Water Resources Management in Central Asia

Recommendations
1. For the national authorities in the region: 
– Develop higher levels of governance with respect to the manage-
ment of water resources, by creating top-level regulatory instruments. 
– Improve and update the information on the subject, while em-
ploying greater transparency in this respect and incorporating all the 
governments that are geographically affected by the management of 
water resources in the region, so as to create an improved climate of 
trust between them. 
– Improve legislation on water management, as well as its imple-
mentation. 

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2. For international organisations: 
– Establish greater coordination between all the organisations present 
in the region, with the aim of improving the effectiveness of projects 
and preventing any unnecessary repetition of efforts.
– Adopt a long-term perspective when planning future projects in the 
region.
– When designing joint projects, include all national actors with 
shared water basins. 
3. For the European Union: 
– Contribute technology and human and economic resources, to pro-
mote better sustainable water management in Central Asia.
– Act as a mediator to overcome any possible conflicts or differences 
between states. 
– Support the search for new channels and scenarios of inter-state co-
operation, with the aim of turning water management in the area into 
a factor for regional integration. 
4. For Spain, in view of the country's upcoming presidency of the 
Council of the European Union in 2010: 
– Public opinion and the elites of Central Asian countries view Spain 
with friendliness and without suspicion, since the country has never 
been involved in historical political conflicts, unlike many other ex-
ternal actors in this region. Therefore, Spain should take advantage 
of this asset to act as a third party and to develop an active role as a 
facilitator to foster regional cooperation mechanisms in the area of 
water resource management in the region.

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