Scientific-Information Center ICWC

About

Scientific-Information Center (since 1992) is an information and analytical body, which develops methods and approaches of prospective development, improvement of water management and ecological situation in the basin. It is locaten in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. SIC is collaborating with a network of scientific and design organizations of the five countries of Central Asia.

Invitation For Cooperation

SIC ICWC invites donor organizations interested in the Central Asian region to cooperate. Our range of activities is listed below:

• Water and agriculture;
• Irrigation and melioration;
• Water law;
• Information Technology;
• Remote sensing and GIS;
• Development of information systems and applications.

Some Completed Projects

SIC ICWC is engaged in coordination of international projects, and also takes part in reviewing them and carrying out scientific researches as co-executor.

• “Principal Provisions of the Water Management Strategy in the Aral Sea Basin”, funded by the Global Environmental Facility (GEF), 1995-1997;
• “Management of Upper Catchments”, project 6.1 of Aral Sea Basin Program (GEF, the World Bank), 1996;
• Preparation of ToR for GEF Project “Water Resources and Environmental Management in the Aral Sea Basin”;
• Preparation of FAO technical paper No. 15 “Irrigation in the Former Soviet Union Countries in Figures”, 1997;
• “Evaluation of Previous Pilot Projects on Irrigation and Drainage in Central Asia”, the World Bank, 1997-1999;
• “Automated System of Management and Control of “Dustlik” Interstate Canal Headwork”, funded by CIDA, 1997-1999;
• “CROPWAT Model Adaptation for Assessment of Agricultural Crops Water Consumption in Central Asia”, FAO, 1997-1998;
• “Development of Recommendations on Cost and Incomes Distribution under Joint Interstate and Inter-Sectoral Use of Water-Power System on Transboundary Rivers”, USAID, 1998;
• “Modeling of the Optimal Regime of the Naryn-Syrdarya Cascade Operation”, (EPIC Program), USAID, 1999-2000;
• “Water Resources and Environmental Management in the Aral Sea Basin”. Component A-2 “Participation in Water Conservation”, (GEF, the World Bank), 1999-2000;
• “Water Resources and Environmental Management in the Aral Sea Basin”, Component Е “Wetlands Restoration, Sudochie lake”, (GEF, the World Bank), 1999-2000;
• Diagnostic report on UN/SPECA project “Rational and effective water resources use in Central Asia”, 2001;
• “Water Resources Management and Agricultural Production”, (program EU TACIS WARMAP-1), 1995-1997;
• “Water Resources Management and Agricultural Production” program EU TACIS WARMAP-2), 1998-2000;
• “Remote Monitoring of Agricultural Production in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan”, (program EU TACIS – ISEAM), 1999-2001;
• “Assessment of Social-Economic Damage under the Influence of the Aral Sea Level Lowering”, RFBR, INTAS, 1999-2001;
• “Aral Sea Basin Development Program”, UNDP project, “Creation of Model Instrument on the Basis of Interaction of Water Resources, Socio-Economic Development and Nature in Central Asian States for Training and Use of Decision Makers”;
• “Dialogue about Water and Climate: Aral Sea Basin Case Study”, UNDP, 2002;
• “Integrated Water Resources Management for Wetlands Restoration in the Aral Sea Basin”, NATO Science Programme “Science for Peace”;
• “Crop Irrigation Management For Combating Irrigation Induced Desertification In The Aral Sea Basin (CIRMAN-ARAL)”, EU INCO-Copernicus program. Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal, organizations of Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan participate in the work;
• “The rehabilitation of the ecosystem and bioproductivity of the Aral Sea under conditions of water scarcity”, INTAS project; specialists of Russia and Uzbekistan participate in the work with the coordination of Austrian specialists;
• “Economic assessment of joint and local measures on the reduction of socio-economic damage in the coastal zone of Aral Sea”, INTAS project; specialists of Russia, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan participate in the work with the coordination of Austrian specialists;
• “Information-Consulting Center (ICC) on European Commission Sixth Framework Programme (FP6)”;
• “RIVERTWIN — A Regional Model for Integrated Water Management in Twinned River Basins”;
• “TWINBASINXN — Promoting Twinning of River Basins for Developing Integrated Water Resources Management Practices”;
• Regional Research Network “Water in Central Asia” (CAWa);
• “Improved information exchange on water resources in EECCA countries based on the Central Asian Regional Water Information Base (Phase II)”;
• “Central Asia Regional Water Information Base (CAREWIB)”. Specialists of SIC ICWC, GRID-Arendal and UNECE and water organizations of Central Asian states are involved in the activities;
• “Integrated Water Resources Management in Fergana Valley” (IWRM-Fergana), funded by SDC. International Water Management Institute (IWMI), organizations of Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan take part in the work;
• “Cooperative Program for Capacity Building for IWRM Planning and Management for Central Asia”;
• “Water Productivity Improvement at Plot Level”;
• “Rural Enterprise Support Project (Phase II) - Swiss Government Parallel Grant Financing for Sub-components 2b and 2c”;
• “Transboundary Water Management in Central Asia Programme (GIZ TWMCA)”;
• “Capacity Building for Integrated Water Resources Planning and Management for Central Asia”;
• “Green Growth Framework for Water Security in the Aral Sea Basin”.

Information

• Email: sda.sic.icwc@gmail.com
• Website: http://cawater-info.net/
• Phone: +998903218391
• Location: Тошкент, Uzbekistan
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/denis.sorokin.92

Taxonomy

• Research Institute
• Water Management & Security
• Software & Modelling
• Water
• Agriculture & Forestry
• IT