Under 4.7 Habitat of the MTDS, Working Group 2 deals with: DCC Working Group 2 "Water and Climate Change" MTDS (GoT) priorities for the sector Under 4.7 Habitat of the MTDS, Working Group 2 deals with: Increasing access to safe drinking water, and improving hygiene and sanitation Development of governmental sole forecasting and response system against natural disasters (through strengthening resilience to flood and droughts thanks to improved water management) Under 3.2.  Agrarian Sector: Food Security and Access to Quality Nutrition we deal with the following lines of action: The principles of integrated water resources management and river-basin management approach implemented, which provide for transition from administrative water resources management to hydrological boundaries (of river basins). Four national River Basin and four River Sub-basin organisations established, focusing on addressing operational issues in the field of irrigation. rehabilitating irrigation systems, and facilitating sustainable functioning of the irrigation and drainage infrastructure operation and maintenance system in order to promote sustainable agriculture and food security.  

Rehabilitation of irrigation and drinking water infrastructure DCC Working Group 2 "Water and Climate Change" Development Partners’ interventions / Donor’s support Water Sector Reform Programme 2016-2025 approved by the GoT 30 December 2015 Coordination Unit for implementation of reforms established to ensure effective cooperation among state agencies and between them and development partners US$ 240 million contribution by development partners in the water sector includes: support to reform implementation, building viable capacities of national and basin authorities to effectively implement the reforms, Enhance capacity to support IWRM at central (MEWR), basin and sub-basin level, including development of norms and standards, policy and strategy development, application of common approaches in all basins and sub-basins Develop land and water planning tools and related capacity, ongoing review of the river basin planning, catchment assessments and baseline data collection . Improve water control/availability and increased water distribution/equity for water users, technical and legal support for WUA Support provided to KMK regionalization process – establishment of pilot regional water companies Rehabilitation of irrigation and drinking water infrastructure  

Sustainability is a major issue, which WSS sector is facing. DCC Working Group 2 "Water and Climate Change" What is missing? But is important for the sector development The Water sector is one of the most important sectors in Tajikistan, in support of agriculture, industry, environment, energy and others, not mentioned in the MTDS, nor in NDS. One main issue in implementing water reforms is confused and overlapped (current) regulations and charters of state agencies, mixing policy, regulation and operations Other issues are legal and fiscal (taxation) status of WUA, tariffs, mechanisms to ensure the Water Supply and Sanitation (WSS) sector’s financial autonomy Therefore, MTDS should clearly state that there is an urgent need for existing charters and regulations to be reviewed and revised Sustainability is a major issue, which WSS sector is facing. Rural water supply and sanitation sub-sector is underfunded.

Institutional reforms: DCC Working Group 2 "Water and Climate Change" Priority areas / Results to be achieved by 2020 Issues mentioned in the MTDS  in 3.2. and 4.7 will be addressed, as follows: Development of water sector reform strategy and implementation of water sector reform Development of a whole range of legislative frameworks, including development of a new edition of the Water Code and the Law on WUAs, in line with IWRM principles and River Basin Management (RBM) approaches; Developing a set of necessary strategies, notably National Water Strategy as the umbrella for the entire water sector, followed by irrigation and drinking water strategies; Institutional reforms: defining roles and responsibilities of state institutions with clear separation of policy and regulation on one hand and operation and maintenance on the other hand new institutions need to be created and developed, such as the National Water Council, River Basin Organisations (RBOs) and River Basin Councils (RBCs),

Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) DCC Working Group 2 "Water and Climate Change" Priority areas / Results to be achieved by 2020 - continued Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) Development of Regulatory frameworks allowing for integrated water resources management; Enhanced capacity to regulate control and support IWRM at central, basin and sub-basin level Targeted communities and water users benefit from improved water control/availability and from increased water distribution/equity Land and water planning tools are operational and related capacity is developed, including at sub-basin level Infrastructure developments Improved water supply, reduced water losses and improved water metering in some Tajik cities, towns and settlements Our intervention in the water sector is directly related to the adaptation to the impact of climate changes and disaster risk reduction (preservation of natural resources - irrigation and drinkable water, soil, arable land, erosion control measures, etc.)