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 Central Asia Rés’Eau

Water Team Days 2014 – SDC Rés’Eau Швейцарское Бюро по сотрудничеству - Узбекистан Посольство Швейцарии Regional Advisor for Water and Disaster Risk Reduction, , Thierry Umbehr Rés’Eau Central Asia and CIS Water, Sanitation, Water Resources Management, Irrigation Central Asia and CIS countries Regional Advisor for Water and DRR Quarterly meetings among the 3 SCOs in Central Asia Team exchange TajWSS Tajikistan to ApaSan Moldova, July 2013 Rés’Eau meeting in Dushanbe, August 2013 Team exchange ApaSan Moldova to Despro Ukraine, October 2013 Joint Workshop on Rural Sanitation, Apasan Moldova / Despro Ukraine, October 2013 Study tour in Fergana Valley, May2014 2

Water Team Days 2014 – SDC Rés’Eau Швейцарское Бюро по сотрудничеству - Узбекистан Посольство Швейцарии Regional Advisor for Water and Disaster Risk Reduction, , Thierry Umbehr Dushanbe, Tajikistan, August 2013 (in the frame of the High- level international conference on Water Cooperation) SDC-UZ, SDC-KG, SDC-TJ, ISW-TJ, Oxfam, Helvetas Intercooperation, Acted SDC RésEau CA shall be a platform to promote and facilitate the exchange of information, knowledge sharing and possibly some lobbying mechanisms. Request for more practical field visits and technical exchanges 3

Water Team Days 2014 – SDC Rés’Eau Швейцарское Бюро по сотрудничеству - Узбекистан Посольство Швейцарии Regional Advisor for Water and Disaster Risk Reduction, , Thierry Umbehr Kiev, Ukraine, October 2013: Team exchange ApaSan Moldova and Despro Ukraine ApaSan Moldova and Despro Ukraine during one week Most valuable results thanks to small number of key participants Good complement thanks to focused topics 4

Water Team Days 2014 – SDC Rés’Eau Швейцарское Бюро по сотрудничеству - Узбекистан Посольство Швейцарии Regional Advisor for Water and Disaster Risk Reduction, , Thierry Umbehr Uzbekistan - Tajikistan, field visit, May 2014 SDC-MD, SDC-UA, SDC-UZ, SDC-TJ, Apasan project MD, Despro project UA, ISW-UZ, ISW-TJ, Oxfam, UNDP, Aga Khan Foundation TJ First field visit & exchange meeting among all SDC- CIS partners Topics:  Decentralised WES governance in rural areas  Financing mechanisms and solutions  Decentralised small scale sanitation solutions  Up-scaling approaches in the WES sector 5

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

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

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

Water Team Days 2014 – SDC Rés’Eau Швейцарское Бюро по сотрудничеству - Узбекистан Посольство Швейцарии Regional Advisor for Water and Disaster Risk Reduction, , Thierry Umbehr 9

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

Water Team Days 2014 – SDC Rés’Eau Швейцарское Бюро по сотрудничеству - Узбекистан Посольство Швейцарии Regional Advisor for Water and Disaster Risk Reduction, , Thierry Umbehr 11

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

Water Team Days 2014 – SDC Rés’Eau Швейцарское Бюро по сотрудничеству - Узбекистан Посольство Швейцарии Regional Advisor for Water and Disaster Risk Reduction, , Thierry Umbehr 13

Water Team Days 2014 – SDC Rés’Eau Швейцарское Бюро по сотрудничеству - Узбекистан Посольство Швейцарии Regional Advisor for Water and Disaster Risk Reduction, , Thierry Umbehr Rés’Eau Central Asia – Moldova – Ukraine (CIS): next steps 14 Thematic Workshops + Site visits in Moldova and Ukraine (1 week). Topics: ecosan and wastewater treatment, community managed water supply (incl. institutional development, financial management) Staff exchange / training: engineer + hygiene specialist of IWS (Taj/Uzb) to ApaSan Moldova on ecosan technology, implementation and training Joint publication: SDC water projects in the CIS region, comparison of approaches On-line conference / course on financial and institutional issues in community managed water supply Study tour on wastewater management and inter-communal cooperation (to CH or France or Slovenia NPO exchange meetings on country, sector and project context and policy dialogue

Water Team Days 2014 – SDC Rés’Eau Швейцарское Бюро по сотрудничеству - Узбекистан Посольство Швейцарии Regional Advisor for Water and Disaster Risk Reduction, , Thierry Umbehr Looking forward for another rich experience exchange! 15