Partners

PROJECT PARTNERS

Technische Universität Dresden (TUD), GERMANY

Technische Universität Dresden (TUD) is one of the eleven Universities of Excellence in Germany that coalesces natural and engineering sciences with humanities and social sciences, as well as medicine. This wide range of disciplines obligates the university to promote interdisciplinarity and to contribute to the integration of science into society. The project will be implemented by the Research Group INOWAS (“Innovative Groundwater Solutions”) under the Institute of Groundwater Management of the Faculty of Environmental Sciences. The research fields of the INOWAS group focus on the development of nature-inspired solutions for increasing the water availability through safe water storage in the subsurface with the aim to enable sustainable use for food production, drinking water supply and for safeguarding environmental benefits.

TUD Project Team

United Nations University – Institute for Integrated Management of Material Fluxes and of Resources (UNU-FLORES), GERMANY

UNU FLORES contributes to the development of integrated and sustainable management strategies, especially in developing and emerging countries, in scientific, educational and institutional terms. Through its institutional background, UNU FLORES is strategically positioned between the UN system and the international water community. UNU FLORES has sound methodological knowledge for the design of interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research processes, the systematic identification of relevant stakeholders, the analysis of their interests and power, and cooperative approaches through workshops. UNU FLORES also has experience in analyzing policy frame- works, in particular existing institutional arrangements and the demand-driven approach to promoting sustainable solutions worldwide.

UNU FLORES Project Team

International Innovation Center for the Aral Sea Basin under the Ministry of Ecology, Environmental Protection and Climate Change of the Republic of Uzbekistan (IICAS), UZBEKISTAN

The International Innovation Center for the Aral Sea Basin under the Ministry of Ecology, Environmental Protection and Climate Change of the Republic of Uzbekistan (IICAS) is a dedicated research institute dealing and work- ing on the Karakalpakstan, Aral Sea region. The IICAS main focus is on improving people’s wellbeing through research on regional flora and fauna, ecosystem services, to improve sustainability of the desiccated Aral Sea area. The main tasks of IICAS include the creation and set up of experimental research, pilot-scale testing facilities, the facilitation of international cooperation through the establishment of research support facilities with foreign universities, research institutes, and international innovative organizations in the area of efficient water usage, salinity issues, technology transfer, applied practical training expansion in Karakalpakstan region.

ASSOCIATED PARTNERS

Karakalpak Aral Hydrogeological Expedition “Hydroingeo”