Assessment of training needs and institutional potential of the potable water supply and disposal sector in the Kyrgyz Republic

Abstract

This article explores the issue of training needs and the institutional potential of potable water supply and disposal sector in the Kyrgyz Republic. Reforming the sector would entail transformational changes in the activity of the regulatory agency – State Agency of Architecture, Construction and Municipal Housing Economy under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Kyrgyz Republic, as well as in the work of the agent performing the function of enhancement and development of the institutional potential in the potable water supply and disposal sector – Department for development of potable water supply and disposal. The introduction of new functions is conditioned by the use of new technologies in the area of water supply and disposal and by the new requirements for specialists operating the new equipment. The acute shortage of qualified specialists has drawn attention of all stakeholders engaged in drinking water supply to the population. The following methods were used in the study: desk review of documents, focus group discussion, in-depth interviewing, comparative analysis, system analysis, structural analysis – which allowed for a comprehensive analysis.

Keywords

• assessment of training needs
• institutional capacity
• water supply and sanitation
• human resource management
• professional and technical development