1. UNDP Project PPCR (Pilot Program for Climate Resilience)
Adaptation to Climate Change to assess institutional potential and improved awareness
on climate change in Tajikistan
October 14, 2011
Kurgan-Tube
Protocol to training in Kurgan-Tube
On participatory approach
On potential assessment and improved awareness
on climate change in Republic of Tajikistan
Location: Kurgan-Tube, Khatlon Region (oblast), Tajikistan.
Participants: see Annex 1.
Objective of the training: Improve awareness of the interested parties in climate
change in Tajikistan. Review of the core of the problem, analysis of resolutions,
definition of the climate change problem to ensure the in-depth understanding of
economical, social and ecological problems. Laying the grounds for further improved
potential of different stakeholders in the context of adaptation to climate change by
using a methodological instrument – a participatory approach.
Agenda
October 14, 2011, Kurgan-Tube, Khatlon oblast
8:30 – 9:00 Registration
9:00 – 9:20 Welcoming words from the Tajik CAREC office.
Opening and presentation of participants
Project review
Objective of the training
Presentation of participants and information on their grouping
9:20 – Upcoming priorities
Sessio
10:45
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Plenary discussions and group work
10:15 – 10: 45 group presentations
10:45 – Coffee break
11:00
11:00 – Climate change impact review at the oblast level
Session
13:00 Review of the climate change impact (presentation); 15 min
Group work
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12: 15 -13:00 Group presentations, 10 mins each
13:00 – Lunch
14:00
14:00 – Review of the key PPCR components and their regional relevance
sion
Ses
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15:45 Review of the 3 main PPCR components,
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2. Group work
15:45 – Coffee break
16:00
16:00 – PPCR components at the oblast level
16:45 Group presentations – 1 component for each group, each presentation
5-7 minutes.
16:45 – Key actions to advance to adaptation and sustainable
Session
17:45 development
Group work
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Plenary discussions
17:45 – Other steps and seminar closing
18:00
The first session of the training was dedicated to discussing the problems in all the
spheres of the country, with primary accent onto social, economic and ecological
components. The plenary discussion was on the future priorities for the key sectors.
This subject for first unfolded on the background of ecological problems, then with the
involvement with the other participants they began to discussing more specific issues of
general economic and specific economy sectors. Some of the issues were soil
salination, problems of low ecological culture and problems with drinking water.
Then the participants were offered to split into groups to discuss these issues in more
narrow format where each of the problems could be viewed and recorder after
consultations with specialists. The first session ended up with the analysis of all social
problems and negative aspects in all sector of economy.
The second session was dedicated to discussing already considered problems to
identify objectives until 2040. Each participant was given a chance to analyze and
coordinate in own group an opinion on how the key national industries shall adapt and
change for the upcoming 25-30 years, and how to achieve these goals in practice, not
on paper. The groups were discussing various issues related to improved living
standards of people and dependence of farmers on bad weather conditions, problems
solving with food shortage, prophylactics of diseases and viruses. Al the proposals
submitted by participants were given in the form of short proposal and presented by the
end of the work.
The third session began with presentation of the Climate change impact in Tajikistan;
this presentation showed the consequences of the climate change onto some aspects
of human life and analysis of the impact into key economy sectors.
The followed group work to discuss the key climatic impacts, their consequences and
available potential, and further potential development for perspective. The participants
have voiced such impacts as drought, - to their mind, this is the most expressed
manifestation of climate change; floods due to heavy rains, water logging, soil salination
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3. and lack of food. As the participants mentioned, resolution of the food security issue can
result to decreased diseases and improved public health.
The fourth and final part of the training was dedicated to the key impacts on the way to
adaptation and sustainable development where participants discussed interaction of the
PPCR components with the selected models of future development. The participants
reviewed certain actions to consider the interests of vulnerable and people with low
income, and the issues of gender sensitivity towards women.
The Training details
The training began at 8:30 with the registration.
The welcoming words by Musoev Z.
-review the Project description,
-presentation of the participants.
