Water resources policy and administrative management

Practically all water basins of Kazakhstan are transboundary ones, and each faces pollution problem and lack of water resources. Kazakhstan had signed and ratified a number of conventions and agreements on environment, some of them directly touch water problems, such as Convention on protection and use of transboundary water basins, the Frame agreement on water partnership, and others. But international water issues are not enough highlighted in mass media. The project is directed to raising awareness of a wide audience about problems connected to transboundary water resources, and also attraction of the public to the decision of these problems. Within the project framework a research "public participation in solving international waters pollution issues "is arranged to reveal information sources, experts and to define the themes to be further highlighted in 6 issues of electronic bulletin. Besides, a number of bulletin printed copiesn will be spread out all over the country to involve a wide audience into discussion of existing transboundary water problems on the bulletin pages, on the web-site. Expected results: 1) A research public participation in solving international waters pollution issues will be carried out, the results and all the materials (including experts comments on the problem) will be published in the bulletin. 2) 6 thematic issues devote to the transboundary water problems numbers will be prepared and electronically sens to 600 subscribers all over the country (NGOs, local authorities, academicians, etc). 3) 6 printed versions of the bulletin will be published and send to 100 recipients in different areas of the country 4) Active public will be involved into a wide discussion of the water problems by means of publication and distribution of the bulletin. Free access to the materials of the project on www.ecoforum.kz site will be arranged.

Kazakhstan