«Draft» Approved: Ministry of Land Reclamation and Water Resources, Dushanbe Vodocanal, Khujand Vodocanal, Qurghoteppa Vodocanal. Kulob Vodocanal, Tursunzoda Vodocanal, Norak Vodocanal, Ministry of Health, Tajik State Standard, Agency on Environmental Protection, Agency for Financial Control and Fighting against Corruption of the Republic of Tajikistan Interagency Action Plan for the Implementation of Report Recommendations on “Corruption Risk Assessment in Water Sector», Urban Water Supply Section Recommendation
Recommendation agreed upon in group (implementers)
Who are the stakeholders that are affected by this recommendation?
Activity
Monitoring Institutions
Indicators
Additional Activities
Terms
Unit of monitoring of pump stations and properties of water facilities, the supervisor of the ministry from the Corruption Prevention Unit (member of project advisory group), civil society in the person of Egovernment
The quality of observing the technical norms regulating drinking water supply in towns, expertise review of tariffs on drinking water supply and real state of paying capacity of consumers
Strengthening the capacity of civil society for participation (lack of independent labs), Getting the conclusions of laboratories of the ministry and vodocanal on the same water samples, lack of desired access of mass media to information
6 months to develop standards, regular monitorin g
Urban water supply 5.1. When implementing the recommendation, it is necessary to take into account the provisions of the Law bill of the Republic of Tajikistan “On PublicPrivate Partnership”
Creation of a Working Group composed of representatives of the Ministry of Land Reclamation and Water Resources, Project Management Unit, on Urban water Supply under the Government, NGOs independent experts on legal and water issues (MLRWR, State Agency of Financial Control and
Ministry of Land Reclamation and Water Resources, NGOs, Business Sector, State Agency on Financial Control and Fighting against Corruption , Consulting Companies and concerned organizations in the sector of drinking water consumers
In the context of EGovernment, develop package of legal regulatory instruments (for the implementation of point 5.1 of the Recommendation), and post in on the website of the MLRWR (members of the monitoring team will have access as the site announces), as well as specific activities provided below in point 5.2 of the Recommendation
5.1.7., 5.2.7.
5.2.1.
Fighting Against Corruption, PO ÂŤYouth of New Century), vodocanals of towns. Members of working group representing civil society and mass media, vodocanals of towns
Working group, vodocanals of towns
Ministry of Land Reclamation and Water Resources, NGO, Business Sector, vodocanals
Development of Informational campaigns
Unit of monitoring of pump stations and properties of water facilities, the supervisor of the ministry from the Corruption Prevention Unit (member of project advisory group)
Ministry of Land Reclamation and Water Resources, NGOs, Business Sector, State Agency on Financial Control and Fighting against Corruption ,
Look for unified source of financing for purchasing and installation of water meter devices for consumers of Tajikistan, using foreign state budget, budget of
Unit of monitoring of pump stations and properties of water facilities, the supervisor of the ministry
Number of feedbacks on the website of the Ministry of Land Reclamation and Water Resources, UNDP/Tajikist an, International ratings, number of joined participants to the project - organizations and donors, investment companies Strengthening the capacity of CSO to participate, , cards of citizens reports, providing additional
Strengthening the capacity of civil society for participation (lack of independent labs), Getting the conclusions of laboratories of the ministry and vodocanal on the same water samples, lack of desired access of mass media to information
Regularly
Strengthening the capacity of civil society for participation (lack of independent labs), Getting the conclusions of laboratories of the
Year
Consulting Companies and concerned organizations and concerned organizations in the sector of drinking water consumers,, vodocanals of towns
5.2.3.
Town executive government (the town of relevant vodocanal), National Bank, Ministry of Finances, Swiss Development Agency, ADB, EBRD, GIZ, towns’ vodocanals
drinking water suppliers and local budgets, development of legal regulatory instrument that specifies the order of corruption risk assessment in 2 stages: 1. By the vodocanal itself with the support of the working group an addressing the facts to the State Agency on Financial Control and Fighting against Corruption; 2. By the State Agency on Financial Control and Fighting against Corruption Developing of payment system for the services of water supplying via ATMs (announcing tender)
from the Corruption Prevention Unit (member of project advisory group),
Unit of monitoring of pump stations and properties of water facilities, the supervisor of the ministry from the Corruption Prevention Unit (member of project advisory group),
resources, monitoring via E-Government, number of reports on eliminated causes and conditions promoting corruption, conclusions of external and internal audits, further monitoring (conclusions) of project corruption risks The quality of observing the technical norms regulating drinking water supply in towns, expertise review of tariffs on drinking water supply and real state of paying capacity of consumers
ministry and vodocanal on the same water samples, lack of desired access of mass media to information
Strengthening the capacity of civil society for participation (lack of independent labs), Getting the conclusions of laboratories of the ministry and vodocanal on the same water samples, lack of desired access of mass media to information
Within 1 year
5.2.4.
