Abdurashit Isabaev Email & Phone Number

Republic Of Казахстан, Kyrgyz Republic, Republic Of Tajikistan

Name of Projects: (i) Integrated Watershed Management for Improved Agro-pastoral Livelihoods in the Ishim River Basin Catchments of Kazakhstan;(ii) Enhancing economic independence and improving the situation of women in Central Asia through access to irrigation water and infrastructureClient: The Coca-Cola Fund (TCCF)Activities Performed: (i) Development of ToR for hiring the Consultant to conduct the diagnostic analyses on Ishim River; development of ToR for hiring Consultant to conduct trainings on water saving technologies and best agricultural practice; revision the Consultants’ reports.(ii) Development of ToR for hiring the Contractors for: (i) rehabilitation of watershed with associated irrigation infrastructure; (ii) establishment of demo plots with installation of water saving technologies; (iii) conducting the trainings and seminars on water saving technologies, best agricultural practice; and (iv) conducting the regional business forum and one exhibition to promote partnerships with private companies, microfinance institutions, traders, and 60 women entrepreneurs from each target country with access to inputs, equipment, and markets. Construction supervision, review reports. Ensuring the proper finalizing of all construction works and proper hand over to the respective owners through the hand-over act signed by partners.

South Karakalpakstan (Ellikkala, Beruniy And Turtkul Districts)

Project name: South Karakalpakstan Water Resources Management Improvement Project: Monitoring and Evaluation Component.Client: Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources / The World BankActivities Performed: I. Monitoring of physical aspects: Changes in the efficiency of water use, delivery efficiency of surface waterat different levels of the system, main canals, secondary canals, tertiary canals, off-farm canals, and on-farm canals (measured by system MASSCOTE); Changes in the area provided with improved irrigation and drainage services in ha; Consumption level of energy by pumps in MWh; Progress on preparation of the irrigation water distribution schedule.II. Monitoring of agricultural aspects: The impact on farming systems, cropping patterns, cropping intensities, cropped area, crop yields, and shifts towards high value crops; Changes in the area that produces non-cotton/non-wheat crop; Changes in percentage of cotton area harvested mechanically; Number of demonstration plots, and number of farmers that adopted new improved practices in sustainable agriculture and improved water resource management by farmers.III. Monitoring of activity WCA and training: Changes in performance of WCAs with covering institutional, financial and technical aspects; Monitoring provision of modern tools and maintenance equipment to WCAs to undertake on-farm maintenance activities of the on-farm I&D infrastructure; Content and number of training provided for BVO PAN-ISA, and LABAIS staff and FFS level of their satisfaction, number of participants dividing by male and female; Activity on demonstration plots, comparison with non-demonstration fields; Provided support to farmer to access to the lines of credit.

Uzbekistan

Project name: Irrigation and Drainage (I&D) Sector Performance AssessmentProject area: Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyz Republic Client: The World BankFinanced by: The World BankActivities Performed: Qualitative and quantitative I&D service provider performance assessment in the four Central Asian countries (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan), with the aim of (i) assessing the performance of I&D service delivery along the entire service delivery chain, (ii) identifying problems and challenges related to I&D service delivery, and (iii) formulating recommendations and proposed interventions aimed at improving the delivery of I&D services at all levels.

Ташкент, Узбекистан

Project name: Conduction capacity building training for national partners on Water-Energy-Food-Ecology Nexus in UzbekistanClient: UNDP CO in UzbekistanActivities Performed: 1. Develop the following thematic programs of training modules for conducting trainings:2. Develop training materials for the specified training modules in Russian through the implementation of the following subtasks:3. Together with the project team and national partners, form the composition of target groups in Uzbekistan to increase the capacity of stakeholders: (1) from representatives of key sectors for interconnection (NEXUS) within the project - a total of 20 people;4. Conduct a 2-day training in (Tashkent) Uzbekistan for target groups of government partners.

Ташкент, Узбекистан

Project name: National Water Resources Management Project in Uzbekistan, Phase 2 (7F-08308.02)Client: Swiss Agency for Development and CooperationActivities Performed: Midterm assessment of application of the modern water resources management practices and ICT tools developed by the project in the water sector of Uzbekistan. Assessment will be performed through conducting surveys at different levels of water management in Uzbekistan: national level - Ministry of Water Resources, Ministry of Agriculture and Information and Analysis Resource Center; regional level - Ministry of Water Resorces of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, Basin Irrigation Systems Administrations (BISA) and Irrigation System Administrations (ISA); district level - District Irrigation Departments and Water Consumers Associations; field level - farmers and other water consumers and users.

