National Policy Dialogues on Integrated Water Resources Management in Azerbaijan for managing water resources are aimed at developing a state strategy based on "Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes"[1] of United Nations Economic Commission for Europe[2] and European Union Water Framework Directive and the "Water and Health" Protocol of that convention[3] as well as other principles of the United Nations and the EU.
Documents, directives and other acts of the EU, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the United Nations Environment Programme, the Global Water Partnership, as well as other international organizations were used in the preparation of strategy. It was taken into account most international water legislation requirements.