International Commission on Irrigation & Drainage Commission Interationale des Irrigation et du Drainage
The principal goal of the new Working Group on Irrigation and Drainage in States with Transition Economy is to facilitate a single platform of National Committees of ICID that belong to States characterized by transition economy, in overcoming certain mutual problems in Irrigation and Drainage.
It is well known that after the splitting up of former USSR States that were included in Warsaw collaboration or Soviet Union went through very difficult times to overcome the problems connected with changing economic, political and social situation, especially in rural area during the past two decades. These are characterized by some common features such as:
As result, in all these States, one can recognize that there is a:
The WG-IDSST aims to promote innovative approaches and necessary instruments to provide sustainable irrigation and drainage management within IWRM plans and RD projects in the countries of transition.
1. to develop and strengthen the network among the countries of transition on the basis of establishment of monitoring and evaluation of common problems in the States and bring it to the attention of decision-makers in states; 2. to create database and exchange of information about changing situation in Irrigation and Drainage in these States and to attract global and national attention to existing trends affecting global and national food security and wellbeing of rural population; especially related to climate change and ability to adapt to it; 3. to promote implementation of IWRM and broad-basing of stakeholders by popularizing the case studies and best practices explaining the real content of IWRM principles; 4. to monitor the ecological situation in the transition states, including problems of closed basin (Aral Sea, Lake Chad, Lake Victoria, Caspian Sea), rivers deltas, salinization and water logging, land desertification etc.; 5. to collect appropriate advance irrigation and drainage technology for u
Established : 2009Sl. No. | Name | Country | Position | |
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1 | Prof. Peter Kovalenko | pi************* | Ukraine | Chair |
2 | Mr. Momir Vranes | mo************* | Australia | Vice Chair |
3 | Dr. Shavkat M. Kenjabaev | ke************* | Uzbekistan | Secretary |
4 | Dr. Alexander Solovyev | 34************* | Russia | Member |
5 | Dr. Andrii Shatkovskyi | an************* | Ukraine | Member |
6 | Dr. Katsuyuki SHIMIZU | sh************* | Japan | Member |
7 | Dr. Mohamed Abd El Moneim Wahba | ms************* | Egypt | Member |
8 | Mr. R.K. Agarwal | rk************* | India | Member |
9 | Mr. Rafaquat Ali | wa************* | Pakistan | Member |
10 | Dr. Usman Khalid Awan | u.************* | Pakistan | Member |
11 | Dr. Ya-Wen Chueh | ya************* | Chinese Taipei Committee | Member |
12 | Mr. Burhan Yavuz | by************* | Turkey | Provisional Member |
13 | Mr. Hayreddin Erşan | ha************* | Turkey | Provisional Member |
In addition to the below membership, representatives from FAO, (Prof. Daene C. McKinney ) IWRA and World Bank are Permanent Observer
The 69th IEC meeting held at Saskatoon, Canada in August 2018 recommended for the re-establishment of the WG-IDSST with a revised mandate and also suggested to report to PCTA under Strategy Theme ‘Basin’.
Special Work Team on Aral Sea Basin (ST-ARAL) renamed as Working Group on Irrigation and Drainage in States with Transition Economy (WG-IDST) at 60th IEC, 2009, New Delhi, India
Presentations of WG-IDSST Vitual Meeting, 26 May 2022
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