Узбекистан

Project name: Implementation of institutional strengthening activities for the Small Basin Council of the Uzbek part of the Padshaata riverClient: Tetra Tech ARD / US Agency for International Development (USAID)Activities Performed: Development of training module on operational best practices of Small Basin Councils (SBC) and Basin Councils (BC), organization and delivery of trainings for the Small Basin Council of the Uzbek part of the Padshaata river, identification of the governmental institution(s), responsible for capacity development, delivery of training for the water and water-related specialists on the local and national levels for transferring the developed training modules for further dissemination of knowledge across the country.

Узбекистан

Project name: National Water Resources Management Project in Uzbekistan, Phase 2 (7F-08308.02)Client: Swiss Agency for Development and CooperationActivities Performed: Baseline assessment of application of the modern water resources management practices and ICT tools developed by the project in the water sector of Uzbekistan. Assessment will be performed through conducting surveys at different levels of water management in Uzbekistan: national level - Ministry of Water Resources, Ministry of Agriculture and Information and Analysis Resource Center; regional level - Ministry of Water Resorces of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, Basin Irrigation Systems Administrations (BISA) and Irrigation System Administrations (ISA); district level - District Irrigation Departments and Water Consumers Associations; field level - farmers and other water consumers and users.

Ташкент, Узбекистан

Assignment name: Development of training materials on IWRM and Nexus approach for water collegesClient: Tetra Tech ARD / US Agency for International Development (USAID)Activities performed: Analysis of available training and educational materials on IWRM and the water-energy-food-ecology nexus; Development of two separate training modules on IWRM and Nexus approach; Submission and coordination of the developed training modules with the Ministry of Water Resources and the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation; Conducting trainings for teachers of water colleges in order to familiarize them with the developed training modules.

Казахстан

Project name: Identification of needs of water sector colleges of Uzbekistan to improve their educational programs and technical capacitiesClient: Tetra Tech ARD / US Agency for International Development (USAID)Activities Performed: Conduction of study the current educational processes and programs at five selected irrigation and amelioration colleges and submission of results. Preparation of the analytical report describing the current state, form of educational processes and programs as well as technical support needed. Presentation (during round table organized by the Project) of results of the assessment to the Ministry of Water Resources and Ministry of High and Specialized Secondary Education and identification of the priorities for further implementation under the Project.

Узбекистан

Project name: Development of Basin Plans for the pilot areas of the project in UzbekistanClient: Branch of the Regional Environmental Center for Central Asia (CAREC) in UzbekistanActivities Performed: Review of the existing Basin plans developed for another rivers. And based on results of this review develop the text of the Basin plans, which includes description of the analysis and assessment of the current situation in the pilot areas, status of the Government strategies and plans as well as donor projects aimed to development of the pilot areas, basin plans for the short-term and long-term perspectives.

Uzbekistan

Project name: Development of a Master Plan for the development of water resources monitoring system based on information and communication technologies in Uzbekistan and the creation of a unified information database of water management in UzbekistanClient: Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA)Activities Performed: Review (survey) of the organization, work and functions of the Ministry of Water Resources of the Republic of Uzbekistan and Basin Irrigation Systems Administrations. A study the existing softwares used in water resources management. Collection of data on watersheds (water sources): annual and seasonal discharge at least for the last 5 years, water catchment area, land use, population, water use by type. Collection data on hydroposts. Review of projects, laws and policies related to water resources

Uzbekistan

Project name: Conducting a situational analysis and preparation of a GIS maps for the Podshaota river basin and the Ymonzhar canalClient: Branch of the Regional Environmental Center for Central Asia (CAREC) in UzbekistanFinanced by: USAIDActivities Performed: Identification of problematic issues related to water resources that exist in the pilot areas in different directions and aspects, including irrigation and reclamation, agricultural, socio-economic, climatic, environmental, administrative, organizational, managerial, institutional and legal, production and technical etc., and the reflection of the analysis results on GIS maps

Namangan Province, Uzbekistan

Project name: Irrigation Modernization in Central AsiaClient: Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN / The World BankActivities Performed: (i) Providing the technical support to the FAO mission team during their stay in Uzbekistan (including field trips in the Namangan region), including participation in technical meetings, data collection and technical advice to the team on irrigation in Uzbekistan; (ii) Follow-up with the technical data and information requests after the mission completion, to make sure that the necessary technical inputs have been provided to the FAO team; and(iii) Meeting with the relevant people to collect data and conducting RAP.

