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IWI at Finow Symposium news February 2015 Periodic information bulletin for members of Inland Waterways International GERMANY published in UK at Ingles Manor, Castle Hill Avenue, Folkestone, Kent, CT20 2RD IWI at Finow symposium IWI will attend an important symposium to to hearing the positions of all parties involved, be held in Eberswalde on the historic Finow and hope to report a positive outcome. Canal north of Berlin, on February 9. The National and local issues will be on the agenda. background to the Finow Canal, and the The national issue is the financing of mainte- issues faced by all the smaller waterways nance and operation of recreational water- in the Federal Republic, are presented ways, if they are handed over by the Federal here. Read also the economic perspective Government to the Länder. Government policy presented by Peter Linssen on p. 7. is to maintain only intensively-used waterways, and to ‘resolve the competition for resources hreatened waterways’ is the in the management of secondary versus main subject of the Symposium organised by waterways’ by improving cooperation between ‘Tthe association Unser Finowkanal and the Federal and Land levels. its president Prof. Hartmut Ginnow-Merkert. Delegates from across Germany will assemble ‘Remainder’ waterways in the Paul-Wunderlich-Haus in Eberswalde For legal reasons this requires ‘declassification’ to discuss how the current challenges to the of the waterways, which would remain State Bedrohte Wasserwege could be overcome. property. The Federal Government has offered The organisers are delighted to be receiving to pay half of the €30 million investment still international support, and three IWI corpo- needed to make the Finow Canal fully and rate members will be present. Linssen Boating sustainably operational. Brandenburg, for Holidays will be represented by Dr Lorenzo its part, needs the commitment of the local Guendel of Puur Yachtcharter (which has municipalities along the canal to cover the bases on Lake Müritz, at Zehdenick on the other 50%, also using some Federal economic A vocation is born contemplating a yacht, dreaming of Havel and Lake Constance); vice-president development funds. Then there is the ongoing voyages to exciting places, at the impeccably restored David Edwards-May will attend; and the operation and maintenance without any Stadtschleuse in Eberswalde. © MATHIAS B. Saale-Elster Kanal association’s president Federal contribution. A detailed study of the Michael Witfer will make a presentation. costs was supposed to be undertaken in 2015, The risk is similar to that faced by the Meetings have been arranged with mayors of but support for this study is understood to ‘Remainder waterways’ in the UK in 1968. several communities along the Finow Canal, have been withdrawn. It appears to be the on Tuesday 10th February. We look forward local level that is most reluctant to commit Voluntary labour ØSTERSØEN funds to the canal. The local issue is the opposition of Federal OSTSEE For the Länder, the transfer staff to use of voluntary labour to man the Eide NORDSEE r of responsibility for waterways locks. After restoration in 2003, 10 of the Eiderkanal implies a host of responsibili- Finow Canal locks were operated by a munic- Niedersachsen Müritz- waterways H Elde W. ties and liabilities in an area ipal working group. Müritz Obere-Havel- Wasserstraße where there is no experience Lock-keepers were recruited from among r Elisabethfehnk. Ilmenau e d El O B be at the local level. The so-called the long-term unemployed in the area, who We ser Linksemsiche Aller Finowkanal ‘tertiary’ waterways are thus received one day’s training by the waterway Kanäle B under threat of closure if the authority, and then worked for one season Friedrich- Elbe Wilhelm- local authorities fail to agree only. As Hartmut writes in his letter on Spoy-Kanal M Kanal Sa on the funding of maintenance p.7, the WSA staff council only grudgingly Oberweser al e Saale-Elsterkanal and operation. accepted this scheme, despite the fact that the D L Fulda F K ul U t Elsterfloßgraben jobs had already disappeared, then opposed D da nstru D Location of the so-called ‘tertiary’ a pragmatic extension of the scheme to use Rh e in waterways of Germany. Those Lahn voluntary labour on these 10 locks. marked in red will be represented at F--M There is some good news from Germany, el os the Eberswalde conference. Other M however, suggesting that solutions can be found. threatened waterways (green) are the Main This is the change in position of the WSA Saar N Spoy Kanal (Briene Lock) giving access Main- responsible for the river Saar. The authority e S Donau arn Saar, Güdingen Do M Neckar Kanal nau to Kleve, and canoeing rivers and agreed in 2014 to fund restoration of Güdingen C. de la Sarre mill streams in the Black Forest. The lock on the upstream length of the