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Water Diplomacy Training in Tashkent

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From August 5 till August 16, 2024, at SRU Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Mechanization of Agriculture and the University of World Economy and Diplomacy there was the Water Diplomacy Training for university lecturers and also an International Summer School for doctoral candidates in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Both events were held within the framework of EU Erasmus+ project “Strengthening Higher Education in the Water Sector for Climate Resilience and Security in Central Asia”

The aim of the training was to exchange knowledge, experience and best practices in water diplomacy, that is an important factor in preparation of future water diplomats and support for regional cooperation in finding solutions on water issues.

The training was held with the assistance of leading international and national experts, consultants and practitioners in water resources management and water diplomacy, in particular IHE DELFT, UN University, CAREC, SIC ICWC, IWRM, World Bank, University of Freiburg, URCA, University of Bergamo, Institute of Water Problems and Hydropower of the National Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic, Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Ministry of Ecology, Environment and Climate Change of the Republic of Uzbekistan, etc.

The training participants were the lecturers and scientists from the partner universities of the HWCA project: Diplomatic Academy under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic, National Research University Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Agricultural Mechanization Engineers, University of World Economy and Diplomacy, K.I. Skryabin Kyrgyz National Agrarian University, S. Seifullin Kazakh Agrotechnical Research University (with participation of Kitaibekova S.O., Kazangapova N.B., Yesmurzaeva A.K.), H.Dulati Taraz University, Academy of Public Administration of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Academy of Public Administration of the President of the Republic of Tajikistan, Sh. Shotemur Tajik Agrarian University, Makhtumkuli Turkmen State University and Turkmen Agricultural Institute.