Over the past several years, Government agencies and nongovernment organizations (NGOs) participated in a series of dialogue leading to preparation of the Citarum Roadmap, a strategic plan of priority programs to improve water resources management and restore the environment in the river basin. Close to 80 interventions have been identified with an estimated cost of approximately $3.5 billion, from various financial scheme; government budget, private sector, also communities contribution sequenced over a next 15-year time frame.

The Citarum Roadmap needs a comprehensive, multi-sector and integrated approach to understanding and solving the complex problems of water and related land resources in the river basin. The Roadmap includes various components to improve water quality and flow, reduce risk of natural disasters, promote water sharing and environmental protect-ion and strengthen institutions to better plan and manage water resources.

Vision
The government and community working together for clean, healthy, and productive catchments and rivers, bringing sustainable benefits to all people of the Citarum River Basin.

Main Principle of Program Implementation
Implementation of the program is through coordination and stakeholder consultation. Top priority are given to the Community participation to determine their priorities, program design and implementation of programs. Increased water availability and cleaner, healthier rivers and catchments will lead to higher productivity in agriculture and industry, improvement on water supply and sanitation in urban and rural area,  which finally lead to a better quality of life for the inhabitants of the Citarum river basin.

The Government is preparing to implement Project 1 of the Integrated Citarum Water Resources Management Investment Program (ICWRMIP), The executing agency of Project 1 is the Directorate General of Water Resources, Ministry of Public Works through the Balai Besar Wilayah Sungai Citarum (BBWSC) in close coordination with other related ministries and institution, in national, provincial and district level.
 

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