THE IFAS BOARD MEETING

The IFAS Board meeting held on April 24, 2007 in Almaty, Republic of Kazakhstan in the framework of ICWC Anniversary.

Official delegations of the states-founders of IFAS headed by the IFAS Board members (representative members), Directors of EC IFAS Branches and members of the Executive Committee of IFAS, representatives of CAREC, Japan Water Forum, АPWF, Global Water Partnership, GWP CACENA, UNDP, UNESCO etc have attended this meeting.

The meeting was chaired by the Chairman of the Water Resources Committee under the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan Mr. Anatoly Ryabtsev.

Minister of melioration and water resources of the Republic of Tajikistan Mr. Masaid Homidov has read out the Address of the President of IFAS, the President of the Republic of Tajikistan H.E. Mr. Emomali Rahmon to the participants of the IFAS Board meeting.

The Heads of the delegations of the Central Asian states also have addressed the salutatory speeches.

The IFAS Board has considered the following questions: 

• on ICWC activity for 15 years;

• on the Executive Committee of IFAS activity for the period of 2006 and the ASBP-2 realization, initiated by the Heads of the Central Asian states;

• Action plan of the IFAS Board for the next two years;

• On preparations to the 1st Asia-Pacific Water Summit;

• On the «Aral-HYCOS» and «Swiss Support to NHMS in the Aral Sea Basin» projects.

Acting Chairman of the Executive Committee of IFAS Mr. Sulton Rahimov has provided detail information on each of abovementioned questions. Participants of the meeting made some comments and proposals that were taken into account at the take decision. Aral-HYCOS project was widely discussed during the meeting. IFAS Board members by their decision have approved the «Aral-HYCOS» project and noted the necessity of its implementation for the strengthening capacity of NHMS of the region and the improvement of forecasting and assessment services through an enhanced hydrological information system, which is a core requirement for water resources management in the basin. It further entrusted the Executive Committee of IFAS to seek donor support for the project implementation.