Interstate Commission for Water Coordination of Central Asia

Article 1. Aim of the Provision

1.1. Setting term and order of rotation of executive bodies and their heads.

Article 2. General

2.1. ICWC executive bodies include:

• Secretariat;

• Basin water organization «Amudarya»;

• Basin water organization «Syrdarya»;

• Scientific Information Center for water related problems (SIC) and its national branches;

• Coordination Metrological Center (CMC) and national organizations;

• Regional Training Center (RTC) and its branches.

2.2. ICWC may establish new or modify structure of existing executive bodies.

2.3. ICWC executive bodies are legal entities having their independent balances, stamps with their titles in Russian and English, budget, settlement and other accounts. They act according to Regulations (Statues) approved by ICWC.

2.4. The heads of executive bodies bear personal responsibility for execution of ICWC decisions and obligations as set in the ICWC-approved provisions (Statues) of these bodies.

Article 3. Rotation of executive bodies

3.1. State-Founders make rotation of executive bodies' host-places for 5 years according to the following pattern.

3.2. Relocation is decided by ICWC at the suggestion of a country that prepared place and institutional framework for location of any executive body. The country mentioned in the above pattern has a right to refuse from such relocation or transmit this right to another country by ICWC decision.

Article 4. Rotation of the heads of executive bodies

4.1. The heads of executive bodies are appointed, on a competitive basis, with determined term of office and rotation order, and dismissed by ICWC decision.

4.2. The term of office of the Head of Secretariat, Head of BWO, Director of SIC, Director of CMC, Director of RTC, Director of SIC’s national branch is 5 years.

4.3. ICWC may dismiss the head of executive body from this position before termination of the term of office (because of illness, retiring, transfer to another job, non-meeting of administrative duties, etc.) or extend the term to 2-3 years.

4.4. In order to guarantee collegiality in governance of BWOs and SIC, with participation of State-Founders, BWOs and SIC shall have positions of Deputy Heads of BWOs and Heads of territorial offices, Deputy Directors of SIC and heads of regional division assigned among representatives of State-Founders.

4.5. ICWC State-Founders shall ensure allocation of additional directed funds for upkeeping of the country representatives in the Administrations of executive bodies, purchase and maintenance of departmental apartments, as well as payment of housing and public utility services and personal cars.

4.6. Upon completion of the term of office, the Head of executive body shall report to ICWC meeting about work done for given reporting period. Based on this report, a decision is made whether:

• to extend term of office;

• to replace the head of executive body.

4.7. Official salaries of the heads and staff of ICWC executive bodies shall be comparable to those of the staff of international organizations (by status of IFAS).

Article 5. Secretariat

5.1. The Head of the Secretariat governs activities of the latter. The Head can be chosen among those persons who have higher education; minimum 10-year experience in water-management, of which minimum 5-year experience in managerial posts; experience in shared water use; knowledge of international water law basics; fluent Russian.

5.2. Upon termination of the term of office and after making decision on replacement (rotation), one of candidates nominated by the ICWC member representing State-Founder, which hosts Secretariat, is appointed Head of Secretariat by ICWC decision.

Article 6. Basin Water Organization

6.1. The Head of Basin Water Organization (BWO) governs activities of the latter. The Head can be chosen among those persons who have higher education; minimum 10-year practical experience in operational water-management organizations, of which minimum 5-year experience in managerial posts; experience in organization of regional cooperation in shared water management and use; knowledge of international water law basics; fluent Russian.

6.2. Upon termination of the term of office and after making decision on replacement (rotation), a representative of one of State-Founders, who meets the above requirements, shall be appointed this post.

6.3. Deputy Head BWO, who has not met this vacancy, is dismissed from hold position, and new candidate among representatives of one of State-Founders is appointed to undertake an internship in this position.

Article 7. Scientific-Information Center for water-related problems

7.1. The Director of Scientific-Information Center (SIC) governs activities of the latter. The Director of SIC can be chosen among those persons who have higher education; minimum 10-year experience of work in research and water-management organizations, of which minimum 5-year experience in managerial posts; degree of Doctor or Candidate of Science; experience in implementation of joint international research; knowledge of international water use and allocation, environmental sustainability problems in the region; knowledge of international law basics; experience in organization of regional cooperation in shared water management and use; fluent Russian and preferably English for holding negotiations with a number of international organizations, where SIC holds membership, as well as with international donors.

7.2. Upon termination of the term of office and after making decision on replacement (rotation), a representative of one of State-Founders, who meets the above requirements, shall be appointed Director SIC.

Article 8. Coordination Metrological Center

8.1. The Director of Coordination Metrological Center (CMC) governs activities of the latter. The Director of CMC can be chosen among those persons who have higher education; minimum 10-year experience of work in experimental-design metrological organizations of water-management profile, of which minimum 5-year experience in managerial posts; experience in implementation of joint international projects in area of metrology, automation and dispatching control of hydrostructures; knowledge of international water use and allocation; knowledge of international law basics; fluent Russian and preferably English.

8.2. Upon termination of the term of office and after making decision on replacement (rotation), one of candidates nominated by the ICWC member representing State-Founder, which hosts CMC, is appointed Director CMC by ICWC decision.

Article 9. Regional Training Center

9.1. The Director of Regional Training Center (RTC) governs activities of the latter. The Director of RTC can be chosen among those persons who have higher education; minimum 10-year experience of work in water research organizations, of which minimum 5-year experience in managerial posts; degree of Doctor or Candidate of Science; knowledge of international water use and allocation; knowledge of international law basics; experience in organization of regional cooperation in shared water management and use; fluent Russian and preferably English.

9.2. Upon termination of the term of office and after making decision on replacement (rotation), one of candidates nominated by the ICWC member representing State-Founder, which hosts RTC, is appointed Director RTC by ICWC decision.

Article 10. Final clause

10.1. This Provision enters into force since the date of signature.

Done in the city of Almaty on 18th of September in 2008.