Presentation by Rakhimov B
-Review of the PPCR Project.
- Project objectives.
- Procedural remarks.
-Importance of the participants contribution and how their contribution will be used in the
Project
Picture 1. Opening of sessions
Plenary discussion
The participants were offered to identify current social and economic problems in the
region with special focus on ecological and economical problems in the region, the key
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4. industries which were identified as priority during the preliminary seminar. All the
proposals registered on the flip-chart titled General Problems in the Region.
The participants were divided into 3 groups with one specialist in each group.
Picture 2. Participants of workshop
Group work
Session 1
Future priorities by key sectors
Social, economic and ecological trends focused on key industries/economy
sectors.
Each group was given a table to fill up
1. Define the key trends in the region and, if needed, other trends in the region with
the focus on key industries which were identified as priority during the preliminary
seminar.
Picture 3. Participants are working by groups on offered items
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5. Session 2
Review climate impacts on the oblast level
Draft objectives for the future as desirable and probable vector of future
development of the regions until 2040.
1. Understanding on how the industries shall change during this timeframe and
how to identify the selected objectives
2. Create descriptive part from the filed up tables.
3. Presentation by groups.
Picture 4. Participants presented their goup findings
Session 3
Presentation by Rakhmonov B. on climate change impact in Tajikistan.
Review of the key PPCR components and their relevance to the region
Define future potential climatic impacts and necessary actions and potential
1. Understand and define climate change consequences in the frames of their
objectives and description of the region.
2. Define accessible and necessary potential as important steps to address the
impacts
3. Define key additional goals/actions necessary to address (adapt and mitigate)
climate change impacts.
4. Group presentation.
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6. Picture 5. Facilitation of work in one of the group
Session 4
Key impacts to improved adaptation and sustainable development
Assessment of sustainability of the future system and critical actions.
1. Fill up the form.
2. Concentrate on objectives and the needs relevant to the PPCR investments
3. Select objectives (up to 3) until 2040 by using these actions, accessible potential
and the needs to create concise key strategies for mid- and long-term
perspective
Picture 6. Participants work during the last training sessions
All findings made by participants of the training are shown in Annex 2.
Training closure: final remarks by Rakhimov B.
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7. Annex 1
List of participants
№ Name Organization Contact details Signature
1 Gafurova Z. Jamoat “Orien” 907 59 44 40
2 Kiemov I. Jamoat “Orien” 919 42 60 00
3 Makhmudova L. Farm “Bekhruz” 919 37 07 82
4 Sirozova R. Farm “Rasul” 2-38-64
5 Makhmudova К. Farm “Khuchanazar” 93 861 46 35
6 Nozimov О. Regional Chief Department on 91 95789 82
agriculture
7 Kholov Т. Regional Chief Department on 91 954 94 94
agriculture
8 Kodirov Kh. Chairman of environment 2-57-47
protection committee of district
9 Nosirov S. Chairman of land administration 2-29-55
committee
10 Nuraliev I. State University of Kurgan-Tube
named by N.Khusrav
11 Karimova G. State University of Kurgan-Tube 91 952 18 36
named by N.Khusrav
12 Saidakhmadova Sh. State University of Kurgan-Tube 93 404 97 00
named by N.Khusrav
13 Kurbonova R. Farm “Kobilchon” 93 585 83 34
14 Imomov B. Project management unit of 93 526 26 00
Fergana valley water resource
management
15 Elmurodov А. Water Department of Kurgan-Tube 918 24 25 51
16 Sharipov Ch Deaprtment of the Committee 918 65 86 16
Emergency situations in Kurgan-
Tube
17 Nasrulloev Sh. Department of environment 93 423 36 00
protection of Kurgan-Tube
18 Odinaev K.S Regional land administration 904 095 558
committee
19 Zievutdinov Т. Transport Department of Kurgan- 93 803 75 07
Tube
20 Abdulloev R. Kurgan-Tube farm 93 520 43 29
21 Khochaev N. Kurgan-Tube farm 93 591 41 61
22 Sattorov K. Senior Doctor of Medical Centre of 919 15 55 97
Kurgan-Tune
23 Gadoev Sh. Project Management Centre, 988 64 00 73
WRFV Project
24 Grigorov S. OSCE, filed officer 98 105 06 23
25 Khvostenko S. OSCE, assistant 918 42 19 43
26 Yusufov Kh. Land administration committee 904 45 79 02
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8. Annex 2
Findings of workshops made by participants in Khatlon region
(Kurgan-Tube, 14 October 2011)
PPCR Components Key actions to improve wellbeing of How to improve PPCR
(Group1) poor people - tender actions based on our data
Improved capacity to 1.Seminars and meetings with poor 1.Training on disaster risks
climate change people on adaptation to climate change reduction
2. Create female cooperatives to provide 2. Forestation of river
with food and water resources banks.
