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Integrated River Basin Planning: India and the EU share experience on policy and practice
Summary
Summary
Background
The proposed IWRM Roadmap for the Pamba River Basin has been developed
under the APSF (Action Plan Support Facility) Project financed by the European
Union. The Pamba Pilot Project’s aim was to deliver “Policy Support to Integrated
River Basin Management” and to contribute to the continuing EU-India policy
dialogue in the water sector.
The Water Resources Department of the Government of Kerala has shown
commitment towards a more integrated approach to water management planning.
It has initiated the adoption of IWRM principles in its Water Policy as well as
approved the establishment of a Pamba River Basin Authority represented by
various governmental sectors, responsible for the management of the Pamba River,
both being signs of strong political will to bring water management into line with
international best practice. By agreement between the Government of India and the
European Union it was decided that the present project should provide assistance
to the Government of Kerala by piloting Integrated Water Resources Management
(IWRM) in the Pamba River Basin. As a result, one of the activities that has been
implemented under the water sector component of the APSF-Environment technical
assistance is the development of a pilot study on IWRM in the Pamba River Basin,
State of Kerala.
The implementation on this activity resulted in the organization of a number of
targeted workshops comprising:
• Sharing EU experience and practices
• IWRM training and use of IWRM planning tools
• Stakeholder consultations on water resources issues
• Management constraints faced within the present water management
framework
• Possible actions to improve management constraints
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