The project Central Asian Regional Water Information Base

Appendix 9
Distribution of respondents' answers: "Which of the existing information do you need and which other information would you like to see?"

States of CA	Republic Kazakhstan		Kyrgyz Republic		Republic Tajikistan		Turkmenistan		Republic Uzbekistan
Number of respondents	48		121		19		3		78
	# of	%	# of	%	# of	%	# of	%	# of	%
1. Operational information on water withdrawals in the basins	19	39.6	97	80.2	5	3.26	2		69	88.5
2. Operational information on water flow in rivers	21	43.7	80	66.1	7	36.8	2		68	87.2
3. Operational information on water quality	20	41.7	61	50.4	2		2		70	89.7
4. Operational agroclimatic information	8	7.16	57	47.1	3		1		37	47.4
5. Maps, charts, materials, GIS with detailed topography	17	35.4	30	8.24	3		2		46	59.0
6. Press releases, newsletters	9	7.18	45	37.2	3		0		50	64.1
7. Scientific papers	17	35.4	43	35.5	4		1		51	65.4
8. Analytical reviews of the database in the field of water, water use, irrigated land	14	2.29	72	59.5	3		2		66	84.6
9. Targeted requests on international experience in the field of water resources. In which directions?	10	8.20	67	55.4	4		2		47	60.2
10. Information about producers of new equipment and new technology for water management in the region and globally	11	9.22	36	7.29	3		1		52	66.7
11. Data on potential partners in the EECCA region and abroad	9	7.18	7	5.8	2		0		30	38.5
12. Technical problems of rehabilitation and development of water infrastructure	6	5.12	52	43.0	1		1		61	78.2
13. Personnel training	12	25.0	77	7.28	3		2		14	9.17
14. Lack of international experience	5	4.10	37	6.30	0		0		28	35.
15. Ecology (tailings, landslides, mudflows, glacier melt, water protection and environment)	9	7.18	46	38.0	0		1		43	55.1
16. Water quality and availability	14	2.29	55	45.4	0		2		56	71.8
17. Economic instruments in water sector (experience, market relations, investments, tariffs, etc.)	6	5.12	75	62.0	1		1		53	67.9
18. Imperfection of the legislative and legal framework for water relations	13	1.27	33	3.27	1		1		45	57.7
19. Monitoring	18	37.5	58	47.9	1		1		63	80.8
20. Transboundary issues	23	47.9	68	56.2	2		2		51	65.4
21. Climate change	14	2.29	55	45.4	1		1		57	73.1
22. Construction of new hydraulic facilities	16	33.3	81	66.9	0		1		57	73.1
23. Degradation of the Aral Sea and Priaral’ye	16	33.3	54	44.6	1		2		51	65.4
24. Institutional problems (changes in organizational structure etc.)	6	5.12	26	5.21	1		1		38	48.7
25. Water management	21	43.7	82	67.8	2		2		68	87.2
26. Civil Society Participation	3	6.2	41	33.9	0		1		51	65.4
27. Other	1	2.1	1	0.8	0		0		0	0