resources Division
Ministry of Ecology and Natural
Resources
35 Vasilia Lipkivskoho str.
03035 Kiev
Ukraine
Tel:+38 044 2063176
e-mail: [email protected]
Ukraine Mr. Dmitro GRIGORYEV
Member of the Commission
National commission of the state public
utilities regulation
24 Dymytrova str
03150 Kiev
Ukraine
Tel:+380442071919
e-mail: [email protected]
Uzbekistan Mr. Sherzod ASADOV
First Secretary
Water Issues Task Force
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
9 Uzbekistan str
Tashkent
Uzbekistan
Tel:+998712334937
e-mail: [email protected]
EU Mr. Mathieu BOUSQUET
Head of Sector
DG EuropeAid Development and
Cooperation, Regional Programmes
Neighbourhood East
European Commission
rue Joseph II, 54
B-1049 Brussels
Belgium
Tel: +32 2 2980861
e-mail:[email protected]
EU Dr. Caroline MILOW
Political Advisor
Office of the EU Special
Representative for Central Asia
European External Action Service
Tel:+32-(0)2 584 7361
Fax: +32-473 738 125
e-mail: [email protected]
EU Ms. Marta MOREN AABAT
International, Regional and Bilateral
Relations Unit, E1
European Commission
Ave. de Beaulieu 9, 03/139
Brussels
Belgium
Tel: +32-2- 29 51903
e-mail: [email protected]
EBRD Ms. Catarina BJORLIN HANSEN
Senior Banker
Municipal and Environmental
Infrastructure
European Bank for Reconstruction and
Development (EBRD)
6 Gasheka Street
125047 Moscow
Russian Federation
Tel:+74957871111
e-mail: [email protected]
United Nations Economic
Commission for Europe
(UNECE
Dr. Annukka LIPPONEN
Environmental Affairs Officer
Environment Division
UN Economic Commission for Europe
(UNECE)
Palais des Nations
CH-1211 Geneva
Switzerland
Tel: +41 22 9172666
Fax: +41 22 917 0107
e-mail: [email protected]
United Nations Economic
Commission for Europe
(UNECE
Mr. Peep MARDISTE
NPD Regional Coordinator
Environment Division
UN Economic Commission for Europe
Palais des Nations
CH-1211 Geneva
Switzerland
Tel:+41 22 917 3448
e-mail: [email protected]
EuropeAid funded project Mr. Timothy TURNER
Team Leader
EU “Environmental Protection of
International River Basins” Project
Hulla & Co. Human Dynamics KG
Rognidynska Street 3, suite 12,
01004 Kiev
Ukraine
Tel:+380 95 386 76 08
e-mail: [email protected]
Non Governmental
Organisations
Ms. Emma ANAKHASYAN
Head of the Environmental Health
Department
Armenian Women for Health and
Healthy Environment
24D Baghramyan Ave., room 608
0019 Yerevan
Armenia
Tel:+37410523604
e-mail: [email protected]
Non Governmental
Organisations
Ms. Hanna TSVIETKOVA
Water and Sanitation Program
Coordinator
UNENGO “MAMA-86”
14 Chapaeva str
01030 Kiev
Ukraine
Tel:+380 44 234 69 29
e-mail: [email protected]
OECD M. Xavier LEFLAIVE
Principal Administrator
OECD/EAP Task Force
2 rue André-Pascal
75016 Paris
France
Tel: +(33-1) 45 24 92 94
e-mail: [email protected]
OECD Ms. Tatiana EFIMOVA
Project ManagerOECD/EAP Task
Force
2 rue André-Pascal
75016 Paris
France
Tel:+(33-1) 45 24 14 34
e-mail: [email protected]
OECD Mr. Alexandre MARTOUSSEVITCH
Project Manager
OECD/EAP Task Force
2 rue André-Pascal
75016 Paris
France
Tel:+(33-1) 45 24 13 84
e-mail:
OECD Mr. Shukhrat ZIYAVIDDINOV
Events Manager
OECD/EAP Task Force
2 rue André-Pascal
75016 Paris
France
Tel:+(33-1) 45 24 93 03
e-mail:
Interpreter Ms. Natalia CIUMACENCO
Interpreter
Diordita St. 4, Apt. 4
2005 Chisinau
Republic of Moldova
Tel: +373 22 22 36 25
e-mail:[email protected]
Interpreter Ms. Liudmila FESINA
Interpreter
Apt. 28, Grenoble street 106 “b”
Chisinau, MD-2019
Republic of Moldova
Tel: :+373 22 72 13 84
e-mail: [email protected]