the technical council of conagua is an interministerial body in charge of approving and evaluating the commission s programmes projects budget and operations as well as coordinating water policies and defining common strategies across multiple ministries and agencies semarnat sedesol secretary of agriculture livestock rural development fisheries and food sagarpa secretaria de agricultura ganaderia desarrollo rural pesca y alimentacion treasury energy conafor imta etc its role is to include ngo representatives such as water users associations to further strengthen civil society participation the water and public works operation technical committee integrated by conagua cfe imta and unam research institutions is another example of cooperation it meets weekly to deal with all dam operating issues including hydroelectric power stations and to optimise water management