BLUE PEACE CENTRAL ASIA REGIONAL VALIDATION WORKSHOP
On 28 March 2025, a regional workshop for presentation of a new second phase of the Blue Peace Central Asia initiative was held in Tashkent. The workshop was organized by the consortium of partners who will implement the second phase, including the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), and the Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia (CAREC). The workshop brought together over 100 representatives of national delegations from 5 Central Asian countries, regional and international organizations, experts and governmental partners.
The Blue Peace Initiative put forward by Switzerland in 2010 and launched in Central Asia 2017 aims to strengthen water cooperation between the Central Asia countries. The workshop's objective was to trigger joint planning of actions by national and regional stakeholders for the new five year Program, which is to be started in May 2025.
The participants discussed focus areas in water diplomacy and dialogue, including water quality, climate adaptation, data management, basin planning, capacity building, youth engagement, and empowerment of women.
SIC ICWC was represented by Director Dinara Ziganshina and Head of International Communications Division Oygul Usmanova.
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