Environmental Technical Assistance and Information Exchange Facility (ENV-TAIEF)

This project is financed by the European Union

Study Visit to France and to exchange experiences on water tariffs in the framework of integrated river basin management Dates: 21-24.06.2016 Officials from Vietnam: - Mr. Nguyen Xuan Bao Tam, Deputy Director General of International Cooperation Department. - Mr. Vuong Hung Cuong, Official, International Cooperation Department - Mr. Le Huu Thuan, Deputy Director General of Water Resource Management Department. - Mr. Nguyen Van Nghia, Head of Ground Water Exploitation Division, Water Resource Management Department. - Ms. Nguyen Thi Phuong, Deputy Head of Legal Division, Water Resource Management Department.

Monday, 20th June 2016 : Arrival TIME Activity

07:00 Arrival in Paris of Vietnamese delegation: Paris de Gaulle

Hotel: IBIS Paris Montmarte 18eme, address: 5 rue Caulaincourt, 75018 Paris

Tuesday, 21st June 2016 : Meeting at the French Ministry of Environment, Energy and the Sea, Paris Address: "Tour Pascal A", room 12A50, 92055 La Défense CEDEX NB// presentations in French TIME Topic Presenter Interpreter: Minh-Nhut HUYNH ([email protected]) Phone: 0630569205 (France) +33630569205 (foreign) 9:00-9:15 Welcome M. Jean-Marie Quéméner, Head of International Coordination jean- marie.quemener@developpement- durable.gouv.fr 9:15-9:30 Introductions of meeting participants 9:30-10:00 Presentation of the challenges faced in Vietnam concerning water tariffs and water resources management 10:00-10:30 Framework for water resources management in France 10:30-10:45 Discussion 10:45-11:00 Break 11:00-11:15 Overview of French system for water tariffs 11:15-11:45 11:45-12:00 Discussion and closure Travel to (Air France, AF 1118) Departure Time: 16:40 Train: Frankfurt Flughafen – Hauptbahnhof

Technical Assistance and Information Exchange Facility (TAIEF) NIRAS IC, ul. Puławska 182, 10 floor, 02-670 Warsaw, Poland

The project is implemented by Telephone +48 22 395 71 10 Fax +48 22 395 71 01 NIRAS IC Sp. z o.o. http://ec.europa.eu/environment/international_issues/taief/ Email: [email protected], Skype: taief.project

Environmental Technical Assistance and Information Exchange Facility (ENV-TAIEF)

This project is financed by the European Union

Wednesday, 22nd June 2016 : Meeting at the German State of Hessen’s Ministry of Environment, Climate, Agriculture and Consumer Protection Address: Mainzer Str. 89, Wiesbaden, Germany

TIME Topic Presenter 9:00-9:15 Welcome Dr. Stephan von Keitz, Deputy Water Director of the Federal State of Hessen [email protected] .de

Phone: +49 160 90350275

9:15-9:30 Introductions of meeting participants 9:30-10:00 Presentation of the challenges faced in Vietnam concerning water tariffs and water resources management 10:00- Framework for water resources 10:30 management in Germany 10:30- Discussion 10:45 10:45- Break 11:00 11:00- Overview of German system for water 11:15 tariffs 11:15- 11:45 11:45- Discussion and closure 12:00 Train: – Hauptbahnhof

Thursday, 23rd June 2016, Field visits: Addresses: Wastewater Treatment Plant, Kammertsweg 82, 56070 Koblenz, Germany Fish passage at hydropower station, Federal Institute of Hydrology, Am Mainzer Tor 1, 56068 Koblenz

TIME Topic Presenter Interpreter for a morning meeting (10:00-11:00): Mr. Devon Rempel +49 261 98823440 - He will be waiting in front of the Waste Water Treatment Plant in Kammertsweg 82 at 10 am on 23.06.2016 10:00 – 11:00 Visit to the wastewater treatment Michael Müller, Manager, facilities of Koblenz. Review of tariff Wastewater Treatment system and operations.

NB// Tour in German, w translation to English 11:30 – 12:30 Lunch break 13:00 – 15:00 Guided tour of the fish passage at the Bernd Mockenhaupt, Biologist,

Technical Assistance and Information Exchange Facility (TAIEF) NIRAS IC, ul. Puławska 182, 10 floor, 02-670 Warsaw, Poland

The project is implemented by Telephone +48 22 395 71 10 Fax +48 22 395 71 01 NIRAS IC Sp. z o.o. http://ec.europa.eu/environment/international_issues/taief/ Email: [email protected], Skype: taief.project

Environmental Technical Assistance and Information Exchange Facility (ENV-TAIEF)

This project is financed by the European Union

hydropower station. Review how the Federal Institute of Hydrology; passage allows upstream and [email protected] downstream migration of fish and its importance for protecting water resources. Review of equipment and facilities, as well as ongoing research being done at the fishway in Koblenz. Following the tour, time will be set aside to review the exhibit at the visitor centre about the river, shipping and the river ecosystem, with possibility to watch passing fish live through under water windows.

Friday, 24th June 2016 : International Commission for the Protection of the Address: Kaiserin-Augusta-Anlagen 15, D-56068 Koblenz TIME Topic Presenter 9:00-9:15 Welcome and introductions 9:15-9:30 Presentation of the challenges faced in Vietnam concerning water tariffs and water resources management 9:30-11:00  International cooperation within the ICPR Anne Schulte-Wülwer-Leidig,  Action Programme Rhine (1987- Head of the Secretariat /Executive 2000) – Results Secretary  Coordination of the [email protected] implementation of the European Water Framework Directive Phone: +49-261-94252-19 (2000-2015) in the Rhine basin

 Action Plan on Floods of the ICPR (1998-2020)  Coordination of the implemation of the European Floods Directive (2007-2015)  Future challenges

Saturday, 25th June 2016 Return to Vietnam TIME Activity

Train: - Frankfurt Flughafen

14:35 Return to Vietnam, Flight from Frankfurt to Hanoi, Flight details: Vietnam Airlines VN 30

Technical Assistance and Information Exchange Facility (TAIEF) NIRAS IC, ul. Puławska 182, 10 floor, 02-670 Warsaw, Poland

The project is implemented by Telephone +48 22 395 71 10 Fax +48 22 395 71 01 NIRAS IC Sp. z o.o. http://ec.europa.eu/environment/international_issues/taief/ Email: [email protected], Skype: taief.project