Cooperation in the River Basin

Mr. Gyula Holló Head of Delegation, Hungary Ms. Jasmine Bachmann ICPDR Secretariat, 2 Content

• Facts and figures about the Danube River Basin • International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River (ICPDR): legal basis and working structures • Achievements – with some examples

3 Most international River Basin in the World

•~9% Europe •81 M inhabitants •19 Countries

4 Danube River Basin

5 European Lifeline • Danube, 2,850km (Amazone 6,788km, Darling 2,740km) • 27 large and over 300 small tributaries • Danube River Basin: ~ 800,000km2 • Important for: agriculture, industry, drinking water, .. • Historical and cultural symbol • Highly important ecosystem (Kopacki rit, , …)

6 Main Problems

Floods / Nutrient / Hazardous Hydro- Droughts Organic Substances morphologica Pollution Pollution l

Alterations 7 Economic Disparities

GDP per capita (PPP) in $, 2006

40000 35000 30000 25000 20000 15000 10000 5000 0

GE AT CZ SK HU SI HR BA RS ME BG RO MD UA 8 Danube River Protection Convention

Legal frame for co-operation to assure protection of water and ecological resources and their sustainable use in the Danube River Basin. signed: 29 June 1994, Sofia entered into force: 22 October 1998

9 EU Water Framework Directve

• Comprehensive water directive of the European Union to ensure the “good status of all waters” by 2015. • Based on the principle of integrated river basin management and stakeholder participation.

ICPDR nominated as platform for coordination

10 ICPDR - International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River to implement the goals of the Convention: Î Strengthen international cooperation Î Ensure sustainable water management (conservation, rational use of surface waters and ground water) Î Control floods Î Reduce pollution loads to the to implement the EU Water Framework Directive: Î Develop the Danube River Basin Management Plan

11 Contracting Parties Bosnia & Herzegovina Austria Rep. of Czech Republic Slovakia Bulgaria Hungary Rep. of Moldova Slovenia Ukraine Croatia European Union

12 Observers to the ICPDR

Black Sea Commission Die Donau – Tourism Commission

Navigation Friends of Nature Commission

Europ. Angling Ass. GWP CEE UNESCO - IHP

REC VGB Power Tech 13 Structure of the Cooperation:

ICPDR – Delegations of the Contracting Parties

ICPDR Secretariat

River Basin Pressures and Monitoring and Flood Protection Management Measures Assessment Expert Group Expert Group Expert Group Expert Group

Supported by:

Ad hoc Info and Ad hoc Public Ad hoc Strategic GIS Expert Group Participation Expert Group Expert Group 14 Achievements ƒ Establishment of a stabile structure for cooperation: ICPDR ƒ Cooperation and partnership with external partners ƒ Stakeholder groups ƒ Donor organisations ƒ Business sector

15 Cooperation & Partnership

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16 UNDP/GEF Danube Regional Project

UNDP/GEF DANUBE REGIONAL PROJECT

Project Steering Committee Meeting Chisinau, 09|06|2006

ICPDR StWG Meeting / DRP Steering Meeting Chisinau 8/9 June 2006 17 Fund: `Business Friends of the Danube´

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18 Achievements ƒ Establishment of a stabile structure for cooperation: ICPDR ƒ Cooperation and partnership with external partners ƒ Stakeholder groups ƒ Donor organisations ƒ Business sector ƒ Joint programmes / activities for monitoring of water quality

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Monitoring location on the Danube River on the tributary 20 Watch your Danube!

21 Achievements ƒ Establishment of a stabile structure for cooperation: ICPDR ƒ Cooperation and partnership with external partners ƒ Stakeholder groups ƒ Donor organisations ƒ Business sector ƒ Joint programmes / activities for monitoring of water quality ƒ Operation of Accident Emergency Warning System ƒ Cooperation on flood protection 22 Flood damage prevention Flood Action Programme (2004) Æimprove flood forecast & warning Ærestore natural retention areas Æplanning land-use carefully

23 Achievements ƒ Enhanced cooperation on river sub-basin level (e.g. River, River, Danube Delta) ƒ Enhanced communication / outreach initiatives

24 Publications of the ICPDR

• Technical Reports • Danube Watch Magazine • Website: www.icpdr.org

25 26 The Danube flows through us!

INTERNATIONAL DANUBE ART MASTER 2006 27 Danube Box • Teacher’s handbook • Interactive CD-ROM, working sheets, poster, family cards • National languages and English • www.danubebox.org

28 In partnership with: Achievements ƒ Enhanced cooperation on river sub-basin level (e.g. Tisza River, Sava River, Danube Delta) ƒ Enhanced communication / outreach ƒ Improvement of the environmental situation in the Danube and the Black Sea

29 Macrobenthos in the Danube Delta 60

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0 1988 1996 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 1960s 30 Cooperation with the Black Sea

“Towards stronger partnership in water management Danube Black Sea countries”, Feb 2007, Bucharest 31 Achievements ƒ Enhanced cooperation on river sub-basin level (e.g. Tisza River, Sava River) ƒ Enhanced communication / outreach ƒ Improvement of the environmental situation in the Danube and the Black Sea ƒ EU water policy (EU Water Framework Directive) fulfilled by all EU and non-EU Danubian countries

32 Danube Basin Analysis 2004

Ö First comprehensive analysis of the entire Danube River Basin

Ö Basis for any future river basin management planning

33 Next steps

Visions for basin-wide problems as basis for the Danube River Basin Management Plan

Ö … to reach good water and ecosystem quality

for the Danube and its people

34 Thank you for the appreciation of our work!

www.icpdr.org [email protected]

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