3.Improved access to credits 3.Repair roads, reduce
4.Build storehouses for products private vehicle use tax.
4.Improve access to credits
for poor strata.
Sustainable 1.Support local personnel, better salaries 1.Create anti-hail service
development of land and incentives centers
resources for improved 2.Better conditions for poor stratus 2.Inform public on the
agriculture 3.Improved access to seeds seeding time by using cell
4.Improved conditions of farms to phones.
agricultural machinery and agro-
technologies
Climate stability 1.Erect coast-protecting structures 1.Create water reservoir on
management in Pyanj 2.Mini-HPESs Pyanj river to resist
river basin 3.Create water reservoir on Kafirnighon droughts.
river to irrigate lands in Kabodiyan and 2.Create ponds for fisheries
Shakhrituz rayons on Pyanj river.
4.Create teams to work on coast- 3.Use Pyanj river for
protecting structures irrigation.
PPCR components, Key actions to improve wellbeing of How to improve PPCR
Group 2 poor people - tender actions based on our data.
Improved capacity to 1. Prepare qualified personnel
climate change 2. Create information centers at the 1. Grant loans to poor
expense of international banks stratas
3. Development of training materials, 2. TV warning channels
visual aids on lands on emergencies
4. Create re-trainings centers for
specialists abroad.
Sustainable 1. Provide poor people with 1. Create seed banks
development of land equipment and land 2. Allocate money to
resources and 2. Provide for materials for anti- construct
improved agriculture erosion campaigns meteorological station
3. Allocate funds for animals
selection
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9. Improved climatic 1. Center on emergencies warning in 1. Train risk
sustainability in Pyanj Pyanj river basin. management under
river basin. 2. Draft evacuation plan under emergencies
emergencies. 2. Create fast response
teams, equip with
machinery
PPCR components, Key actions to improve wellbeing of How to improve PPCR
Group 3 poor people - tender actions based on our data.
Improved capacity to 1. Seminars on taxation etc. 5. out-of-classes training
climate change 2. Develop visual aids groups in schools.
3. Locate resources and cooperate 6. Create information
with international funds centers.
4. Cooperation between agencies on
climate change
Sustainable 1. Correct lands distribution. 1. Create machine
development of land 2. Correct use of pastures depot for
resources and 3. Reconstruction of CDS agriculture
improved agriculture 4. New plantations and forest shelter 2. Soil erosion
belt. protection
measures
Improved climatic 1.Create forest shelter belt 1.Create information centers
sustainability in Pyanj 2.Build and reconstruct dams. for poor people
river basin 3.Resettle people 2.Build new bridges and
4.River water control, create roads in case of emergencies
water piping system in villages 3.Create warehouses to
stock food, fuel and
lubricants during
emergencies
Key impacts, Group 1 Infection disease
Description of 1. Humidity (ponds to grow rice, poisoning)
consequences
2. Contamination of drinking water (typhoid)
3. Low living standards in Khatlon (TB)
Accessible adaptation 1. CDS clean-up
potential
2. Extermination of parasites (flies, mosquitoes), streets
clean up, disinfection
3. Drinking water chlorination and filtering
4. Construction rules on river banks.
5. Follow sanitary and hygiene norms in settlements and
houses
6. Improve living standards of population
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10. 7. Every 6 months 6 X-ray local population
Required adaptation 1. Provide people with mosquito nets.