MLRWR, MoF, towns’ vodocanals
Ministry of Land Reclamation and Water Resources, NGOs, Business Sector, State Agency on Financial Control and Fighting against Corruption , Consulting Companies and concerned organizations in the sector of drinking water consumers
Creation and introduction of computerized data base for recording of credit and debit debts
5.2.6.
NGO “Union of Consumers», project partners, Law and Society, towns’ vodocanals
Ministry of Land Reclamation and Water Resources, NGOs, Business Sector, State Agency on Financial Control and Fighting against Corruption , Consulting Companies and concerned organizations in the sector of drinking water consumers
Organizing and conducting of training courses for raising anticorruption awareness of the consumers for the protection of their rights and legal interests
5.3.3.
Working group, MLRWR,, towns’ vodocanals
Ministry of Land Reclamation and Water Resources,
Organizing and conducting technical inventory of electric-
Unit of monitoring of pump stations and properties of water facilities, the supervisor of the ministry from the Corruption Prevention Unit (member of project advisory group), Unit of monitoring of pump stations and properties of water facilities, the supervisor of the ministry from the Corruption Prevention Unit (member of project advisory group), Unit of monitoring of pump stations
The quality of observing the technical norms regulating drinking water supply in towns, expertise review of tariffs on drinking water supply and real state of paying capacity of consumers, The quality of observing the technical norms, rating of vodocanals among the consumers and expertise assessments
Strengthening the capacity of civil society for participation (lack of independent labs), Getting the conclusions of laboratories of the ministry and vodocanal on the same water samples, lack of desired access of mass media to information
The quality of observing the technical
Strengthening the capacity of civil society for
6 months
Strengthening the capacity of civil society for participation (lack of independent labs), Getting the conclusions of laboratories of the ministry and vodocanal on the same water samples, lack of desired access of mass media to information
Every 6 months
5.3.6.
Working group, State Agency for Financial Control and Fighting against Corruption, towns’ vodocanals
NGOs, Business Sector, State Agency on Financial Control and Fighting against Corruption , Consulting Companies and concerned organizations in the sector of drinking water consumers
mechanical equipment and pipes (main assets)
Ministry of Land Reclamation and Water Resources, NGOs, Business Sector, State Agency on Financial Control and Fighting against Corruption, Concerned organizations in the sector of drinking water consumers
Legal expertise of drawing of agreements in vodocanals
and properties of water facilities, the supervisor of the ministry from the Corruption Prevention Unit (member of project advisory group), Unit of monitoring of pump stations and properties of water facilities, the supervisor of the ministry from the Corruption Prevention Unit (member of project advisory group),)
norms, expertise assessments and recommendatio ns, number of donors and investment projects
participation (lack of independent labs), Getting the conclusions of laboratories of the ministry and vodocanal on the same water samples, lack of desired access of mass media to information
Transparency of vodocanals based on the available information about the workersspecialists and the schedule of reception of citizens, schedule of duty and other operational activities on boards, entry doors and corridors of offices and websites of the towns’ executive
Strengthening the capacity of civil society for participation (lack of independent labs), Getting the conclusions of laboratories of the ministry and vodocanal on the same water samples, lack of desired access of mass media to information
Quarterly
governments and MLRWR
Rural and Irrigation water supply Recommendation Group recommendations agreed upon (implementers) Develop and ensure MLRWR RT, Union legal support the of Consumers, DFA scheme of and WUA interrelations between consumers and providers
Who are the stakeholders that are affected by this recommendation
Activity
Monitoring institutions
Indicators
Additional Activities
Terms
Ministry of Land Reclamation and Water Resources РТ, Tax Committee, MoF, МОВ
Tools of realizations in the field, monitoring
Government structures and NGOs
Volume of water, crop yield
Informational campaigns, direct participation of consumers
Within 1 year
Antimonopoly Committee, Ministry of Land Reclamation and Water Resources RT, WUA Ministry of Land Reclamation and Water Resources RT, Tajik State Standard, WUA, DFA Water Committee, WUA
Collected fees, active systems
Informational campaigns
Within 1 year
Number of water meters
Financial means
Within 3 year
Tariff, New regulations
MLRWR RT, MEDT RT, Antimonopoly Agency, DFA and WUA
Ministry of Land Reclamation and Water Resources RT, DFA, WUA
Fair tariff
Water meters
MLRWR RT, MEDT RT, State Standards Agency, Operators, Hydrometer, WUA
Water Committee, WUA
Attracting funding for determining technical parameters
1.1 MLRWR RT, Union of Consumers, Vodocanal, Operators, Water Committee, WUA
Working Commissions in the level of districts
To 3 years