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Water for a Sustainable Europe – Our Vision for 2030 Water for a sustainable Europe – our vision for 2030 “We have achieved sustainable water resource management and universal access to modern and safe water supply and sanitation because we value water in all its dimensions – in its economic, social, environmental and cultural importance.” Summary document, March 2009 Content The motivation for and objectives of the Vision The process of the Vision The outcomes of the regional workshops The way ahead – vision mapping and strategic policy paper Annex The motivation and objectives of the Water Vision for Europe Motivation The Water Vision for Europe aspires to be a Vision for all people in Europe and around the globe. The Vision is formulated from a people’s perspective in a positive and proactive manner that seeks to encourage ownership by all. Putting people and values at its core, the Vision departs from the premise that only if we mobilize people and stakeholders around common values we will be able to achieve sustainability with regards to water in Europe. It desires to unite and stimulate people and stakeholders to act in partnership in order to solve Europe’s water problems and to contribute to solutions that will address the global water crisis. Objectives The Vision serves as a lighthouse and guidance to reach joint actions in the different partnerships on advanced water management and to solve the water problems in Europe and globally. It expresses common aims for the European water sector, containing clear objectives and commitments. By including social, environmental and economic aspects it unites multi-stakeholder opinions. The Vision bridges high-policy level with stakeholder concerns. Finally it is understandable for everyone, thus addressing especially water non- experts. The Vision is underpinning both programmes of Aquawareness - the European Water Awareness and the Water Stewardship Programme. This newly launched programme seeks to establish a new culture of change stimulating action among political decision makers, business and citizens. This change should support the shift of mindset within Europe towards efficient and sustainable water use. A paradigm shift from supply management to demand management which, together with joint multistakeholder action towards responsible water use, will enable Europe to become a frontrunner in water stewardship. The postulates of the Vision will serve as a basis for the concrete project settings for Aquawareness: as a source for awareness activities and as a basis to define principles of sustainable water management for best governance tools of the stewardship programme. Furthermore the Water Vision for Europe is a European Contribution to the 5 th World Water Forum, taking place in Istanbul, March 2009. Lastly, the Vision is the starting point for vision mapping which will identify major obstacles towards implementing the vision aims and suggest points of actions to European decision makers. Process Creation of the Vision Only when people are mobilised and encouraged around common values, sustainable water management can be achieved in Europe. This need for a common approach as well as for defining common objectives was the driving spirit for creating a Water Vision for Europe. The Water Vision for Europe, which was initiated by the European Water Partnership (EWP) in 2008, was elaborated in an open multi-stakeholder process, including representatives from the EU Commission, the EU Presidency, the EU Parliament as well as leading multinationals and NGO’s. It was handed over to the European Union Institutions on 30 th June 2008 during the launch of Aquawareness, the European Water Awareness and Water Stewardship Programme. Launch On 30 th June 2008 the Water Vision for Europe and the Aquawareness Programme were launched during a high level policy panel discussion within the European Parliament in Brussels. The European Union Institutions strongly support the Vision and Aquawareness calling it a milestone towards sustainable water management. Additionally, the new ways of partnerships for realizing and implementing the Vision for the 21 st century were praised. “The European Water Partnership is a process which significantly contributes to the more efficient implementation of EU legislation on water and the aquatic environment while also improving business competitiveness and the quality of the local environment. It is a development opportunity and, as such, is arriving at just the right time, the time when it is urgently needed at both the European and the world level.” Janez Podobnik , Minister of the Environment and Spatial Planning of the Republic of Slovenia “Aquawareness is an excellent and timely initiative, responding directly to the challenges highlighted in the Commission’s Communication and its necessary follow-up with all stakeholders.” Stavros Dimas , EC Commissioner for the Environment “In the name of the European Parliament I strongly welcome the initiatives that have been launched in this conference today: the European Water Vision for the twenty first century and the Aquawareness programme! Awareness of the current water situation in the Europe Union and its challenges, as well as a vision for the future of Europe's water, are crucial drivers in order to strive for a sustainable water management.” Hans-Gert Pöttering , President of the European Parliament Regional workshops After the Brussels based stakeholder process, a regional consultation process was being launched across Europe in order to discuss, disseminate and gain commitments from a broad range of stakeholders. This bottom-up involvement is crucial for achieving a broad ownership and joint commitment towards sustainable water management. Via regional workshops, the reality of Europe’s water situation is reflected, bringing in the regional priorities, challenges and solutions on the surface. Furthermore, these workshops started a map of actual projects and activities already implementing the vision aims which will be continued in the project of “vision mapping”. What is more participants within these workshops discussed and identified the main obstacles towards the implementation of the vision aims. These seminars also facilitated the exchange of expertise and knowledge. Four regional workshops took place across Europe - in Castellon (Spain), Copenhagen (Denmark), Vienna (Austria) and Brussels (Belgium). A final workshop in Brussels presented and discussed the outcomes of all four workshops. Outcomes of the regional workshops Quotes from the workshops “Water issues are local and need local solutions ” “Spirit of cooperation and new partnerships are needed inviting all stakeholders around the table ” “we have to aquawareness water challenges within the broad public ” ”this workshop shall underline the importance of a water democratic culture in which everybody can participate, especially the driest regions” “The CEE region is very diverse with various local realities and challenges as well as different levels of solution development” Region-specific outcomes Mediterranean The City of Castellon organized the first regional workshop for Southern Europe, 3 rd December 2008 in cooperation with the EWP, the Valencian Region, Fundación Agua y Progreso, Fundación Comunidad Valenciana - Región Europea, Federation of Communities of Irrigators of the Valencian Region and the FACSA group. Priorities: strong focus on water efficiency and water savings enhancing water consciousness within and for the agricultural sector (with different level of focus depending on the region) Needs: more research and demonstration projects needed for water efficient practices more education with regard to regional realities more exchange on best practices and knowledge transfer sustainable water pricing indicators and a common methodology to assess water availability and the needs in the basins monitoring the quality of sea water in the shores increased cooperation between both shores of the Mediterranean basin better understanding for distinctive role of irrigators within this region more discussions on potential supply side measures: e.g. water transfers, desalination more focus on floating population flows to this region challenging additionally the demand and use of water Region-specific outcomes Baltic region/Northern Europe The European Environmental Agency, the Danish Ministry of Environment, the Danish Water Forum and the EWP organized the Baltic Sea regional workshop as Northern contribution to the European Regional Process towards Istanbul as well as to gain the priorities of those regions and obstacles within the implementation of the Water Vision for Europe. The workshop took place on 8 th &9 th January 2009 in Copenhagen, at the premises of the European Environmental Agency. Priorities: focusing on water quality aspects - pollution of water resources (eutrophication, nutrients, new substances e.g. hormones and medicaments - finding solutions at source instead of end-of-pipe) focusing on climate change impacts on the region Needs: more awareness campaigns on water savings for the population new (legal, technical) solutions with reference to centralized/decentralized water supply and sanitation systems in smaller agglomerations or summer house regions more information on interlinkeages between water and energy more interlinkeages between agriculture and other sectors higher level of prognosis for decision makers, citizens and business on climate change impacts increased cooperation in the Baltic Sea region between the different stakeholders on
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