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Project « Development of Integrated Management Plan for Ili-Balkhash Basin »

Project « Development of Integrated Management Plan for Ili-Balkhash Basin ». Iskander Mirkhashimov – Project Manager Almaty 23.10.2007. Ministry of Environmental Protection of the RK Ministry of Economy and Budget Planning of the RK Committee on Water Resources of the MoA RK

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Project « Development of Integrated Management Plan for Ili-Balkhash Basin »

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  1. Project«Development of Integrated Management Plan for Ili-Balkhash Basin» Iskander Mirkhashimov – Project Manager Almaty 23.10.2007 Ministry of Environmental Protection of the RK Ministry of Economy and Budget Planning of the RK Committee on Water Resources of the MoA RK European Commission Regional Environmental Center for Central Asia

  2. IBB physical and geographical posiion

  3. Administrative Provision regarding IBB

  4. Natural potential and loads • IBB area - 413 thousand sq. km • About 45000 small and 40 average size rivers • 12 types of ecosystems • 50 animal species, 269 bird species and 20 fish species are to be found • SPNT – 3 thousand kilometers • Population - more than 3 mln people • About 5mln heads of live-stock. • Size of agricultural lands -12.600 thousand hectares • Sown area - 1.300 thousand hectares • Pastures – 10.400 thousand hectares • 6000 of water bodies and water reservoirs

  5. IBB: volumes of water use Cubic km\year Agricultural sector - 3.01 Public water supply sector - 0.28 Industry- 0.29 Fish industry - 0.03 ---------------------------- Totalin 2006 г. -3.611992- 7.42

  6. Balkhash Lake The Lake Length - 605km, The Lake width – 9-74km Overall depth - 26m. Average depth -6 m Surface area with marks BS БС: 340, 0 - 342,0 m 14120 – 18210 km2, Volume 72,2 –106,0km3 Total inflow (rivers, precipitation)-24,7km3 Evaporation -19.8km3

  7. Ili – main IBB river • 1439 km – total river length • 815 km –in Kazakhstan • 75 % - water catchment area of IBB • 80% - summary inflow from the surface watercourse into the lake Balkhash.

  8. Ili – main IBB river • Flow off from the territory of the CPR -13,95 km3 • Flow off from the territory of the RK --6,16 km3 • Total–20,11 km3 • Flow off into the Lake Balkhash -15,043 km3 ------------------ Data for 2006.

  9. Rivers of the Eastern part of the Lake Balkhash Karatal, Aksu, Charyn, Lepsy, Ayaguz Bring to the Lake 3.6-4.1. km3\year

  10. Environmental-economic problems • Glacier shrinking • Climate aridization • Desertification of territories • Reduction of the number of small rivers and lake area • Transformation of phytocenosis, pasture degradation • Decrease of land yield and land productivity • Decrease of the area of mountain and tugai forests • Loss of specie diversity and reduction in the number of commercial species • Decrease of the volumes and quality of agricultural product

  11. Major causes of degradation in IBB • Predominance of economic and corporate interests over social and environmental ones; • Lack of common goals and long-term programs on basin development on the part of sectors and akimats; fragmentary division of power and responsibility • Water pollution with industrial, agricultural, sewage effluents and wastes hazardous for the people, flora and fauna • Ineffective resource management • General decay of basin water management

  12. Fragmentary IBB managementу Agents of management Ministry of Agriculture MEP MITМИИТ АпЗР MC MEMPМЭМР MEBP MoI MLSP MoH WRC CFH CF Social and demog parameters Lake volume Fertile silt Water resources Air Irrigated lands Fauna Flora Emery Ili delta Recreation zone Industry Hydrotechnical facilities Coastal territory Flora Management objects Akims of 4 oblasts, Oblast Departments, Management bodies, Companies

  13. Transboundary problems • Unpredictable volumes of water use on the part of CPR - (inflow to Ili from CPR8,5-17,7) • Planned growth of irrigated lands in the CPR from 400 to 600 thousand hectares – increase of water use by 2 cubic km \year • Construction of Kapchagai water reservoir on the river Tekes • Plans: to transfer the flow off from the river Ili into the basins of the rivers Tarim and Karamai • River pollution with organic chemicals and metals

  14. EU/CAREC Project «Development of integrated management plan in IBB» • Is being performed with the financial support of the European Commission in partnership with: - The Ministry of Environment -Ministry of Economy and Budget Planning, • Committee on Water resources of the MoA • Period for the Project development: 2005-2007

  15. Project Goal:Preservation of ecosystems, integrated water management and rational nature use Objectives: • Analysis of international experience in basin management; • Involvement of stakeholders; • Planning basin management; • Setting up a body of basin management; • Drafting international agreement on basin management; • Setting up technical Secretariat to support basin management

