On 5-6 April 2023, the 10^th meeting of the Inter-ministerial Steering Committee of the National Policy Dialogue (NPD) on Integrated Water Resources Management in Azerbaijan took place in Baku. Key stakeholders, including national experts from Azerbaijan, representatives of the European Union (EU), international and regional organizations, and NGOs attended this event.

The participants discussed Azerbaijan’s achievements, the effective management of water resources in the country, the creation of an electronic information system, the development of water supply infrastructure, management of transboundary rivers, challenges and priorities related to the water, implementation of Sustainable Development Goals, integrated water management and expansion of cooperation with international organizations.

During “Thematic Session 4: Donor coordination”, Vladimir Gjorgjiev, Chief of the IOM Mission to Azerbaijan presented IOM’s project “Integrated Rural Development for IDP communities in Azerbaijan through Revitalization of Kahriz Water Supply System” financed by KOICA.

Within the project, IOM Azerbaijan has already renovated 26 kahrizes in Aghdam, Goranboy, Fuzuli, Goygol, and Gazakh districts.

The project aims to provide safe and consistent water supplies for people in the region through the renovation of kahrizes – a traditional, sustainable water supply system.