TransboundaryTransboundary WaterWater ManagementManagement inin thethe DanubeDanube RiverRiver BasinBasin OvidiuOvidiu GABORGABOR DeputyDeputy GeneralGeneral DirectorDirector NationalNational AdminstrationAdminstration ““ApeleApele RomaneRomane”” Content Presentation • Danube River Basin • Transboundary Water Management • Joint Action Program • WFD Implementation • Flood Action Program • Transboundary Cooperation within Danube Basin- examples The Danube River Basin • 800.000 km2 • 81 million people • 13 countries (+5) About Romania • 97.8 % of the RO surface is included in the DRB • 30 % of the DRB surface is in Romania •27 % of the DRB population is leaving in Romania Transboundary Danube Water Management - Constraints Î Regional social and economic disparities Î The particular situation of transition countries and the requirements for EU accession Î Major tributaries are transboundary rivers Countries in the Danube River Basin Small territories Germany Croatia Austria Serbia & Muntenegro Switzerland Czech Republic Bulgaria Italy Slovak Republic Romania Poland Hungary Moldova Albania Slovenia Ukraine Macedonia Bosnia-Herzegovina European Commission ICPDR 6 MAIN WATER MANAGEMENT GOAL ASSURE THE PROTECTION OF WATER AND ECOLOGICAL RESOURCES FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN DANUBE RIVER BASIN 7 DWM Policies & Actions Joint Action Programme WFD Implementation Flood Action Programme JAP Policies and Strategies Î River Basin Management and implementation of the EU Water Framework Directive; Î Emission inventory and pollution reduction; Î Restoration of wetlands and flood plains; Î Transnational Monitoring Network (TNMN) Î Priority substances / recommendations on BAT & BEP; Î Accident warning system (AEWS) and prevention; Î Domestic and basin wide water balance. IMPLEMENTATION OFTHEWFDINDANU IMPLEMENTATION OFTHEWFDINDANU GERMANY EU Member States AUSTRIA River Basin Management River Basin CZECH REPUBLIC Danube River Basin Management Plan Management RiverBasin Danube SLOVAK REPUBLIC HUNGARY States in the joiningprocess toEU States inthe SLOVENIA ICPDR LEVEL RIVER RIVER Plan- LEVEL NATIONAL CROATIA BOSNIA - HERZEGOVINA SERBIA - MONTENEGRO BULGARIA ROMÂNIA Non-accession countries MOLDOVA UKRAINE BE BE EUROPEAN COMMISSION FLOOD ACTION PROGRAM 9 INCREASE REACTION CAPACITY 9 MITIGATION OF FLOODS EFFECTS AND DAMAGES 9 COMMON PROCEDURE TO ELABORATE FLOOD RISK MAP 9 HARMONITION OF FORECAST SYSTEM 9 MODERN JOINT PROCEDURES FOR WARNING SYSTEM 9 ESTABLISHING FLOODING TRANSBOUNDARY AREAS WITH MAJOR RISK 9 ELABORATION OF JOINT FLOOD INTERVENTION PLAN DANUBE RIVER BASIN TRANSBOUNDARY COOPERATION Prut RBMP Tisza RBMP Sava Commission Cris/Koros Project DD RBM Thank you for your attention !.