ALBANIA - National strategy of water (1995-1997).

Preparation of a national sustainable development strategy for using water resources. Recommendations for improving the quantity and quality of the water available and better management of the institutions responsible for implementing this policy.

IVORY COAST - Integrated Water Management Master Plan (1999-2000).

The purpose of this project was to determine the policies, strategies, and investment and planning options concerning mobilisable resources and financing in order to satisfy demand and prolong the useful life of water resources. It particularly aimed to rank priorities in order of importance with a view to using water rationally and preserving its quality.

ETHIOPIA - Integrated Development Master Plan for the Blue Nile Basin (Abbay River) (1994-1998).

The Master Plan involved all the natural and water resources, the environment and social economy for the purpose of devising development strategies, identifying priority projects in the field of water resources and their corresponding pre-feasibility studies.

LAOS - Managing the catchment basin of the Nam Ngum river (1997-1999).

Strengthening the country's capacity for planning and managing catchment basins and devising a global sustainable development and management strategy for the Nam Ngum river basin.

LITHUANIA / LATVIA - Multi-Country Pilot Project for the Protection and Management of Trans-Boundary Rivers in the Baltic Region (1999-2000).

Strengthening the national capability of Latvia and Lithuania to protect and manage water resources in the Venta and Lielupe river basins as a model for all rivers discharging pollutants into the Baltic sea, involving identifying and evaluating polluters, setting up a decision support system for water quality management, identifying bankable projects for the assigned high priority "hot-spots", providing technical assistance for training, and setting up the institutional framework required to expand bilateral co-operation and develop an effective water management system.

PERU - Hydrometeorological and Evaluation Study of the El Niño Phenomenon on the Pacific Coast (1999).

The specific objectives were:
- to set up a global forecasting strategy, determine the position of reference measurement stations and undertake institutional strengthening of national bodies responsible for forecasting natural phenomena;
- to make methods and models available to calculate the magnitude and frequency of the flood flow of water courses as well as to estimate project flows for the construction of hydraulic structures;
- to determine requirements for further studies along with their Terms of Reference;
- to estimate the investments required to implement the recommended strategy.

RUSSIA - Advice to the Ministry of Natural Resources on Water Management (2000-2002).

Technical assistance to the Ministry of Natural Resources to improve water management conditions and the institutional framework at all governance levels:
- Improving national policy aspects and the national institutional environment.
- Developing the regional and river basin institutional environment to encourage effective co-operation between the different levels of responsibility.
- Involving and increasing the awareness of water users.
- Developing a pilot-project on a tributary of the Volga river.
- Training and dissemination.