potential
2. Information campaign at schools and
kindergartens
3. Prophylactic measures for local population
4. Free medicinals for the needy
5. Drink only boiled water
6. Establish laboratory for water treatment
7. Seminars on water use
8. Regular seminars to inform on infection diseases
and TB
9. Information campaigns on sanitary norms in
schools and kindergartens
Key impacts, Group 2 Drought
Description of Hunger, misery, high mortality rate, lack of
consequences drinking water, high migration rate, soil erosion,
deforestation, infection disease, reduced number
of cattle, bad irrigation
Accessible adaptation Correct cultivation of crops, permanent grass,
potential autumn land tilting, precipitation-filled water
reservoirs.
Required adaptation - Improved climate change resistance of seeds
potential - Centers to grow climate-resistant cultures
- Afforestation
- Provide people with clean drinking water, improved public
culture on water piping
- Create water reservoirs in settlements
- Use of world best achievements in water supply
- Avoid infection disease during droughts
- Inform people on weather change
String consequences, Long-term plantations
Group 3
Description of А.Rise of water levels in rivers
consequences Б.Elevated villages (Kulyab, Khorassan, Djami, Pyanj,
Khamadoni )
В. Wash out of roads, bridges and villages
Г. Loss of fertile soil (takyr)
Д. Soil erosion
Е. Reduction of agricultural crops
Accessible adaptation 1. Resettlement of population
potential
2. Bank-improvement works (Pyanj, Yakhsu, Surkhob, Obi
Tokhir, Vakhsh).
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11. Required adaptation 1. Create meteorological centers in oblast, timely informing the
potential public.
2. Create water reservoirs in mountain areas for summer
irrigation and increased number of cattle on pastures
3. Free water tanks (5-10 tons capacity).
Sector, group 1 Main problems Consequences
- drinking water treatment -infection diseases;
Water - put in order of drainage system - reduction of agricultural
- absence of watering machinery crop yields;
- poor drinking water supply - aggravation of ecological
situation
- obsolete electric power transformers - equipment out of order
Energy - irregular electricity supply - failure of home appliances
- absence of alternative sources of (frigs, TV-sets etc)
energy (sun)
Agriculture - irrational use of land resources -increase of bad and
- incorrect distribution of land resources degraded land (out of
- lack of irrigation water turnover)
- lack of local agricultural specimen - decreased crops;
- desertification
- lack of training classrooms - worsening of educational
Other: - lack of workplaces level of children;
Migration - bad condition and lack of rubbish dump - increased cases of
Public health
sites diseases
Sector, group 2 Main problems Consequences
- lack of drinking water; - poverty
Water - lack of irrigated land lots - reduced crop yield and
- irrational use of water; food supplies
-high price to water - diseases
- rise of ground water level - soil degradation.
- lack of electricity in winter - trees felling
Energy - lack of electric parts - diseases
- low quality of bulbs and their utilization - economic damage
- pollution of environment
Agriculture - lack of financing to procure agricultural - economic damage
machinery, fertilizers - reduced crop yield
- loss of agricultural lands - conflict situations
- incorrect land distribution; - unsatisfied population
- increase (incorrect) land tax
- absence of practical aid to land users
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12. Other: -incorrect workplaces distribution - economic and social
Migration - low salary damage
Public health - outmigration of specialists, esp young; - migration of experts
- brain drain. -break up of families
Sector, group 3 Main problems Consequences
Water - lack of drinking water in oblast; - infection diseases
- lack of irrigation water; - reduced crop yields
- absence to obtain boiled water.
-lack of electricity - negative social impacts
Energy - lack of gas, coal - negative influence to
- high price to fuel resources industrial enterprises
- failure of pumping stations
to supply water.
