Water sector financial governance gap analysis in Central Asia: from planning to practice

The consultancy delivers I. Water financing gaps report: with a. Conducting a review of critical financial needs of the water sector, concentrating on mostly major infrastructure; b. Understanding major water infrastructure priorities of the member states (with regional significance); c. … Read More

Cross-border dialogue on climate, water and security issues in Central Asia and Afghanistan

GIZ supports the Green Central Asia initiative, to address high vulnerability to climate change. A Regional Action Plan was drafted to launch a Regional Policy Dialogue along four thematic pillars for adaptation: water, land, waste and institutional instruments. In this … Read More

Building adaptive capacity and resilience to climate change in the Central Asia

The Climate Adaptation and Mitigation Program for the Aral Sea Basin (CAMP4ASB) aims to enhance regional access to improved climate change knowledge and climate services for project stakeholders. Under this program, the main objective of the project is to build … Read More

Mapping and Valuing Ecosystems Services, and Prioritizing Investments in Select Watersheds in Tajikistan to support Sustainable Hydropower

Tajikistan is a hydropower net exporter in Central Asia. 90 % of the nation’s electric power generation capacity is produced by the hydroelectric dams found along the Vakhsh River. This cascade of dams includes the world’s second tallest dam, Nurek … Read More

NDRMP-Cons-01: Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Management in Government Institutions

The project enhances the institutional capacity of ministries and line agencies for coping with natural hazards, such as earthquakes, landslides, mud flows, avalanches, floods and droughts to minimize the loss to human, property, and social and economic infrastructure. The project … Read More

Hydrological Modelling of the Ak Su and Khoji Bakirgan for the Implementation of National Water Resources Management Project

Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan are increasingly affected by the consequences of advancing natural resource degradation in form of deteriorating land productivity and rising disaster risks. Deforestation, extensive animal grazing and other degrading practices have contributed to increase erosion and disintegrate the … Read More