Programme title

Institution/organization

Development of self-teaching courses

Contact person
Mr Pulat Umarov - Director

Contact person's address
ICWC Training Center
11 - building, Kara-su 4 mass. Tashkent 700187, Uzbekistan

Contact person's Telephone/Fax
Tel +998-71-1691493 Fax +998-71-1691495

Contact person's E-mail
[email protected]

Type of programme
Self-teaching programmes such as CD-ROM

Frequency of programme
Available on CD-ROM

Programme's main focus
Enhancement of the capabilities of water professionals.

Programme prospectus
To promote good governance and environmental sustainability in the Aral Sea Basin through the development of a water resources training network and long-term international cooperation at the policy, management and operations levels, a five-year project began in March 2000, funded partially by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). The establishment of the ICWC Training Center was the first step required to achieve the project objectives.

This project envisions a combination of study tours, seminars, courses and train-the-trainer programmes aimed to increase the capacity of water management professionals at all levels from the grassroots, through management up to policy levels.

Among these activities is included the development of self-teaching courses for the grassroots users of water and groundwater operations personnel in the water basins of Central Asia.

These courses are designed for a grassroots, non-technical audience: basic computer use, data collection and data use, simple water saving methods, community Water Users Associations, water quality and quantity management and safety and inspection of local facilities.

These programmes are developed in cooperation with Mount Royal College and will be delivered in a CD-ROM format. This will allow the project to reach beyond Tashkent and into local water management facilities, agricultural communities and educational institutions throughout the region.

Target group
Operations personnel

Programme www
http://www.tc.icwc-aral.uz/project/description.html

Dates/duration
Not applicable

Language
Russian

Partners
Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA); McGill University, Brace Center for Water Resources Management, Canada; Mount Royal College, Canada; United States Agency for International Development (USAID), USA; Recipient Country.
Partners in the Aral Sea

Training Center of the Interstate Commission for Water Coordination

Acronym
TC-ICWC

Country
Uzbekistan

Address
ICWC Training Center
11-building, Kara-su 4 mass
Tashkent 700187
Uzbekistan

Tel +998-71-1691493

Fax +998-71-1691495

E-mail
[email protected]

Institute/organization www
http://www.tc.icwc-aral.uz/

Brief description of institution/organization
(TC-ICWC) gives advanced training to high and middle level specialists; informs them of technological know-how in the fields of water and land resources management, irrigation, drainage and protection of the environment.

Together with improving professional skills, TC-ICWC is intended to foster cooperation between the countries of the region in the areas of the use and management of water resources and the development of unified approaches at the level of water specialists and decision-makers.