WORKING GROUP ON IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE IN THE STATES UNDER SOCIO-ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION (WG-IDSST) | International Commission on Irrigation & Drainage (ICID)

The principal goal of the new Working Group on Irrigation and Drainage in States with Transition Economy is to facilitate a single platform of National Committees of ICID that belong to States characterized by transition economy, in overcoming certain mutual problems in Irrigation and Drainage.

It is well known that after the splitting up of former USSR States that were included in Warsaw collaboration or Soviet Union went through very difficult times to overcome the problems connected with changing economic, political and social situation, especially in rural area during the past two decades. These are characterized by some common features such as:

reduced size and direction of government subsidy to agriculture, water management, irrigation and drainage;
lack of investment not only in development of Irrigation and Drainage, but also in sustainability of these networks; and
lack of States’ attention to Irrigation and Drainage.

As result, in all these States, one can recognize that there is a:

reduction of irrigated area (it was 12 Mha or 5% of global irrigated area)
significant loss of organizations responsible for supporting infrastructure of irrigation and capacity building in water management
failure of Irrigation and Drainage science; an
lack of interest of young professional in Irrigation and Drainage.

The WG-IDSST aims to promote innovative approaches and necessary instruments to provide sustainable irrigation and drainage management within IWRM plans and RD projects in the countries of transition.

In addition to the below membership, representatives from FAO, IWRA and World Bank are Permanent Observers.

Mandate:

1. to develop and strengthen the network among the countries of transition on the basis of establishment of monitoring and evaluation of common problems in the States and bring it to the attention of decision-makers in states; 2. to create database and exchange of information about changing situation in Irrigation and Drainage in these States and to attract global and national attention to existing trends affecting global and national food security and wellbeing of rural population; especially related to climate change and ability to adapt to it; 3. to promote implementation of IWRM and broad-basing of stakeholders by popularizing the case studies and best practices explaining the real content of IWRM principles; 4. to monitor the ecological situation in the transition states, including problems of closed basin (Aral Sea, Lake Chad, Lake Victoria, Caspian Sea), rivers deltas, salinization and water logging, land desertification etc.; 5. to collect appropriate advance irrigation and drainage technology for u

Established : 2009

Membership

Sl. No.	Name	Email	Country	Position
1	Prof. Peter Kovalenko	pi*************	Ukraine	Chair
2	Dr. Shukhrat Mukhamedjanov	sh*************	Uzbekistan	Vice Chair
3	Dr. Shavkat M. Kenjabaev	ke*************	Uzbekistan	Secretary
4	Dr. Alexander Solovyev	34*************	Russia	Member
5	Dr. Andrii Shatkovskyi	an*************	Ukraine	Member
6	Mr. Baratov Rustam Okilovich	rb*************	Tajikistan	Member
7	Dr. Hassan Abu Bashar	me*************	Sudan	Member
8	Dr. Katsuyuki SHIMIZU	sh*************	Japan	Member
9	Dr. Mohamed Abd El Moneim Wahba	ms*************	Egypt	Member
10	Mr. Momir Vranes	mo*************	Australia	Member
11	Engr. Peter Yakube Manjuk	ym*************	Nigeria	Member
12	Mr. Rafaquat Ali	wa*************	Pakistan	Member
13	Eng. W.B. Palugaswewa	pa*************	Sri Lanka	Member
14	Dr. Ya-Wen Chueh	ya*************	Chinese Taipei Committee	Member
15	Mr. R.K. Agarwal	rk*************	India	Provisional Member
16	Dr. Usman Khalid Awan	u.*************	Pakistan	Provisional Member

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PRESENTATIONS+

Presentations of WG-IDSST Vitual Meeting, 26 May 2022

1. Role of Agricultural Drainage and Challenges Facing it in Africa by Dr. Mohamed A.S Wahba, Vice President Hon., ICID

2. Integrated Water Resources Management in Central Asia - Challenges, Experiences and Achievements by Dr. Shukhrat Mukhamedjanov

CA Water Information

Scientific Information Center of the Interstate Coordination Water Commission of Central Asia (SICICWC)

Presentations: Bali, Indonesia, 2019

Report: Chiang Mai, Thailand, 2016

Irrigation and Drainage in the States under Economic Transformation - Prof. Victor Dukhovny, Vice President Hon., ICID and Vice Chair, WG-IDSST (Uzbekistan)

Presentations: Gwangju, September 2014

Reports: Gwangju, September 2014

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The 69th IEC meeting held at Saskatoon, Canada in August 2018 recommended for the re-establishment of the WG-IDSST with a revised mandate and also suggested to report to PCTA under Strategy Theme ‘Basin’.

Special Work Team on Aral Sea Basin (ST-ARAL) renamed as Working Group on Irrigation and Drainage in States with Transition Economy (WG-IDST) at 60th IEC, 2009, New Delhi, India