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This component includes two major tasks:
(1.1) Establishing the government’s
Project Advisory function
(1.2) Modernizing the national water legislation.
Within Task 1.1, the government’s Project Advisory function should
be produced by government decree that will
form a Project Steering
Committee and Technical Advisory Group. The Project Steering Com-
mittee will be an inter-sectoral group comprised of representation from
ministries, State committees and institutes linked with water resources
management or ministries representing sectoral water users. This group
should meet on a quarterly basis throughout the project. The Technical
Advisory Group will be comprised of national experts who are desig-
nated as key points of contact by the Steering Committee for day-to-day
interaction with the project. This group will meet on a monthly basis.
The output of this task will be an improved inter-sectoral coordination
at the national level for integrated water resources management.
Within Task 1.2 the Republic of Uzbekistan’s Law on Water and Water
Use will be updated and modernised. One objective of this effort would
be to create a legislative framework that would include water committees
(registration, licensing, taxation, tariffs, etc.) set up in rural areas to manage
water supply and sewage utilities. Water committees are non-governmental
non-profit organizations of citizens based on self-government in rural areas
that will promote an economical use of water (consumption) at the lowest
cost and energy-saving in the operation and maintenance of water systems.
The creation of Water Committees as a form of organisational manage-
ment of water supply in rural areas will contribute to the further develop-
ment of market relations in the public sphere.
The work in this component should be completed within the first 18
months of the project to enable effective IWRM planning at the basin
level. An inter-sectoral working group to revise national water legisla-
tion will be established through a government decree, preferably at the
inception of the project. A comprehensive review of the body of exist-
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ing Uzbekistan Law and regulations and water law in the international
context will be conducted. Recommendations for changes to Uzbekistan’s
legislation will evolve from this review. Using this as the starting point,
the draft principles for changes to the current law will be developed and
agreed on among the working group. In addition, in consultation with the
government, the working group will develop an institutional framework
for integrated water resources management.
This framework will con-
sider the need for national level inter-sectoral coordination, the need for
streamlined institutional management of the nation’s water resources, the
need for the creation of basin councils, and the need for providing basic
operational mandates for water users associations.
The legislative drafting process will be
based on consensus reached
regarding the legislative principles and the institutional framework. The
new legislation will be circulated within the government and submitted
to Parliament for adoption.
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