Resolution No. 362 of the Council of Ministers “On measures to regulate the sale of water fund lands through electronic online auctions”.

This Resolution establishes measures for regulating the leasing and commercialization of water fund lands through electronic online auctions. It designates the state institution “Implementation of Market Mechanisms in Water Management” under the Ministry of Water Resources as the sole customer responsible for organizing these processes and defines its funding sources, including revenues from leasing water fund lands, auctioning rights related to river cleaning projects, and other water management activities. It also mandates the launch of the “Suv-yer-ijara” information system to manage water land leases digitally.
The resolution approves a detailed regulation governing the conversion of open collector-drainage networks into closed drainage systems and the subsequent leasing of the newly created water fund land plots to entrepreneurs. The process involves local authorities, regional administrations, the state institution, project design organizations, environmental and urban planning experts, and the “E-auksion” electronic platform. Land plots created through drainage modernization are leased via electronic auctions, while successful bidders are responsible for carrying out construction and modernization works in accordance with approved project documentation and environmental requirements. Revenue generated from lease rights is distributed among the land-holding organization, the state institution, the Water Digitalization and Monitoring Center, and the auction operator.
The resolution broadens the scope of existing regulations from riverbeds and water basins to all water objects and water fund lands, updates rules for leasing such lands through the “E-auksion” platform, and clarifies permissible uses, including fisheries, tourism, agriculture, livestock breeding, and certain service facilities. The provisions establish environmental safeguards, leasing procedures, pricing formulas for rental payments, rights and obligations of lessors and lessees, monitoring requirements, and mechanisms for calculating annual lease fees based on the productivity and characteristics of water resources.