Caspian MAP
Caspian Water Quality Monitoring and Action Plan for Areas of Pollution Concern
About Us
Project objectives:
The project overall objectives is to achieve improved quality of the marine and coastal environment of the Caspian Sea through the Caspian Environment Program (CEP) by assisting in achievement of
- Target 2.1 (Regional Water Quality Monitoring Program - RWQMP) and
- Target 3.2 (Regional Pollution Action Plan - RPAP) of Environmental Quality Objective III (Improve Caspian Water Quality) of the Strategic Action Program (SAP) for the Caspian
The beneficiary countries are:
- Azerbaijan
- Kazakhstan
- Russian Federation
- Turkmenistan
- IRAN, has a guest status among the others
Project partners
- Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources in Azerbaijan
- Ministry of Environmental Protection in Kazakhstan
- Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources in Russian federation
- Ministry of Nature protection in Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan is hosting regional Project office, see contact details
The project works in close cooperation with the Caspian Environment Programme and the Tehran Convention
The projectis implemented by DHV bv, the Netherlands, in consortium with COWI a/s (Denmark), Ecorys (Netherlands) and Deltares (Netherlands)
Target groups:
The end-beneficiaries of this project will be the population living around the Caspian, and all concerned with the water quality of the Sea. Other end beneficiaries will include the scientists in the region that are working on aspects of water quality and pollution amelioration. Intermediary beneficiaries will include thenational and local government organisations/agencies responsible for ambient water quality monitoring and pollution control.