Transcript UN Economic Commission for Europe Inland Transport Committee 54th Session of the Working Party on Inland Water Transport MAIR Raimund, Technical Expert on River.

UN Economic Commission for Europe
Inland Transport Committee
54th Session of the Working Party on Inland
Water Transport
MAIR Raimund, Technical Expert on River Basin Management
ICPDR – International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River
[email protected] / www.icpdr.org
 www.naiades.info
Content
 Background / ICPDR
 Joint Statement on Inland Navigation
 PLATINA Manual on Good Practices in
Sustainable Waterway Planning
ICPDR
International Commission for the
Protection of the Danube River
ICPDR was established based on the Danube River
Protection Convention (DRPC), signed on 29 June 1994 in
Sofia, Bulgaria.
The ICPDR is the facilitating platform between 15
contracting parties of the DRPC and charged with
coordinating the conservation, improvement and rational use
of Danube waters.
ICPDR
International Commission for the
Protection of the Danube River
Since 2000, the ICPDR is the coordinating body for
implementing the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD)
in the Danube River Basin District:
 Integrated management of water resources on the basinwide scale
 Achievement (by 2015) of environmental objectives
(good water status/potential) is legal requirement
 Joint Programme of Measures as part of the Danube
River Basin Management Plan (agreed in Dec. 2009)
Integration of environmental objectives with economic sector
development is key!
Growing Concern and
Motivation
Major Inland Waterway Transport Projects
under preparation
 How to ensure sustainable water protection and nondeterioration of Danube Basin water bodies & Natura2000
sites if major infrastructure projects will be built?
 How to make a step from confrontation to reconciliation,
cooperation or even win-win results?
 Can we guide infrastructure development that it won’t
conflict with legal requirements for river protection but
support their achievement?
First Response
Cross-sector Dialogue 2007
Stakeholder process
 12 Basin Governments and
22 industry and environmental
interest groups during 3 workshops
Result: New commitment
“Joint Statement” (2007)
Joint Statement
Key principles
 Integrated planning process from
the beginning
 Minimize the impacts of
engineering interventions
 Apply EIAs with public input
 Respect WFD’s River Basin
Management Plans 2009
 Define goals for IWT and the
river/floodplain ecological integrity
 Use Best Practice to achieve the
required objective.
Step 2:
Use of EU PLATINA Project
PLATINA…
 Project within 7th Framework Programme for Research,
Technology Development and Demonstration
 Aimed at coordinating and supporting research activities
and policies
 Runs from 06/2008 to 05/2012
 Consists of 22 partners from 9 different countries
 Strategically guided by key industrial stakeholders,
associations and Member States administrations
 Organised around the five NAIADES action areas
Step 2:
Use of EU PLATINA Project
Deliverable
No.
Implementation
Task
Description
Partner
Due Month
D 5.1
5.3.1
Integrative study on Danube‘s
hydro-morphological alterations
BOKU, ICPDR
Sept 2009
D 5.8
5.3.2
Good Practice Manual on
Sustainable Waterway Planning
ICPDR, VIA,
BOKU, INE
Dec 2009
D 5.10
5.3.3
Content for training and dissemination workshops on IWT planning
ICPDR, VIA
May 2011
D 5.12
5.3.3
Result of 3-4 training workshops
ICPDR, VIA,
INE
October
2011
Best Practice Manual is finalised
MANUAL Objectives
 Illustrate the Joint Statement with
its principles & criteria
 Present new legal framework
conditions for river management
 Present new approaches in
integrated planning
 Provide a general practical
guidance for integrated planning
 Examples for ecology-oriented
waterway and river bed
engineering
MANUAL Content
Part A Introduction and Background
Part B Model for an Integrated Planning
Process
Part C Frameworks for Practical
Application
MANUAL Content
Part B – Main Guidance
Part B
Based on other guidances and
various experiences
MANUAL Content
Part B – Main Guidance
5 Planning Stages…
Part B – Main Guidance
1. Define the Scope
Part B – Main Guidance
2. Organise Planning Process
Part B – Main Guidance
3. Execute Planning
Part B – Main Guidance
4. Monitor the Project
Part B – Main Guidance
5. Implement the Project
MANUAL Content
Part C – Frameworks for
Practical Application
C.1 Basics on river ecology
and legal framework
C.2 References for
integrated planning
C.3 Good practice
examples
Part C – Frameworks for Practical Application
Make best use of existing knowledge and
practical experiences !
Down-sized groynes
Re-connected sidearms
Restored river banks
Conclusions
 Major IWT infrastructure projects on the way
 Environmental legislation in place has to be
respected
 Integrated planning approach, taking into account
IWT and environmental objectives is KEY!
 PLATINA Manual is useful tool, providing
information on practical steps for achieving
PROJECT SUCCESS
Developed by…
ICPDR Secretariat / Vienna International Centre, D0412 / P.O. Box 500 / 1400 Vienna / Austria
Phone +43 1 26060-5738 / Fax +43 1 26060-5895 / [email protected] / www.icpdr.org