  16. Legal basis for cooperation in IBB • Agreement on transboundary waters between RK and CPR, 2001 • Kazakhstan –Kyrgyz Agreements • 2004 Beijing Declaration on Hydropower & Sustainable Development (October 29, 2004) • Declaration of China and Kazakhstan on the formation and development of strategic partnership (04.07.2005)

  17. Project implementation, Objective -5River-based Agreements • Project «Agreement on Integrated IB Basin Management», discussed at the international meeting 6.03.2007 • Endorsed by the MoI RK 03.07.07 • Submitted to the MOP RK for coordination with the ministries

  18. Project implementation, objective-4Setting up a Body on IBB management A complete set of documents on setting up Basin Corporation «Balkhash –Alakol» has been devised (Legislative support, explanatory notes and constituent documents)

  19. Project implementation, objective -3Development of the Basin Management Plan • Analysis of the existing and planned programs and projects at all the levels is being done (international, public, oblast, sector) and sector development plans (agriculture, industry, social sphere, environment, municipal economy) • Information data base regarding major components of the Plan (statistic and mapping material)

  20. Project implementation, object -3Development of the Basin Management Plan • The Strategy of territorial development of the RK as of 2015 • Program «Ensuring SD of Balkhash – Alakol basin for 2007-2009» • The national program «Drinking waters» • The program of developing Almaty oblast for 2008-2010 • State Program «Integrated Management of Water Resources and Brining up the Efficiency of Water Use in the RK as of 2025» (project) • The Programs of System Development for SPNTRK for 2007-2009

  21. Project implementation, further actions • Development and coordination of IWRM Plan • Promotion of international agreement with CPR and KR on transboundary rivers • Implementation of state expert examination of documents for registration of Basin Corporation «Balkhash –Alakol» • Setting up technical Secretariat to support the process of basin management • Presentation of materials and finalization of the Project

  22. Thank you, for your attention. I invite you to ask questions.050043bAlmaty, Orbita-1, 40, tel.: +73272785110, iskandar@carec.kz

  23. Plan goal: The lake level is not below 341-342 m. Under the total volume of the Ili river flow off (18-20 km3) Integrated IBB management Plan The objective of the Plan is to find additional water resources -4-5 cubic km . Flow off of the Ili river or: from CPR - 13, 36 km3 (65%); In Kazakhstan - 7,24 km3 (35%), 2004 • Plan activities: • effective use of water in economy; • reduction of losses in the zones of formation and scattering; • reduction of losses for evaporation and filtration; • reduction of losses in river deltas; • water protection activities; • involvement of return, waste, collection-drainage and underground waters, • other Agreement between basin countries RK, CPR, KR • To implement the plan it is necessary to have • Effective system of integrated basin management • Financing (up to 1 bln Euro) – conditions for investors • Agreement between basin countries

  24. Existing capacity to address problems • Agreement between CPR and RK on strategic partnershipdevelopment • Investment interest on the part of the CPR in the downstream of Balkhash: fishery, agriculture, ecotourism as a guarantee of the water release and water quality • Commitments of CPR regarding MDG, including preservation of ecosystem • EU interest in Kazakhstan as a bridge between Europe and Asia, • Linkage between the interests of Kyrgyzstan to RK investments and dependence of CPR on the river Tarim • CAREC support in setting up an International Secretariat • IFAS experience (setting up WEC, UN involvement, Secretariat)

  25. Political and legal basis • Addressof the President: - Perfection of development institutions, innovative infrastructure - Territorial development corporations (social business corporations) - New forms of partnership of private and public sector - Development of special economic zones • EU Proposal as to signing an Agreement with the CPR to address transboundary problems • Johannesburg-2002, WSSD: commitments of RK, CPR, EU with regard to regional cooperation, multilateral agreements, transition to ecosystem-based management • Mountain partnership -45 countries, 19 inter-state organizations • Global water partnership, to which China has also joined • Declaration of China and Kazakhstan on strategic partnership formation and development 04.07.2005) • Beijing Declarationon sustainable development(October 29, 2004) • EU and CAREC project on trying the model of territorial development based on the IBB example • Opening up Ecotechnopark (Joint Communiqué of RK and CPR,11.01.2006, Astana)

  26. Legal and Program documents -1 • Ukase (Decree) of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan of August 28, 2006, № 167On the Strategy of Territorial Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan as of 2015 • Regulation of the Government of the RK № 42 of 16.01.2004г. «Rules for the Rehabilitation of Water-protective Zones and Territories». • Regulation of the Government of the RK of 02.03.2007, № 163 On Endorsement of the Program «Ensuring Sustainable Development of Balkhash – Alakol Basin for 2007-2009» • National Program «Drinking Water»

  27. Legal and Program documents -2 • Program «Environmental Protection of RK for 2008-20010 (draft) • Regulation of the Government of the RK of 13.10. 2006, N 990 «On Endorsement of the Programof Development of Specially Protected Territories of the RK for 2007-2009 • On Approval of the List of Environmental Activities. Prikaz of the Minister of Environmental Protection of the RK of 27.09.2005, N 273-p