canalised eine S S future of Güdingen lock on the Saar Canoeing rivers M river. This example underlines the importance in and mill streams e (grey) has been secured. High-ranking h of getting round the table and working out solu- R Lake Constance delegates are expected from all over tions to seemingly inextricable situations. Germany. © DEM-TRANSMANCHE [see Letters p. 7] 1 Drava IWI ACTIVITIESINLAND WATERWAYS INTERNATIONAL magazine. Members are encouraged to provide AGM in Milan this type of article to Dave MacDougall, Secretary IWI had the biggest ever attendance at for consideration for the newsletter and magazine. its AGM, in Lombardy Region’s Palazzo WCC 2015 will be hosted in Ghent, Belgium. Sistema in Milan on August 31, 2014. WCC 2016 will be hosted by Scottish Canals in Secretary Dave MacDougall summarises Inverness. The host for 2017 will be announced the proceedings. at the end of the 2014 conference, based on a recommendation by the selection committee and IWI’s Annual General Meeting at the World Canals approval of IWI Council. Conference venue opened with a presentation by David Holder and Duncan Hay on behalf of Two new Council members were Delegates were taken for a memorable boat trip on the Syracuse, New York, USA, the Erie Canal National appointed in January. Peter Linssen repre- Naviglio Grande on the second day of the WCC (here Heritage Corridor and the New York State Canal sents the two Linssen group companies (see passing a pontoon for small craft). DEM Corporation, supporting their application to host Peter’s letter about the Finow Canal, p.7), and the World Canals Conference in 2017. is involved with marketing and strategy. He Motions were passed (a) to accept the treasurer’s was an individual member of IWI from 2010, Syracuse NY was confirmed as the venue report for 2013, and to accept Mike Reid’s resig- then signed up Linssen & Linssen as corporate of the WCC in 2017 during the closing session nation and appoint Norman Smith as Treasurer, member (with the trading name Linssen Boating of the Milan conference, following a decision (b) to change the postal address for IWI to the Holidays). The company not only builds vessels by the selection committee formed this year by Folkestone, UK address (as on p.1), (c) to elect for recreational boating, but also promotes a Rory Robinson, Roger Squires and Linda Barth. Roger Squires, Bob Sears, David Wadham, Colin Europe-wide network of hire boat bases. Peter The 2017 conference will explore and celebrate Becker and Katie Boyd-Wetter as Council members brings his knowledge and experience of the boat inland waterways as ‘agents of transformation: of IWI for a 3-year term, (d) to amend our WCC building and hire boat businesses to Council. once mothers of cities and ports, transformers organizers’ handbook to include an educational Barbara Sheridan is first vice-president of of landscapes and builders of nations; now foci component as a requested item at a World Canals the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Association in for revitalizing communities, makers of power Conference. the US. This independent citizens association is and suppliers of essential water’. We have hired a webmaster to manage our IWI actively involved in conservation of the natural website and we are seeing improvements. and historical environment of the C&O Canal New business alliance Michel Raffin, president, and Hélène de Morsier, and the Potomac River Basin. Barbara has had One of IWI’s corporate members, a constant vice-president of the Alliance des Rhodaniens, many years’ experience working as part of this supporter and supplier of services, Euromapping, gave a brief presentation on the objectives of their volunteer organization, and has also been a has been wound up. Fortunately, the publishing organization and their work, particularly on the regular delegate at the WCC in recent years, and consulting activity developed by David Rhône in France and Switzerland, but also tours to starting in Serbia in 2009, also participating in Edwards-May since 1990 will now continue as part waterways throughout Europe. pre- and post-conference tours. Barbara presents of Transmanche Consultants of Lambersart (near It was approved to include more academic or the delicate issue of charging to use the C&O Lille), also a supporter and corporate member of IWI. educational oriented articles in our newsletter and Canal’s towpath on p.5. David’s work will continue as part of Transmanche, evidenced by the recently published 5th edition Adieu Sonia Sonia Rolt died peace- was through her time on the IWA committee that of the European Waterways Map and fully in hospital on 22 October after a short her relationship developed with canal author and Directory (see p.7), with separate French and illness, at the age of 95. Her death has meant IWA co-founder Tom Rolt.
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