Cooperation in the Danube River Basin
Mr. Gyula Holló Head of Delegation, Hungary Ms. Jasmine Bachmann ICPDR Secretariat, Vienna 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, Danube Delta, …)
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 Black Sea to implement the EU Water Framework Directive: Î Develop the Danube River Basin Management Plan
11 Contracting Parties Germany Bosnia & Herzegovina Austria Rep. of Serbia Czech Republic Romania 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 Establishment of a stabile structure for cooperation: ICPDR Cooperation and partnership with external partners Stakeholder groups Donor organisations Business sector
15 Cooperation & Partnership
CCHBC
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´
Romulic
18 Achievements Establishment of a stabile structure for cooperation: ICPDR Cooperation and partnership with external partners Stakeholder groups Donor organisations Business sector Joint programmes / activities for monitoring of water quality
19 Transnational Monitorig Network
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Monitoring location on the Danube River on the tributary 20 Watch your Danube!
21 Achievements Establishment of a stabile structure for cooperation: ICPDR Cooperation and partnership with external partners Stakeholder groups Donor organisations Business sector Joint programmes / activities for monitoring of water quality Operation of Accident Emergency Warning System 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 Enhanced cooperation on river sub-basin level (e.g. Tisza River, Sava River, Danube Delta) 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 Enhanced cooperation on river sub-basin level (e.g. Tisza River, Sava River, Danube Delta) Enhanced communication / outreach 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 Enhanced cooperation on river sub-basin level (e.g. Tisza River, Sava River) Enhanced communication / outreach Improvement of the environmental situation in the Danube and the Black Sea 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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