Establishment of Kazakstan Knowledge Center on Integrated Water Resources Management

As envisaged in the TA’s risk analysis, changes in government and weak government support for the project can create risks in the implementation of the TA. Fortunately, team efforts at the resident mission and the increase of government support created consistency of the TA with the ADB country partnership strategy for Kazakhstan for 2017–2021 that commits extensive support to water and agriculture sectors, indicating IWRM as a key area for intervention. The TA was designed to highlight an existing knowledge gap using the best technical applications. The results of TA were successfully presented and appreciated by all stakeholders.