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Collaborative Institutions
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The Head Office maintains a workable liaison and collaboration
with international agencies such as ICID, ECO, World Bank, EEC and other regional
agencies e.g. INWRLiAM. Under ICID, the Council heads
three subject committees of the National Commission on Irrigation, Water Resources
System Analysis, and Irrigation & Drainage Research, The Council also acts as
the Secretariat of the National Committee on IHP and focal point for IHP - HKH Friend
Project.
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Expert Group Meeting (EGM) on Groundwater
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The Chairman of Council is the Chairman of the Expert Group
of Groundwater under the auspicious of Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO), |
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World Bank
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The Council maintains its contacts with the World Bank Experts
on water and agriculture. It is administrating one of the components of the project
of World Bank: “Agriculture Research Project-Il” whereby it has to coordinate 8&
implement research studies on irrigation, water quality and environment. The Council
succeeded in organizing a workshop on “Pakistan Irrigation & Drainage Options
and Issues” whereby it gathered almost all experts from various water related agencies.
Important issues were discussed and the recommendations were made to set a direction
for future policies.
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International Commission on Irrigation & Drainage (ICID)
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The ICID is a non-governmental body dealing with irrigation
and drainage problems. Technical activities of the commission are carried out by
three technical committees and eleven working groups on various aspects of irrigation
and drainage. These committees and working groups receive feed back from sixty four
National Committees. Pakistan National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage (PANCID)
is one of them. The Council is a regular member of PANCID. Chairman of PCRWR is
an elected member of Committee on Research and Future Development. PCRWR also maintains
liaison with national research and development agencies like WAPDA, PARC, Provincial
Irrigation Departments, and Ministry of Water and Power.
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Inter-Islamic Network on Water Resources Development and
Management
(INWRDAM)
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PCRWR is the focal point for the network of inter-Islamic water
resources development and management. The objects of INWRDAM include initiating joint
projects of research and development, and helping member states in the training
of quality manpower and rendering consultancy and adviser services for water development
and management.
INWRDAM member states at present are composed of eight countries i.e Bangladesh, Egypt, Jordan, Mali, Niger, Pakistan, Tunis and Turkey. As INWRDAM is a professional platform to the Islamic Countries for exchange of
information, knowledge and expertise in water sector hence the member states of
the network try to coordinate and collaborate in such activities which can ensure
proper planning of water resources, development, effective management, proper utilization
and conservation of water resources as required for future economic growth in Islamic
countries.
Pakistan became its member in 1993 and in collaboration with INWRDAM. PCRWR has conducted
International workshops in the year 1998 and 2001 in which Water Resources Experts
from different Islamic countries participated.
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International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)
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Established in 1983, ICIMOD aims to promote sustainable development in the Hindu
KushHimalayan Ranges of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar,
Nepal and Pakistan. With a multidisciplinary staff of professionals, ICIMOD is a
focal point for documentation and information, training and applied research, and
demonstration on a wide range of issues that the governments and peoples of this
3,500 km mountain rage face. Most activities are carried out by or through collaborating
institutions and organizations in its member countries, with ICIMOD providing for
a regional perspective and exchange of information and experience.
ICIMOD is the first and, so far, only international centre devoted to integrated
mountain development. It was established out of widespread recognition of the environmental
degradation of mountain habitats and the increasing impoverishment of mountain communities
in the Hindu Kush-Himalayas and based upon an agreement between His Majesty’s Government
of Nepal and UNESCO.
PCRWR is collaborating actively with ICIMOD in regard to its professional activities
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Department for International Development (DFID) |
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DFID is an International organization that helps developing countries in the development
of agriculture and poverty alleviation programmes. PCRWR is collaborating with DFID
and recently a proposal on “the use of low quality groundwater in the Irrigated
Agriculture. In Indus Basin” has been submitted for getting technical and financial assistance.
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United Nations University (UNU)
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The PCRWR is establishing organic testing facilities at its National Water Quality
Laboratory (NWQL) in collaboration with UNU.
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UNICEF
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UNICEF and PCRWR have been collaborating with each other, in the research programmes
of drinking water quality assessment and management. Under a similar research collaboration
programme, the PCRWR has developed, tested and successfully installed low cost chlorinators
for water treatment in Faisalabad and Rahimyar Khan.
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