Agriculture -pumping stations idling, bad quality of - reduced crop yields
drainage system - loss of agricultural lands
- lack of early season cultures
Other: - absence of jobs -increasing migration,
Migration - absence of medical control of public - hard life to women;
Public health health. - low salary;
- rise of ground water level. - absence of kindergartens
- lack of food
- diseases (TB etc)
HIV/AIDS Prophylactics of repatriate migrants
Sector Group 1, goals to 2040 Achieving goals
Water 1.correct use of drainage system 1.financing to CDS clean-up
2. change of piping in blocks of flats
Energy 1.complete construction of mini-HPES 1. Finish construction,
2.create conditions for hot water supply control quality of works
in rayon and cities 2. supply natural gas and
electricity to houses
1. provide better sorts of seeds to 1. use of climate-resistant
Agriculture farmers seeds
2. crop rotation due to the second 2. provide agriculture of oil,
round seeding lubricants and qualified
3. selection of new better types of farmers/specialists
cattle (milk, skin, fur)
4. increase of agricultural produce on
the uncultivated land
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13. 1. increase of jobs in agriculture, 1. build new factories and
Other: migration construction etc. plants
and public health 2. medical prophylactics of 2. create medical outlets in
population every 6 months. rural areas.
3. better conditions for disabled, 3.create a clinic for patients
homeless and suffering from suffering from nervous
nervous disorders. disorders and free of charge
medicinal
Sector Group 2 Goals to 2040 Achieving goals
- provide people with drinking water - water canals construction and
Water - effective use of water resources rehabilitation
- create small and larger water -create water reservoirs (small
reservoirs. and big)
- inventory of ground water resources - new legal acts and
- correct water use tax. continuation of research works
-fully resolve the energy problem - construct small and large
Energy - effective use of electricity. HPES, solar and wind power
- correct power distribution stations.
- reduce price to electric energy - effective use of the budget
inside of the country
Effective use of land
Agriculture - improved cultivated specimen
efficiency 2 times will provide for 80%
of domestic market with local food
- select new climate-resistant types of
cultivated specimen (seeds)
- 90% decrease of migration levels
Other: migration - assistance to population with low
and public health income
Sector Group 3 Goals to 2040 Achieving goals
1.effective use of water 1.water use control
2.ground water treatment. 2.full water supply of
Water 3. canals clean-up population with piped water.
4.drinking water filtering and treatment 3.laboratory analysis of
5.water supply to blocks of flats drinking water.
6.water to elevated regions
7. land planning
1) electricity supply to population 1)effective use of electricity
Energy 2)construct small HPESs 2) heliostations (sun)
3) organize legal centers for farmers
(food exports)
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14. Repair pumping station Allocate funds from the state
Clean up drainage canals and non-governmental
Agriculture Provide farmers with modern programs.
technologies Training courses for the
Clean up the trash boxes leaders of the farms
Construct irrigation canals by lend Organize elevated cattle
leveling breeding complexes to adapt
Provide farmers with quality seeds to climate change
Create small businesses (textile, fruits
processing)
Plant more orchards (various)
Organization and adoption of state and 1.supply cities and oblast with
public programs to prevent infections qualified staff
Other: migration disease 2.organize centers to control
and public health
engagement of Tajik women
with foreigners
Main problems
- increased ground water level
- collectors flooding
- salination of 22.000 ha of land
- some 1 mln of population drink ground water
- lack of electric power
- lack of food
- diseases
- problems with land use
- desertification
- financing to divide residence for poor people
- restoration of electricity supply
- remove garbage from rubbish dumps
Goals for 3 years
Gr-1
- create food warehouses
- clean up of collectors and drainages
Gr -2
- increase agricultural lands
Gr -3
- restore technical equipment in power supply (transformers etc)
-repair pumps
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15. - high quality seeds and animals
- problems with drinking water
Goals for 5 years
Gr -1
-municipal electric transport
- farmers information center
Gr -2
- construction and processing of fruits in mountain regions
- study and effectively use water resources
Gr -3
- restore and construct highways (transport)
- city-link and interrayon passenger transport.
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