  28. Plan Directions • - To decrease the volume of emission and discharge into the atmosphere, soil and water sources on the part of industries, utility and agricultural companies; • Prevention and mitigation of the aftermaths of natural disasters related to water factors. • Improvement of living conditionsof the population via resolution of the problems of water supply. • Conservation of ecosystems of the region, organization of SPNT, desertification process prevention • Promotion of economic welfare of the population residing in the IBB region;

  29. Plan activities -1 • Effective water use in economic activity; - Reduction of losses in the zones of formation and dissipation; - Reduction of losses related to transportation, evaporation and filtration; - Reduction of losses in the river deltas;

  30. Plan activities-2 • Rehabilitation and repair of irrigation and collection-drainage systems on irrigated territories • Introduction of water-saving technologies • Rejection of ineffective irrigational methods in agriculture for crop irrigation • Increase of the proportion of collection-drainage waters, return waters and water recycling

  31. Component 4.Setting up a Basin Management Body • Development of a portfolio of documents on setting up IBB management body • “IBB” Charter • “IBB”organizational structure • “IBB”management institutions • “IBB”governance body • Authorities • Partners • Major development directions • Investment declaration (memorandum) • Management form: «social-business corporation»

  32. Component 5.Drafting an agreement on basin management development Development and signing Interstate Agreement between Kazakhstan, CPR and Kyrgyzstan on transboundary river management. The Draft Agreement was discussed at the International meeting on March 6-7, 2007

  33. Analogues of international agreements • Regional Agreement on the Alps Protection (7 countries and EU ЕС 1991) • Agreement on the River Indus between India and Pakistan and the WB (WB as a guarantor of the Agreement and Program investor) • The Carpathians Convention (8 mountain countries, 2003) - Consortium on Sustainable Development of the Andes ecoregion (7 countries of Latin America with the participation of business, NGO, science) • Administration of the river Tennessee: governments, private sector (USA) • the lake Biva: government, private sector, community (Japan) • Basin management in France: government, municipalities, private sector - Regional Agendas -21 (Baltic-21, African Partnership NEPAD, Mediterranean Agenda-21) • other

  34. Expected outcomes of the project implementation -1 • Developed management model for IBB based on the study of the best examples and models of the management system for IBB given that their thorough study and research has been done; • Functioning network and sustainable links with the interested parties with their involvement to ensure successful project implementation; • Awareness of the population and availability of accessible and necessary information regarding the IBB status and development;

  35. Expected outcomes of the project implementation -2 4. Proposals regarding objectives, status, authorities, structure and functions of the Basin Management Body at the governmental and local levels; 5. Realistic and feasible Plan of IBB development with clearly defined goals, policy and mechanisms of their implementation. 6. Draft Agreement on Partnership for basin management as the legal basis for the future activity and implementation of the IBB Development Plan. 7. Trained and able to work Secretariat with necessary technical capacity and working groups for expert and technical support to the IBB Development Plan.

  36. Mid-term goals • Approval of the National Program of basin development • Development and signing a multilateral basin Agreement: RK, KR, CPR with the EU and UN participation • Resolution of the problem of water diversion and pollution in the River ILi with the aim of conservation of the Lake Balkhash ecosystems • Attraction of investments and technologies necessary to resolve social-economic problems of the region • Making use of the CAREC capacity to support expert works and working Secretariat

  37. Long-term goals • Endorsement of the International Program on Basin Development • Further attraction of investments and technologies to bring up competitiveness of the RK • Enhancement of geopolitical role of the RK in relations between Europe and Asia • Introduction of the IBB management model in other transboundary basins (Aral, Caspian Sea, Irtysh) in the interests of the RK • Example for the UN in terms of practical implementation of the commitments regarding MDGs and Sustainable Development. Enhancement of the leadership in the region and at the global level in terms of SD (Summit of the Heads of States in Astana 2012).

  38. The Plan Objective: The Lake level not less than 341-342 m. Under the total volume of the Ili River water flow off (18-20 km3) Chart of the Action Plan ofintegrated management in Ili-Balkhash basin The Plan objective is to find additional water resources -4-5 cubic km. Ili River flow off: From CPR - 13, 36 km3 (65%); In Kazakhstan - 7,24 km3 (35%), 2004 • The Plan activities: • effective water use in economic activity; • reduction of losses in the zones of formation and scattering/dispersion; • reduction of losses due to evaporation and filtration; • reduction of losses in the river deltas; • water protective measures; • involvement of sewerage, collection-drainage and underground waters into recycling • other Agreement between the basin countries of the RK, CPR, KR • To implement the Plan it is necessary to: • Have an effective system of integrated basin management • Financing (up to 1 bln Euro) – conditions for investors • Agreement between the basin countries

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