Projects

Asia

Country	Project/TA	Executing Agency	Brief Description
Bangladesh	Eastern Water Supply	USAID	Provided engineering and groundwater strategies for flood management and agricultural production. Tested and calibrated computer irrigation and aquifer models.
China	Improvement of Irrigation Management and Cost Recovery	Ministry of Water Resources and ADB	Evaluated performance of irrigation systems and recommended management improvements and computer software and hardware, and potential computer applications. Provided training on computer-assisted approach to water resources management.
India	Dahod Tank Irrigation System	Madhya Pradesh Irrigation Department and USAID	Interdisciplinary team from Colorado State and Arizona Universities conducted study of the Dahod Tank Irrigation System in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh in conjunction with the Irrigation Department. Evaluated the performance and identified the strengths and constraints of the irrigation system. Developed a work plan for the Dahod Irrigation System Rehabilitation project.
India	Workplan for Computerization	Maharashtra Irrigation Department and USAID	Prepared programs to computerize department by developing three computerized decision support systems to strengthen O&M of 102 minor irrigation systems.
India	Computer Application Curriculum Development in Irrigation Management	Central Water Commission and USAID	Organized and conducted a workshop on PC applications in water management for officers of the state training institutes. Evaluated the capability of three WALMIs, two universities, one IMTI, and one WALAMTART in five states on their applied microcomputer training courses.
India	Irrigation Data and Project Management	Maharashtra Irrigation Department and USAID	Developed and conducted comprehensive training courses on irrigation data management, engineering analysis, M&E, and project management.
India	Computer Assisted Design and Management Information Systems	Madhya Pradesh Irrigation Department and USAID	Assisted the Government of Madhya Pradesh/Irrigation Department and Bureau of Design for Hydel and Irrigation Projects in the development of an applied computer training program in irrigation design and management.
India	Irrigation Management Information System	Maharashtra Irrigation Department and USAID	Prepared and implemented a statewide computerized Irrigation Management Information System (IMIS), the Minor Irrigation Model, and conducted extensive training to local staff.
India	Conjunctive Use Model Assessment	Maharashtra Irrigation Department and USAID	Reviewed present conjunctive use practices, identified useful computer modeling activities, and developed specifications of the proposed model.
India	Development of Manual for Minor Irrigation Model	Maharashtra Irrigation Department and USAID	Prepared detailed user’s manual for the Minor Irrigation Model, including pre-season irrigation planning, in-season water rotations, and post-season system performance evaluation.
India	Training on GIS for Irrigation Management	Maharashtra Irrigation Department and USAID	Developed and conducted training to use GIS to address issues and problems in irrigation management. Prepared instructor’s guide and training materials.
Indonesia	Training for Rural Roads Maintenance Systems Project	Ministry of Home Affairs and USAID	Developed rural roads maintenance training courses, curriculum, and materials, and conducted training in management skills, engineering, computer skills, and M&E. Institutionalized the rural roads maintenance training program at 22 districts and a GIS-based training M&E system (TMES) within the Ministry.
Indonesia	Assessment of Options for Sustainable Irrigation Development	Bappenas (Planning Agency) and ADB	Assessed constraints to present O&M policies and institutional activities. Recommended new policies for users groups, including O&M cost recovery and management transfer.
Indonesia	Improvement in Water Resources Data Management	Ministry of Public Work and ADB	Established a sustainable national water resources data center (unit data sda) using the latest information technologies (i.e., ArcGIS, ArcSDE, ArcIMS, Microsoft SQL Server). Populated the data warehouse with tabular and spatial data. Trained staff to operate and maintain the data center. Published water resources data on Internet via the Ministry's Website for worldwide access. Visit http://www.pu.go.id/
Indonesia	Local Governance Support Project	Ministry of Home Affairs, several other ministries and USAID	Providing long- and short-term technical assistance in designing, constructing, deploying, and maintaining a local government website to support: (1) the Web-based EMME system for project M&E, (2) the comparative benchmarking system for tracking local government performance and compare it against similar localities, and (3) project information dissemination. The project covers nine provinces with 52 target local district governments. . Visit http://www.lgsp.or.id/
Myanmar	Watershed Management Training	Ministry of Forestry and UNDP/FAO	Conducted a 10-week, in-country training in watershed management principles, resource inventory, planning and management, implementation techniques, social-economic studies, methods of people's participation, and extension.
Myanmar	Landuse Planning and Institutional Strengthening	Ministry of Forestry and UNDP/FAO	Developed an action plan for watershed planning in three critical watersheds and strengthened the capabilities of the Ministry by designing a GIS/Remote Sensing Center.
Nepal	Irrigation Management Project	Department of Irrigation and USAID	Established, trained, and strengthened Irrigation Management Division within Department, focusing on formation of water user associations, improved O&M, training, cost recovery, and research. Developed an information system (Management Transfer M&E) to help the Department to monitor and evaluate the turnover of government-managed irrigation systems to farmer management.
Nepal	Sustainable Income and Rural Enterprise – Private Electrification	Ministry of Water Resources and USAID	Provided recommendations and strategies to promote private sector investment in hydropower development. Assisted in the design of USAID/Nepal's Private Electrification Project.
Nepal	Irrigation Management Transfer Project	Department of Irrigation and USAID	Privatized 67,000 ha of government operated irrigation systems, strengthening local users groups to take over all management authority and responsibilities, including O&M, cost recovery, and water management.
Pakistan	Project Impact Monitoring and Evaluation (PIME) Studies Chasma Right Bank Canal Project	Water and Power Development Authority and ADB	Assisted the WAPDA, PCMU NWFP and Punjab and PIME staff in establishing criteria for the selection parameters for the PIME Studies Program based on secondary data and interviews with farmers in Stages I, II and III. Designed the PIME program based on the selected parameters developed by the various staff members to monitor the development activities in Stages I, II and III.
Pakistan	Pre-feasibility Study for National Surface Drainage Systems	Water and Power Development Authority and World Bank	The concept of National Surface Drainage System (NSDS) envisages an interconnected system of federally owned and operated outfall drains for the entire Indus Basin Irrigation System. Collected relevant data and study soil conditions in the area in relation with drainage requirements and groundwater conditions. Analyzed cropping patterns and drainage requirements in the area in relation with the soil conditions.
Sri Lanka	GIS and Watershed Management Training	UNDP/FAO	Conducted GIS training for watershed planning and management.
Taiwan	Applications of Microcomputers in Soil Conservation and Watershed Management	Council of Agriculture	Introduced PC applications for watershed planning and management, and soil conservation, focusing on advanced GIS use.
Taiwan	Watershed Management and GIS Workshop	Council of Agriculture	Conducted training in the use of GIS in watershed planning and management.
Tajikistan	Farm Privatization Support Project	Ministry of Irrigation and Water Resources and World Bank	Reviewed legislation to create WUAs as legal entities and Varzob WUA by-laws; made suggestions for improvement. Developed model rules for the WUA federation. Recommended parameters for monitoring and evaluating the performance and efficiency of the WUAs. Prepared training modules and conducted training classes for government understudies and representative farmers.
Thailand	Integrated Development of Phu Wiang Watershed	Royal Forest Department and UNDP/FAO	Developed PC-based watershed hydrology model integrating meteorological, hydrological, erosion and landuse data. Trained department staff in practical use of model.