REGIONAL PROCESS SESSION DESCRIPTION FORM 2.
10TH WORLD WATER FORUM
21 May 2024 16:40 – 18:10(room 4)

Regional Session Code and Title:Session PR7 - Mobilizing Water Finance for Climate Resilience in Central Asiaand Caucasus
Regional Session Coordinators (Name, Position, Organization, email, mobile number):

1. Contact person - Dr. Vadim Sokolov, Chair of TAC GWP CACENA, VicePresident of ICID, Head of Agency of IFAS, Uzbekistane-mail : vadim_sokol@mail.ru; info@aral.uz
Mob. : +998 90 9605706
2.

Mrs. Hasmik Barseghyan, President of European Youth Parliament forWater (EYPW), Armenia
e-mail : hasmik.oﬃcial@gmail.com

Regional Session Description including objectives and expected outcomes (500 words maximum):The CACENA sub-region geographically subdivided into two sub-regions: theSouthern Caucasus (three countries), and Central Asia (five countries). Region
faces severe and intensifying water security challenges, which are aggravatedby climate change. To grapple with those challenges requires much scaled
finance and investment. And yet, inadequate of capacity and capability ofproject development and deployment limits mobilization of capital frominternational donors and funders. Together, the key stakeholders in the region
aim to gather consensus and initiatives to scale water finance for climate
resilience.
The session outcomes will help size the financial needs to achieve climate
goals of both mitigation and adaptation. While gauging the gaps of capacity
and skills, the session aims to shed light on sources of financing, both domestic
and international, for countries in the sub-region to elevate capability to seize
the opportunity of scaling deployment of finance to deliver climate goals andtargets.
S olutions and impacts - while continuing to strengthen domestic climate
policy incentives, CACENA countries are expected to embed goals and targets

in national plan and enhance accountability and transparency to not only
attract finance but also assure outcomes and impacts.
The session outcomes would be useful for CACENA countries to beprepared for next COP-29 which will be held in November 2024 in Azerbaijan.
Detailed Regional Session Plan:
SPEAKERS STATUS(OK OR TBC)

ESTIMATED TIMINGITEM DESCRIPTION / ROLE

SPEAKERS

7,5 minOpening welcome - session
brief description (Moderator)

Session moderator Dr. Vadim
Sokolov, Chair of TAC GWPCACENA

OK

10 minWelcome address 1

Alan AtKisson, CEO and Exécutive
Secretary GWPO, Stockholm,
SwedenOK

10 minExperienses with climate
finance in Kazakhstan

Mr.
MeiramArystanov,representativeofCWP
Kazakhstan, Administration ofCanal named after Kunaev

OK

15 minRural drinking water supply
reforms as a part of climatechangeadaptation
inUzbekistan

Gairat Rahimov, Head of Drinking
Water Supply and Sanitation
Systems’OperationandDevelopment
Department,Ministry of Construction, Housing
and Communal Services of theRepublic of Uzbekistan

OK

10 minBrief about updated
investment strategy andportfolio targets for Green
Climate Fund -2 (applicablefrom 1 January 2024onwards)

Dr. Oyun Sanjaasuren, Director ofExternal Affairs GCF

TBC

10 minBrief introduction of coming
COP-29 will be held in
Azerbaijan in November 2024
and how CACENA countries
can use this opportunity forclimate funding attraction

Mr. Riad Ahundov, JSC MeliorationandWater
ResourcesofAzerbaïdjanOK

15 minVision on contribution to thesession issues from theEuropean Youth Parliament
for Water (EYPW)

Mrs.
HasmikBarseghyan,President of European Youth
Parliament for Water (EYPW),
ArmeniaOK

17,5 minQuestions and Discussions

Session moderator
Sokolov

Dr.

Vadim

OK

5 min
(Totally = 90 min)Finalization
closing

Session moderator
Sokolov

Dr.

Vadimandsession

OK