The result, known as the National Targeted Program for Water Management Development, defined a strategy for developing Ukraine’s water management system. GWP Ukraine led an assessment of this document and noted that, among other things, the program lacked an integrated approach. Results were presented at public hearings and submitted to the authorities and the National Targeted Program was not approved.
Following the assessment, GWP Ukraine, working with other NGOs, pushed for the inclusion of an Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) approach and the strategy now calls for “reform of the state management of the water sector by implementing IWRM on the basin level.”