WUA support and capacity building consulting services in irrigation management; SWIM

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Organization/Project: STATE INSTITUTION "PROJECT MANAGEMENT UNIT FOR FERGANA VALLEY WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT"

STRENGTHENING WATER AND IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT PROJECT (SWIM).

Title of your vacancy/procurement: WUA support and capacity building consulting services in irrigation management

Closing date: 13/01/2025 until 17:00 local time

Contact information: Documents are submitted to the address: Dushanbe, st. Shamsi, 5/1 (building of the Ministry of Energy and Water Resources, left wing, 9th floor, office of the PMU FVWRMP or by e-mail: fvwrmp@mail.ru).

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Short description: The Republic of Tajikistan received funding from the World Bank to cover the costs of the Strengthening Water and Irrigation Management Project (SWIM).
The project has four components: (i) Water Sector Reform and Institutional Strengthening, (ii) Improvement of Irrigation Systems, (iii) Project Management; and (iv) an emergency response component. The implementing agency is the Project Management Unit (PMU) under ALRI (PMU FVWRMP) and the Project Implementation Unit (PIU) under MEWR.
For the purposes of this consultancy, selected Consultant will technical assistance in support of strengthening capacity of WUAs in the country at the national and target schemes level. Strengthening capacity of WUAs is a long-term process that requires significant efforts. First, it is important to streamline support and monitoring of WUAs from an institutional point of view, so that these functions are performed not only within the framework of individual investment projects, but integrated through institutionalization and strengthening of the WUAs Support Unit within the ALRI. Secondly, WUAs support after the implementation of the initial list of activities to establish the boundaries of WUA, conduct basic training on water measurement, develop water management plans, strengthen financial management and establish good governance mechanisms, create an initial register of assets and users of irrigation water should be based on WUAs performance. The performance-based incentives for WUAs to be piloted under the project shall help to shape the policy for future incentive for improved on-farm irrigation management. The subject consultancy is expected to provide advisory, facilitation, capacity building and administration support to improve on-farm irrigation management through strengthening capacity of WUAs at the national and target scheme levels.