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Day 2 alice aureli - unesco
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Wrap up, Recommendations and Conclusions
Presented by A Aureli, UNESCO IHP HQs
11 April 2013
UNESCO HAS FORMULATED INDICATORS FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF Transboundary AQUIFERS
UNESCO WILL SUPPORT GROUNDWATER RESOURCES CASE STUDIES: PROVIDE THE IN DEPTH UNDERSTANDING OF THE TRANSBOUNDARY AQUIFER INDISPENSABLE FOR ITS SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT
TRANSBOUNDARY WATERS ASSESSMENT
PROGRAMTRANSBOUNDARY
AQUIFERS
GLOBAL- LEVEL 1
UNESCO, GEF
GROUNDWATER RESOURCES
REGIONAL – LEVEL 2
CASE STUDIES
SET THE BASE FOR AQUIFERS
MANAGMENT
FINANCED BY THE SDC
ROLES OF AGENCIES
UNESCO and UNESCO IGRAC, SDC, GEF IW (Funding Organizations):
AT THE GLOBAL LEVEL, IT IS TO REPLICATE THE DETAILED INDICATOR BASED TRANSBOUNDARY AQUIFER ASSESSMENTS DEVELOPED AND PILOTED BY THE PROJECT.
THE SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES ARE TO:
IMPROVE THE KNOWLEDGE AND RECOGNITION OF THE IMPORTANCE AND VULNERABILITY OF TRANSBOUNDARY GROUNDWATER RESOURCES,
ESTABLISH CROSS‐BORDER DIALOGUE AND COOPERATION,ANDDEVELOP SHARED MANAGEMENT TOOLS;
PROJECT outputs
Global level-Indicator Based Assessment of 3 Aquifers representative of different environmental and socio-economic conditions,
Regional level-Information Management Systems and harmonized monitoring programs in each project aquifer
National Level –Better knowledge of the groundwater resources and Capacity on Methodology
National and regional seminars
Multi-country Consultative Meetings in the three project aquifers agree on targets
REGIONAL LEVEL
ENHANCED COOPERATION , ENHANCED NATIONAL WATER SECURITY AND IMPROVED OVERALL ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY.
COUNTRIES COOPERATE AND IMPLEMENT PRIORITY ACTIONS FOR THE PROTECTION AND MANAGEMENT OF THE AQUIFERS.
GOALS of the UNESCO IHP Groundwater Resources and Transboundary Aquifer Project : :
• NATIONAL LEVEL
COUNTRIES IMPROVE THEIR KNOWLEDGE ON NATIONAL GROUNDWATER RESOURCES AND
ON THEIR TRANSBOUNDARY AQUIFER (Pretashkent Aquifer ),
APPLY THE UNESCO INDICATORS FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF AQUIFERS
• The team of experts of the countries will agreed on the issues to be studied :
-What are the gaps -What are the challenges
Will also Agreed on:The data to be collectedThe analysis to be conducted The equipment to be purchased Organization of the work amongst the experts
THE OBJECTIVES OF THE CASE STUDY IS :
TO FORMULATE A SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT STRATEGY FOR THE PRETASHKENT AQUIFER
Within the framework of the UNESCO IHP programme
• APRIL 2013TO
END 2015
2016- 2017
PROJECT TIME SCALE
FIRST PHASE
SECOND PHASE ?
ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN 2013
-SET UP OF NATIONAL EXPERTS TEAMS BY - MID MAY
- ORGANIZATION OF NATIONAL SEMINARS IN THE TWO COUNTRIES TO DEFINE DETAILED ACTIONS PROGRAMME AT NATIONAL LEVEL (GAPS AND CHALLENGES)AND ELABORATION OF CASE STUDY SPECIFIC METHODOLOGY END MAY / JUNE 2013
AND REGIONAL SEMINAR CASE STUDY SPECIFIC METHODOLOGY PRESENTED AND AGREED AND COORDINATION BETWEEN THE EXPERTS FOR JOINT INVESTIGATIONSSEPTEMBER 2013
-FIRST DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS UP TO THE END OF THE YEAR 2013
-SECOND REGIONAL SEMINAR ON CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT DECEMBER 2013
Overall coordination of the Project
UNESCO IHP Secretariat in Paris
UNESCO
National levelNational Technical TEAM Group (NTTG)
National Focal Points (one per country) IHP national Committee National Experts
Regional Level
Regional Team composed by the two National Team Members
IHP National Committees and appointed national representatives
International and Regional Partners
UNECE, IWMI, and also RAMSAR, IPCC, GEF, UNDP, UNEP etc..
Duration of project: First Phase 2year and 1/2 Commencing: April 2013 Completion: December 2015 2. Cost of project: average 350.000US $(to be confirmed with SDC by end of April 2013 )
•THANK YOU