Kyrgyz Republic

1. АВП ассоциация водопользователей Kyrgyz Republic WUA DEVELOPMENT AND FORMATION

2. WUA Forming • Law of Water Users Unions (Associations) (27.03.2002). • Standard constituent documents. • Process of WUA forming • Training of staff WUA Oblast Support Units and Raion Support Units • Mobilization work in places and water users training

3. WUA members General Assembly Policy making, fee establishing, staffing, budgeting WUA Council WUA Council Chairman Accountant Chief Engineer- Hydrologist АВП ассоциация водопользователей WUA Structure (Version 1)

4. WUA members General Assembly Policy making, fee establishing, staffing, budgeting WUA Council WUA Council Chairman Directory on maintenance of irrigation network WUA Director Fees collection, M&O Accountant Chief Engineer- Hydrologist WUA Structure (Version 2) Audut Committee

5. Issues in WUA establishing • Issues in mobilizing farmers: • Identifying ISF for maintenance of on-farm network; • Farmers resisting of having more than one aiyl okmotu in one served zone (i.e. WUA); • Staff issues;

6. Total established and is functioning 450 officially registered WUAs.

7. 450 WUAs serve 714,000ha of irrigated land that is 70% of total irrigated area

10. Dynamics of ISF payment to Rayon Department of Water Resources

11. ISF Analysis

12. Transfer of IF • 411 WUAs have taken irrigation infrastructure to their balance; • Measures on ownership through State Register are taken; • More than 12 WUAs registered their ownership; • Problems in transferringIF.

13. АВП ассоциация водопользователей Introductory workshops under the On-farm Irrigation Project

14. АВП ассоциация водопользователей During practical and theoretical classes Training WUA staff by specialists of Kemin Rayon Support WUA Unit Measuring discharge on canal

15. АВП ассоциация водопользователей TRAINING CENTRES For conducting conferences, workshops and training courses, in the premises of DWR and in all oblasts and 27 rayons of the KR there were established functioning training centres equipped with modern media assets allowing good conduction of these activities.

16. Workshops on propaganda and development of WUAs

17. Issues in WUA functioning • Low level of ISF: average in the KR–113 KGS/ha; maximum – 509 KGS/ha; • About 65% of ISF in kind; • Passive Councils ¾ of Kyrgyz WUAs; • The issues of releasing from VAT from ISF for private needs has not been resolved; • Issues in registering IF; • Weak financial and technical base; • Illegal control by fiscal bodies; • Issues with right-of-ways; • Passive Zone Representatives; • Staff changes.

18. Positive aspects: • Water Users implements their right on water use; • Water Users participate in managing water resources namely irrigation fund; • Water Users join their efforts and means for agreed activities on effective use of water resources on irrigated land; • Water Users participate in establishing irrigation water delivery fees; • Water Users through WUAs participate in forming water policy. • Water Users fully control irrigation infrastructure and have ownership rights. • Water Users fully control M&O, financing and resolving disputes. • Water Users have major responsibility for financing, M&O, rehabilitation and modernization. • Water Users identify themselves clear strategies and rules proposed for approval. • In WUA administration and other operations and organization work transparency is achieved. • WUA as a new institutional structure in rural area started showing their prospects and viability. • All bodies of WUA management are interconnected and responsible, that mean efficiency of control bottom-top and top-bottom.

19. First Republican WUA Conference • Date: December, 2006; • Participants: 230 people; • Target group: Representatives of the Government, Oblast State Administrations, WUAs, donors; • Topics: -Problems in WUA developing, -M&O problems in WUAs and Rayon DWR, -involvement of water users into water management, • Water reforms • Resolution I –KR accepted;

20. Measures on involving water users to irrigation management • Community based Water Councils by hydraulic principle were established in 35 systems and canals; • 14 WUAFederations (Unions) were established for M&O of irrigation systems; • 4 of them took off-farm network to their balance, 3 started functioning as coordination bodies; • WUA Union of the KR was created and started functioning • On this the work is ongoing.

21. Development of Federations • Federation Council consists of: • Representative zones; • Staff; • Issue: financial and technical base; • Budget: example of WUA Federation «Ak-Suu»; • Served area: 5663 ha • Total amount: 1870,4 thousand KGS (50 thousand USD) • including – Repair and M&O: 700,0 thousand KGS (37%) • Reserve Fund: 170,3 thousand KGS (9%)

22. WUA Union of the KR • State registration: March, 2006; • Of 450 WUAs, at present 198 WUAs are members of the Union with 340,000 ha; • Started functioning since 01.01.2007 • Offices:Bishkek, Osh; • Equipped; • First staff hired; • The 1stWUA Vestnik journal has been published; • Number of methodological materials for WUA are being prepared; • Work with other donors is ongoing.

23. Further tasks • To reach the number up to 500 WUAs in coming future covering area of about 800,000 ha; • Formation of pilot WUA Federations on voluntary basis under the new Water Resources Improvement Project and their institutional development; • Achieve full functioning of WUA Union of the KR; • Amend Law on WUAs and number of other legal acts. • Further WUA strengthening by training, support and assistance.

24. Thank you for attention!