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See R Iver T Oo Lkit Boo Klet #3 FOR FACILITATING OF RIVEROF CORRIDORS PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS ON THE BODROG, NERETVA, PRUT, CROSS-SECTORAL MANAGEMENT SOČA, VJOSA AND KOLUBARA RIVERS SEE RIVER TOOLKIT BOOKLET #3 CONTENTS Hand in Hand in Hand RIVERSFOR of Table 01 PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS ON SEE PILOT RIVERS BODROG, NERETVA, PRUT, SOčA, 6.2 Overview ....................................................................................................................... 44 VJOSA AND KOLUBARA .................................................................................................... 3 6.3 State of play .................................................................................................................. 46 6.4 Process overview ......................................................................................................... 46 02 CASE STUDIES OF SOUTH EAST EUROPE RIVERS ........................................................ 4 Soča Vision .................................................................................................................... 51 2.1 SEE pilot rivers characteristics and comparison .......................................................... 4 6.5 Lessons learned ............................................................................................................ 53 2.2 Drava River Vision Declaration as a common model for other SEE rivers ................. 7 6.6 Conclusions ................................................................................................................... 53 6.7 More Information ......................................................................................................... 53 03 BODROG RIVER CASE STUDY ......................................................................................... 8 3.1 About the pilot river corridor ......................................................................................... 8 07 VJOSA RIVER CASE STUDY .......................................................................................... 54 3.2 Overview ....................................................................................................................... 10 7.1 About the pilot river corridor ....................................................................................... 54 3.3 State of play .................................................................................................................. 12 7.2 Overview ....................................................................................................................... 56 3.4 Process overview .......................................................................................................... 12 Vjosa Vision .................................................................................................................. 59 Bodrog Vision ............................................................................................................... 18 7.3 State of play ................................................................................................................... 59 3.5 Lessons learned ............................................................................................................ 19 7.4 Process overview .......................................................................................................... 59 3.6 Conclusions ................................................................................................................... 19 7.5 Lessons learned ............................................................................................................ 60 3.7 More Information ......................................................................................................... 19 7.6 Conclusions ................................................................................................................... 61 7.7 More Information .......................................................................................................... 61 04 NERETVA RIVER CASE STUDY ...................................................................................... 20 4.1 About the pilot river corridor ....................................................................................... 2o 08 KOLUBARA RIVER CASE STUDY .................................................................................. 62 4.2 Overview ....................................................................................................................... 22 8.1 About the pilot river corridor ...................................................................................... 62 4.3 State of play .................................................................................................................. 25 8.2 Overview ................................................................................................................... 64 4.4 Process overview .......................................................................................................... 27 8.3 State of play .................................................................................................................. 66 Neretva Vision .............................................................................................................. 31 8.4 Process overview ......................................................................................................... 66 4.5 Lessons learned ............................................................................................................ 31 Kolubara Vision ............................................................................................................ 69 4.6 Conclusions ................................................................................................................... 31 8.5 Lessons learned ............................................................................................................ 69 4.7 More Information ......................................................................................................... 31 8.6 Conclusions ................................................................................................................... 69 8.7 More Information ......................................................................................................... 69 05 PRUT RIVER CASE STUDY ............................................................................................ 32 5.1 About the pilot river corridor ...................................................................................... 32 09 CONCLUSIONS ON APPLICATIONS ALONG SEE PILOT RIVERS BODROG, NERETVA, 5.2 Overview ....................................................................................................................... 34 PRUT, SOčA, VJOSA AND KOLUBARA ........................................................................... 70 5.3 State of play .................................................................................................................. 36 5.4 Process overview .......................................................................................................... 37 10 REFERENCES ................................................................................................................. 72 Prut Vision .................................................................................................................. 41 5.5 Lessons learned ............................................................................................................ 41 11 SEE RIVER PROJECT PARTNERS ................................................................................. 74 5.6 Conclusions ................................................................................................................... 41 5.7 More Information ......................................................................................................... 41 06 SOčA RIVER CASE STUDY ............................................................................................ 32 6.1 About the pilot river corridor ...................................................................................... 42 B3 01 Practical Applications on SEE Pilot Rivers: NERETVA, BODROG, PRUT, SOČA, VJOSA KOLUBARA AND In addition to the Drava River, five provided for a platform of experiences, the Kolubara River corridor, one of the other international river corridors were lessons learned, approaches tested, most affected areas in the floods. In selected in the SEE River Project to methods that worked and had good ef- the last few months of the project, a address the challenges of transboundary fects in one country but went unnoticed stakeholder engagement process was cross-sectoral river corridor management. in another one. In some cases, the pro- launched in Serbia on the Kolubara River, Equipped with experiences of achieving cess was initiated on a local scale and leading to a draft river declaration and a common international vision for the was later transferred across the border, achieved commitment of stakeholders Drava River (Drava River Declaration while again in another, there was a clear to work together for better, integrated (2008), we wanted to initiate cross- top-down approach. management practices in the future. sectoral and transboundary cooperation also in other countries and river corridors A general outline of the process was Based on experiences gained on all in the South East Europe region. This made; however, at the start we did seven SEE River project rivers, we put was
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