National preparatory high-level meeting on water governance
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The OSCE Programme Office in Astana in partnership with the Agriculture Ministry and through the support of the Swiss Embassy will hold a national preparatory high-level meeting on water governance in the OSCE area.
The event will include over 100 representatives from the government, business and nongovernmental sectors as well as Aarhus Centres. The participants will review the best national and international experience in the area of water governance and identify the ways to comply with international standard requirements and learn best practices. The event also serves for preparation for Kazakhstan’s delegation to the OSCE Economic and Environmental Forum that will take place in Prague on 14-16 September, 2015.
The conference will be complemented by a one-day training workshop for representatives of the water basin councils, the Aarhus Centres and environmental non-governmental organizations on challenges and gaps in implementation of the national Water Management Programme.
The event is part of the Programme Office's longstanding efforts to strengthen the political commitment for water governance reforms in the country.