TransboundaryTransboundary WaterWater ManagementManagement inin thethe DanubeDanube RiverRiver BasinBasin

OvidiuOvidiu GABORGABOR DeputyDeputy GeneralGeneral DirectorDirector NationalNational AdminstrationAdminstration ““ApeleApele RomaneRomane”” Content Presentation

• Danube River Basin • Transboundary Water Management • Joint Action Program • WFD Implementation • Flood Action Program • Transboundary Cooperation within Danube Basin- examples The Danube River Basin • 800.000 km2 • 81 million people • 13 countries (+5) About Romania • 97.8 % of the RO surface is included in the DRB • 30 % of the DRB surface is in Romania •27 % of the DRB population is leaving in Romania Transboundary Danube Water Management - Constraints

Î Regional social and economic disparities Î The particular situation of transition countries and the requirements for EU accession Î Major tributaries are transboundary rivers Countries in the Danube River Basin

Small territories Germany Croatia Austria Serbia & Muntenegro Switzerland Czech Republic Bulgaria Italy Slovak Republic Romania Poland Hungary Moldova Albania Slovenia Ukraine Macedonia Bosnia-Herzegovina

European Commission ICPDR 6 MAIN WATER MANAGEMENT GOAL

ASSURE THE PROTECTION OF WATER AND ECOLOGICAL RESOURCES FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN DANUBE RIVER BASIN 7 DWM Policies & Actions

Joint Action Programme

WFD Implementation

Flood Action Programme JAP Policies and Strategies Î River Basin Management and implementation of the EU Water Framework Directive; Î Emission inventory and pollution reduction; Î Restoration of wetlands and flood plains; Î Transnational Monitoring Network (TNMN) Î Priority substances / recommendations on BAT & BEP; Î Accident warning system (AEWS) and prevention; Î Domestic and basin wide water balance. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE WFD IN THE DANUBE RIVER

ICPDR LEVEL Danube River Basin Management Plan UKRAINE AUSTRIA CROATIA ROMÂNIA HUNGARY MOLDOVA GERMANY SLOVENIA BULGARIA CZECH REPUBLIC SLOVAK REPUBLIC SERBIA - MONTENEGRO BOSNIA - HERZEGOVINA EUROPEAN COMMISSION

River Basin Management Plan- NATIONAL LEVEL

EU Member States States in the joining process to EU Non-accession countries FLOOD ACTION PROGRAM

9 INCREASE REACTION CAPACITY 9 MITIGATION OF FLOODS EFFECTS AND DAMAGES 9 COMMON PROCEDURE TO ELABORATE FLOOD RISK MAP 9 HARMONITION OF FORECAST SYSTEM 9 MODERN JOINT PROCEDURES FOR WARNING SYSTEM 9 ESTABLISHING FLOODING TRANSBOUNDARY AREAS WITH MAJOR RISK 9 ELABORATION OF JOINT FLOOD INTERVENTION PLAN DANUBE RIVER BASIN TRANSBOUNDARY COOPERATION Prut RBMP Tisza RBMP

Sava Commission Cris/Koros Project

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