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Year of NPD launch:  2013 Present NPD Chair and strategic partners in the government: Water Resources Committee (Ministry of Environment and Water Resources), Ministry of Regional Development Source of NPD funding: European Union, Government of Germany, Government of Norway, Government of Switzerland

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Summary of the main areas of work and achievements.

Priority areas of work and main activities

• Sustainable business models for Water Supply and Sanitation (WSS) in rural areas and small towns.
• Accession to the UNECE-WHO/Europe Protocol on Water and Health and setting of national targets.
• Increasing contribution of multi-purpose water infrastructure (MPWI) to economic development, water, food and energy security.
• State support to agriculture, rural development and water-intensive industries affecting the water sector.
• Strengthening bilateral cooperation with neighbouring countries on the use of transboundary watercourses.

 

National Policy Dialogues (NPDs)

Following the request by Kazakhstan in 2010 to initiate an national policy dialogue on water, and preparatory work conducted in 2012, the NPD process started in the country in 2013. Several achievements through NPD process can be cited:

• State programme for Water Management to 2040 was commented by OECD and UNECE.
• The OECD-Kazakhstan cooperation programme was signed in 2015.
• Kazakh-Russian bilateral committee on transboundary waters decided to launch a joint assessment on Ural river and Kigac tributary of Volga river.

The following meetings and missions have been taking place to assist Kazakhstan in the NPD process:

Name of the meeting	Date and place	LoP	Agenda	Minutes
7th NDP Steering Committee Meeting	14 December 2022, Astana	LoP (RUS)	Agenda (RUS)	Minutes (RUS)
6th NPD Steering Committee Meeting	20 November 2020,	-	-	-
5th NPD Steering Committee Meeting	12 July 2017, Astana	LoP	Agenda
4th NPD Steering Committee Meeting	30-31 May 2016, Borovoe	-	Agenda	Minutes
3rd NPD Steering Committee Meeting	15 May 2015, Astana	-	Agenda	Minutes
2nd NPD Steering Committee Meeting	14 October 2014, Astana	LoP	Agenda	Minutes
1st NPD Steering Committee Meeting	21 June 2013, Astana	LoP	Agenda	Minutes

Project Progress:

 

 

Further Reading

• Priorities, key achievements and plans for the future of water policy reforms in Kazakhstan (Country Review).
• Strengthening Shardara Multi-Purpose Water Infrastructure in Kazakhstan (OECD Publication)
• Sustainable Business Models for Water Supply and Sanitation in Small Towns and Rural Settlements in Kazakhstan (OECD Publication)
• Contribution to OECD Country Programme for Kazakhstan: Strengthening the Role of Multi-Purpose Water Infrastructure (Report)
• Review and Assessment of Mechanisms and Instruments of State Support to Agriculture, Rural Development and a Water Intensive Processing Industry Impacting the Water Sector in Kazakhstan (Report)
• Draft assessment of the water-food-energy-ecosystems nexus in the Syr Darya (Report)