Institutional Strengthening of the Committee of Water Resources

Country: Kazakhstan

New legal documents required the Committee for Water Resources of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan to take up an increasing number of tasks. Investment budgets handled by the Committee had increased by more than four times since 2002. The very limited human resource capacity and the current status of the Committee created strong barriers to the efficient management and implementation of those tasks.

In consideration of this, ADB had extended a TA program, for increasing the organizational capacity of the CWR. The main objective of this TA was to strengthen the organizational potential of the CWR, taking into account the increased volume of works during recent years, connected with the implementation of the budget programs and the execution of the many new normative documents with respect to water sector management

• Preparation of the detailed review of the functions, tasks and programs performed by the Committee for Water Resources;
• Preparation of the oral and written recommendations for the local consultants concerning the development of the new structure of the Committee for Water Resources;
• Provision of information on the international experience on organization of the institutional structures of different institutions providing the management of the water resources and water bodies;
• Bring in international experience and lessons learned in different countries with similar conditions to Kazakhstan;
• Develop scenarios and a recommendation for the improvement of the status of the Committee;
• Develop scenarios and a recommendation for the improvement of the internal organisation and capacity raising of the Committee