WATER USERS ASSOCIATIONS IN ARMENIA: CURRENT SITUATION AND FUTURE TRENDS
Experiences of Water Consumers Cooperatives accumulated in Armenia during the past six years have been mixed. Some cooperatives have provided evidence of being capable of organizing themselves and responding to the needs of their members more effectively than any central governmental organization. However, many other aspects are still unresolved. Created in 2001, the State Committee for Water Economy (SCWE) agreed recently to follow a more participatory approach in establishment of Water Users Associations and, on the basis of positive experiences worldwide, SCWE is willing also to scale up the process to the level of Water Users Federations.
Water users associations in Armenia : analysis of current situation and future trends
The experience of Water Consumers Cooperatives accumulated in Armenia during the past six years has been mixed. On one hand, some of the cooperatives have provided evidence of being potentially capable of organizing themselves and responding to the needs of their members more effectively than any central governmental organization. On the other hand, many other aspects are still unresolved. Created in 2001 the State Committee for Water Economy (SCWE) agreed recently to follow a more participatory approach in establishment of Water Users Associations and, on the basis of positive experiences worldwide, SCWE is willing also to scale up the process to the level of Water Users Federations.
Water policy and water markets : selected papers and proceedings from the World Bank's ninth annual irrigation and drainage seminar, Annapolis, Maryland, December 8-10, 1992
This volume presents selected papers and proceedings from the World Bank's Ninth annual Irrigation and Drainage Seminar held December 8 - 10 in Annapolis, Maryland. The volume has three Sections. Section I (Water Policy) has the text of a keystone address on water issues in the Middle East and North Africa plus portions of the executive summary of the World Bank's 1993 water resources policy paper and a paper emphasizing the use of a model to influence policy decisions in China's Yellow River Basin. Section II (Irrigation and Drainage) reviews the World Bank's irrigation and drainage experience and the attitudes of water resources professionals towards problems in this area. Section III (Water Markets) contains seven papers on general aspects of water markets, observations on their suitability for several regions of the world, and case studies including Chile, the western United States, Mexico, and Spain.