Uzbekistan

Assignment name: TA-6498 REG: Knowledge and Innovation Support for ADB's Water Financing Program.Client: Asian Development BankActivities Performed:(i) Reviewing the cropping pattern, re-estimating the crop water requirement and irrigation water requirement, all of which were estimated at the approval of the project;(ii) Obtaining the data on current cropping pattern from the Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources, its district offices and the field survey;(iii) Assisting the project agriculture economist in developing additional scenarios for the conduct of additional sensitive analysis;(iv) Identifying additional factors need to be incorporated when updating economic and financial analysis;(v) Participating in the ADB midterm review mission and assist the mission in discussing with the executing agency and other stakeholders; and(vi) Contribute to the mission's writing-up of the memorandum of understanding.

Ferghana, Andijan And Namangan Provinces Of The Republic Of Uzbekistan

Project name: Ferghana Valley Water Resources Management Project Phase-II (FVWRMP-II)Client: The World Bank / Ministry of Agriculture and Water ResourcesActivities Performed: Assessment of surface water resources, describe and analyze internal and external water resources, determination of stream inflows – mean annual and 80% probable, assessment of Irrigation and Drainage sector (main canals, reservoirs, pump stations, boreholes, drainage system), preparation of current water use and future water demand by different sectors, analytical review of annual water budget in Ferghana Valley, analysis of water availability/ shortage, selection of optimal set of I&D interventions.

Ferghana Valley, Tashkent, Sirdarya, Samarkand, Kashkadarya, Bukhara Provinces

Project name: Sub-component 2b and 2c of the Rural Enterprises Support Project, Phase-II (RESP-II); Component 2 of the Water Resources Management Sector Project (WRMSP).Assist the ProjectClient: The Swiss Cooperation Office (SDC) in Tashkent Activities Performed: Responsible for detailed design, tender assistance and construction supervision. Supervise activities of the PCU Field Engineers in project districts to: Facilitate the development of efficient work schedules of contractors and adherence to said schedules to achieve timely completion of the construction; Maintain high standards of quality control; Assure completion of as-built drawings; Organize and participate in important meetings with contractors and local authorities; Assist in the organization and implementation of proper hand-over of works to beneficiaries. Visit the work sites to assess the work requirements. Develop necessary technical inputs for bid/tender and contract preparation for SDC-supported construction activities at project districts, including finalization of work requirements, finalization of related BOQs, finalization of technical specifications, testing requirements, etc. Provide progress and other reporting according to the formats and scheduling requirements of the project Team Leader. Supervision of Construction and Rehabilitation works.

Republic Of Uzbekistan And Kyrgyzstan

Project name: Designing Social Institutions in Transition: Promotion of Institutional Development for Common Pool Resources Management in Central AsiaClient: VolkswagenStiftung (Germany), Humboldt University of Berlin (Germany)Activities Performed: Selection and description of study cases in Uzbekistan and preparation of location maps of study cases; Participation in literature review on water management in Uzbekistan; Preparation of the draft of discussion paper;Preparation of the project leaflet;Participation in organization of the project meetings and policy dialogue workshops in Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan.

Jizzakh, Syrdarya And Tashkent Provinces Of The Republic Uzbekistan

Project name: JICA Water Management Improvement Technical Cooperation ProjectClient: JICAActivities Performed: Provide overall leadership to and coordination of the team;Prepare an overall implementation plan, and plans for each component of the project as well as the operation plan for the project consulting services for supervision and administration, and monitoring of project activities;Social Mobilization Activities in the pilot WUAs: Development of training program and materials by using Japanese experts’ experiences and methods (PD – process description method, video materials); conducting various theoretical and practical training activities on all aspects of WUA development, including trainings on water management by canal blocks, on water measurement, conducting maintenance (repair) works; training of trainers; day to day assistance to improve WUA sustainability; preparation of the weekly and monthly progress reports.

