Transcript CC Romania Feb 2008 - UN

The Experience of the
ICPDR
Institutional Capacity in
Transboundary Basins: The Danube
UN Water Decade Workshop
11 November, 2008, Bonn
Philip Weller
ICPDR, Executive Secretary
Structure of Presentation
• The Danube River Basin
• History of Cooperation
• Institutional Structures
• Lessons from the Experience in Management
• Needs for Institutional Capacity Development
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The Danube Case
• ~9% Europe
• 81 Mil.
inhabitants
• 19 Countries
Most
International
River Basin in the
World
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The DRB, a cultural and
historical centre of Europe
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Economic Disparities
GDP per capita (PPP) in $, 2007
45000
40000
35000
30000
25000
20000
15000
10000
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GE
AT
CZ SK
HU
SI
HR BA RS ME* BG RO MD UA
* 2005
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Structure of Presentation
• The Danube River Basin
• History of Cooperation
• Institutional Structures
• Lessons from the Experience in Management
• Needs for Institutional Capacity Development
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Danube River Protection
Convention
Legal frame for cooperation to assure protection
of water and ecological resources and
their sustainable use in the Danube River Basin.
Signed: 29 June 1994, Sofia
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Contracting Parties
Germany
Austria
Czech Republic
Slovakia
Hungary
Slovenia
Croatia
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Serbia
Montenegro
Romania
Bulgaria
Rep. of Moldova
Ukraine
European Union
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ICPDR International Commission for the
Protection of the Danube River
Implement the Danube River Protection Convention:
strengthen international cooperation
ensure sustainable water management
ensure conservation, improvement and rational use of
surface waters and ground water
reduce inputs of nutrients and hazardous substances
control floods and ice hazards
reduce pollution loads of the Black Sea
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Structure of Presentation
• The Danube River Basin
• History of Cooperation
• Institutional Structures
• Lessons from the Experience in Management
• Needs for Institutional Capacity Development
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Coordination
Mechanism
D
E
U
A
Bilateral agreements
C
H
IT
AT
M
D
PL
C
Z
SK
R
O
ICPDR
H
U
B
G
SI
RS
MK
Cooperation
Cooperation
A
L
B
A
H
R
Cooperation at sub-basin level:
e.g. Sava, Tisza
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Structure of the Cooperation:
ICPDR –
Delegations of the Contracting Parties
ICPDR
Secretariat
River Basin
Management
Expert Group
Pressures and
Measures
Expert Group
Monitoring and
Assessment
Expert Group
Flood Protection
Expert Group
Supported by:
Ad hoc Info and
GIS Expert Group
Ad hoc Public
Participation
Expert Group
Ad hoc Strategic
Expert Group
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Observers
to the ICPDR
Black Sea Commission
Die Donau –
Tourism Commission
Friends of Nature
Navigation
Commission
Europ. Angling Ass.
GWP CEE
REC
UNESCO - IHP
VGB Power Tech
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The EU Water Framework
Directive
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EU Water Framework
Directive
Revolutionized Water Management in Europe
Protecting all waters - surface and ground waters
Good quality (‘good status’) to be achieved, as a rule, by 2015
Water quality defined in terms of biology, chemistry and
morphology
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EU Water Framework
Directive
• Sets uniform standards throughout the EU
• Requires cooperation for the development of an integrated
river basin management plan
• Defines a time-frame for the achievement of good status of
surface water and groundwater
• Introduces the economic analysis of water use to achieve a
cost-effective combination of measures
• Requests public participation (stakeholders incl. NGOs)
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Structure of Presentation
• The Danube River Basin
• History of Cooperation
• Institutional Structures
• Lessons from the Experience in Management
• Needs for Institutional Capacity Development
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Water Management
Water is an element that binds
landscapes and people.
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What is IWRM?
“A process which promotes the coordinated
development and management of water, land and
related resources in order to maximise the resultant
economic and social welfare in an equitable
manner without compromising the sustainability of
vital eco-systems.” (Source: GWP)
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River Basin
Management
• Monitoring and Assessment System
• Visions and Management Objectives
• Stakeholder Involvement
(i.e. including navigation, hydropower, agriculture)
• Joint Programme of Measures and Actions
• Celebrating Success
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Trans National
Monitoring Network - TNMN
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Danube River Basin
Analysis Report
WFD Article V
Roof Report
Approved at the Ministerial
Meeting – Vienna, 13
December 2004
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Significant Water
Management Issues
Organic
Pollution
Agenda Item: 3.1
Nutrient
Pollution
Hazardous
Substances Pollution
Hydromorphological
Alterations
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Anthropogenic pressures
• Point source pollution
• Organic substances
• Nutrients
• Hazardous substances
• Diffuse source pollution
• Nutrients
• Hazardous substances
• Hydromorphological alterations
• Continuity interruptions
• Navigation
• Water abstraction
• Other anthropogenic pressures
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Point sources of pollution
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Diffuse sources of
pollution
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Stakeholder Conference,
Budapest 2005.
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Partnering with business
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Elements of Success
• There is no formula for successful integrated
river basin management but there are key
elements that will help achieve it.
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Elements of Success
(1)
• Legal Framework
• Institutional Structure
• Framework for Analysis of Problems and Monitoring
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Elements of Success
(2)
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Vision for Future
Actions at Multiple Levels
Communication and Celebration
Partnerships
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Structure of Presentation
• The Danube River Basin
• History of Cooperation
• Institutional Structures
• Lessons from the Experience in Management
• Needs for Institutional Capacity Development
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Challenges for the
Future and Needs
• Political/Technical Change
• Adapting to Climate Change
• Sharing Best Practices
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Commitment to
Sharing Experience
In 2007 the ICPDR was
awarded the prestigious
International Thiess Riverprize
for excellent water resource
management!
September 2007, Brisbane, Australia
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For further information see www.icpdr.org
Thank you for your attention!
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