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1. MACEDONIA IRRIGATION AND REHBAILITATION PROJECT
LILE SIMONOVSKA
Macedonia Irrigation Rehabilitation & Restructuring Project Governament support of Irrigation sector reform Legislation framework; Establishing of new water economies (WE); Establishing of Irrigation water comunities (IWC); Rehabilitation of main irrigation infrastructure; Rehabilitation of IWC distributive network; WE Capacity buildig program IWC Capacity buildig program REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & WATER ECONOMY Water Economies Law WE are resposible for O&M of the main structures (dams) and chanals WE may be established in order to supply water for: irrigation; drinking, domestic and commercial uses; industrial uses, including power generation. Autonomous self-funding public law bodies Managed Board of water users Irrigation Water Comunities Law IWC is an association of owners or users of agricultural land associated and responsible for: management, O&M, construction, reconstruction or expansion of tertiary and/or secondary network or small irrigation schemes IWC is legal entity and is non-profit Management board (farmers and local self governament representatives) Macedonia Irrigation Rehabilitation & Restructuring Project Macedonia Irrigation Rehabilitation & Restructuring Project Empowered IWC (WUAs) IWC acctivities: Preparations for the irrigation season Evaluation of previous irrigation season System walk-through Annual work plan the provisional cropping plan proposed maintenance and repair works proposed manner of water distribution proposed way of fee collection proposed schedule of Assembly meetings, and proposed hiring of staff and/or labour WUA budget Cash flow forecast Empowered IWC (WUAs) Macedonia Irrigation Rehabilitation & Restructuring Project IWC acctivities: 2. Operation and maintenance Cleaning/repair of irrigation infrastructure Irrigation requests from farmers Advance payment of water fees Submit water needs to WE Recruit a water masters Publish irrigation requests on notice board Prepare irrigation schedule Field irrigation Maintenance/repairs as needed Rehabilitation of IWC distributive network (first year suport from the Project) Macedonia Irrigation Rehabilitation & Restructuring Project Empowered IWC (WUAs) IWC acctivities: 3. Collection of water fees Irrigation requests from farmers Collect advance payment of water fees from member farmers Submit water needs to WE Publish irrigation requests on notice board Prepare irrigation schedule Field irrigation Collecting water fees during the irrigation (on the field) Payment of monthly bill to WE Reserve found Elements of IWC water fee calculation Water Economy`s price of water (m3) IWC Yearly amount of water (m3) demanded from WE IWC internal costs for M&O Macedonia Irrigation Rehabilitation & Restructuring Project Empowered IWC (WUAs) IWC is responsible for collecting of water fee from farmers No money no water!!! 100% of water fee payment IWC organizational strengthening Planning (irrigated area, crop pattern, required quantity of water) IWC Management board Construction (structures, network, compensation basins) Construction firms Design (extension of network, new irrigation methods and field irrigation equipment) Extension agencies Maintenance (annual maintenance, specific maintenance and repair of hydro equipment) IWC & private civil working firms Capacity building program National consultant firm Financial management (preparation of invoices and financial statements, auditing) Private accountant Various functions looked after by the private sector Macedonia Irrigation Rehabilitation & Restructuring Project Rehabilitation of irrigation infrastructure Macedonia Irrigation Rehabilitation & Restructuring Project HMS Tikves: 13.400ha Acumulation (dam), intake tunnel, joint chanal, right and left magistral chanal, distributive network (secundary chanals, pipelines) Planned reconstruction of open trapez chanals 90,98 km Completed reconstruction and sanations of 67,88 km(75%) Planned reconstruction of distributive network for 13.375 ha On going reconstruction HMS Bregalnica:20.400ha Accumulation (dam), right and left magistral chanal, distributive network (secundary chanals, papelines) Planned reconstruction of open trapez chanals of 74,50 km Completed reconstruction and sanations of 50,50 km(68%) Planned reconstruction of distributive network for 20.393 ha On going reconstruction HMS Polog:8.000ha Main irrigation chanals, distributive network (secundary chanals, papelines) Planned reconstruction of open trapez chanals 20,90 km Completed reconstruction and sanations of 15,60 km(75%) Planned reconstruction of distributive network for 8.000 ha On going reconstruction