Introduction

Work under this Project was performed as a part of implementation of the programme “Dnipro Basin Environmental Management Development in Russia” under the agreement between the International Development Research Centre (Canada) and the Ministry of Natural Resources of Russia in accordance with project proposals approved by Programme management. The project proposals were developed by Russian experts and sought to strengthen the capacity of water management and environmental protection agencies to develop communication support software and hardware.

The work used the grant No. 10033105 097 from Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and was funded by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA).

The project’s objective was to create a computer network comprising 7 nodes in:

- Russian Dnipro Basin Information Center in Moscow under the State Unitary Enterprise “Register and Cadastre Center” of the Ministry of Natural Resources of the Russian Federation;
- Territorial units of the Ministry of Natural Resources of Russia in the six Dnipro basin oblasts, where natural resources and environmental protection data are generated.

This report describes project results, including the completing and delivery of software and hardware complexes.

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