Tulkibas District, South Kazakhstan Province

Project name: Rehabilitation and reconstruction of the main canals in Tulkibas district of the South Kazakhstan provinceClient: Jer-ana Limited Liability Partnership (LLP)Activities Performed: Improving the irrigation water delivery services by means of reconsrtuction of the main canals in Tulkibas district of the South Kazakhstan province. Leading the design team in preparation of detailed designs of the main irrigation canals in Tulkibas district of the South Kazakhstan province. The total length of designed irrigation canals is 125 km with water structures.

Makhtaaral District, South Kazakhstan

Project name: Irrigation and Drainage Improvement Phase-II Project (IDIP-II)Client: Jer-Ana LLPActivities Performed: Leading the design team in preparation of detailed designs of irrigation and drainage system (8300 ha) in Makhtaaral district of the South Kazakhstan province (irrigation system within the K-18 and K-20 main canals system. The total length of designed irrigation canals is 168 km and drainage canals – 62 km. Preparation of the detailed design of the Zapadniy (Western) and Vostochniy (Eastern) main collectors with the total length 68 km.

Uzbekistan

Project name: Component 2: Technical Capacity Building. Program on Sustainable management of water resources in rural areas in UzbekistanClievt: UNDP-Uzbekistan / European Union / Ministry of Agriculture and Water ResourcesActivities Performed: Support to the Project Manager in the preparation of all required work planning and reporting in terms of their technical content including Annual Work Plan (AWP), Quarterly reports, Terminal Project report, Inception Reports.Defining the technical responsibilities and deliverables expected from national and international consultants and service providers recruited by the project and elaborate them in comprehensive Terms of Reference.Supervision of preparation of adequate work-plans, monitoring of progress, and provision of technical guidance as required.Ensure effective management of work towards defined project results by consultants recruited by the project through periodic technical staff management meetings.Reviewing, following up and finalization of all technical reports, best practices, lessons learned, publications, etc. prepared by the project.Contribute to the work of the Project Interagency Working Group and ensure that it effectively achieves its objectives (i.e. to achieve technical coordination and information exchange in the field between various projects partners to ensure complementarity and collaboration).Ensuring the practical tasks required to effectively implement the M&E plan are performed and that an appropriate database is established to enter, process and generate materials required to measure project progress towards indicators.Support the process of undertaking the mid and terminal Independent Evaluations.

Bukhara, Navoi And Kashkadarya Provinces, Uzbekistan

Project name: Land Improvement Project.Client: ADB / Ministry of Agriculture and Water ResourcesActivities Performed: Development of training program and materials; increase the WUA capacity building by conducting various training activities; day to day assistance to improve WUA sustainability.

South Karakalpakstan

Project name: Irrigation, Drainage and Wetlands Improvement Project, Phase I (previously Uzbekistan Drainage Project)Client: The World Bank / Ministry of Agriculture and Water ResourcesActivities Performed: Participation in the Command Area Rehabilitation (CAR) works analysis and leading designing process, assistance to Resident Engineer on CAR Contract management. Preparation of guidelines on O&M of I&D Infrastructure in WUAs; assistance to WUAs in preparation of annual and prospective plans on O&M; with the CAR Team Leader, assist PIU and WUAs to identify and prioritize CAR works, facilitate WUA involvement in the design, construction and commissioning process.

Uzbekistan

Project name: Rural Enterprises Support Project, Phase IClient: The World Bank / Ministry of Agriculture and Water ResourcesActivities Perforned: Preparation of the ToR for the International and Local Consultants; promotion in establishment and development of WUAs at on-farm level; preparing the reports; active participation in trainings and seminars for farmers.

Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Training the students on Irrigation and Drainage; Delivering lectures, conducting practical lessons, laboratory works and perform other related duties as required.

Uzbekistan

Participation in preparation of the detail design for water supply to the rural community (carrying out the hydraulic calculations, drawing up the longitudinal profile of pipe system); Carrying out the field survey; supervision of construction works and perform other related duties as required.

Diploma Of Hydraulic Engineer (I&D, Water Management, Construction Of Water Facilities), Construction Of Hydraulic Structures, 5

Activities and Societies: Faculty football team player

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.) In Agriculture, Irrigation Scheduling Of Agricultural Crops, 5