Water Team Days 2014 – SDC Rés’Eau Швейцарское Бюро по сотрудничеству - Узбекистан Посольство Швейцарии Regional Advisor for Water and Disaster Risk Reduction, , Thierry Umbehr 1 Water Team Days 2014 Highlights from the CIS Division (Cooperation with Eastern Europe)

Water Team Days 2014 – SDC Rés’Eau Швейцарское Бюро по сотрудничеству - Узбекистан Посольство Швейцарии Regional Advisor for Water and Disaster Risk Reduction, , Thierry Umbehr 2 Moldova Ukraine Tajikistan Kyrgyzstan Uzbekistan Cooperation with Eastern Europe Community of Independent States CIS Caucasus

Water Team Days 2014 – SDC Rés’Eau Швейцарское Бюро по сотрудничеству - Узбекистан Посольство Швейцарии Regional Advisor for Water and Disaster Risk Reduction, , Thierry Umbehr 3 Republic of Moldova April 2014: New Cooperation Strategy improve access to Water & Sanitation through replicable models covering nation-wide projects SDC leads the Sector Cooperation Council Environment-Water-Sanitation Community partnerships in the frame of regionalisation of water operators Protocol on Water & Health implementation 2014: ApaSan as a developer of models in WES First regional (district) W&S masterplan in Moldova on the way Water supply for small villages: moving from community management to multi-village schemes to regional operators Ecosan school toilet blocks: high demand and increasing local financial contribution (now 40%)

Water Team Days 2014 – SDC Rés’Eau Швейцарское Бюро по сотрудничеству - Узбекистан Посольство Швейцарии Regional Advisor for Water and Disaster Risk Reduction, , Thierry Umbehr 4 Moldova Ukraine Tajikistan Kyrgyzstan Uzbekistan Cooperation with Eastern Europe Community of Independent States CIS

Water Team Days 2014 – SDC Rés’Eau Швейцарское Бюро по сотрудничеству - Узбекистан Посольство Швейцарии Regional Advisor for Water and Disaster Risk Reduction, , Thierry Umbehr 5 Ukraine November 2013: New Cooperation Strategy postponed Possible abandon all projects in Crimea and reallocation in one new province Ownership and project cooperation implanted into the Provincial administration (incl. budgets) Upscaling of decentralisation projects is assured through incorporated approach Urban areas are being included for Water Supply Sanitation approaches piloted rural areas District water sector strategies are being developed National programmes on rural water supply are being studied on request of National Government with sets of recommandations

Water Team Days 2014 – SDC Rés’Eau Швейцарское Бюро по сотрудничеству - Узбекистан Посольство Швейцарии Regional Advisor for Water and Disaster Risk Reduction, , Thierry Umbehr 6 Moldova Ukraine Tajikistan Kyrgyzstan Uzbekistan Cooperation with Eastern Europe Community of Independent States CIS

Water Team Days 2014 – SDC Rés’Eau Швейцарское Бюро по сотрудничеству - Узбекистан Посольство Швейцарии Regional Advisor for Water and Disaster Risk Reduction, , Thierry Umbehr 7 Central Asia Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan June 2014: Mid-Term Review of the Cooperation Strategy Water Resources Management Projects remain the key activities Water Diplomacy, Watershed management and Climate Change increase in importance Water Supply and Sanitation is confirmed as a priority sector SDC continues to lead the sector councils in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, informally in Uzbekistan World Bank publishes the Rogun dam (335 m) feasibility studies

Water Team Days 2014 – SDC Rés’Eau Швейцарское Бюро по сотрудничеству - Узбекистан Посольство Швейцарии Regional Advisor for Water and Disaster Risk Reduction, , Thierry Umbehr CIS – Division: Water highlights 8