Transcript Sustainable Water Management & Greening of the Economy Experiences from the Danube River Basin ICPDR Mykola Melenevskyi Astana, 21-23 September 2011

Sustainable Water Management
& Greening of the Economy
Experiences from the Danube River Basin
ICPDR
Mykola Melenevskyi
Astana, 21-23 September 2011
Danube River
Protection Convention
29 June 1994, Sofia (Bulgaria)
Protection of water &
ecological resources
Sustainable use
of water
Reduce nutrients &
hazardous substances
Manage floods
& ice hazards
ICPDR coordinates implementation of
EU Water Framework Directive & EU Flood Directive
Danube River Basin
Management Plan
Reflects/Includes
• Water status of the DRB waters
• Joint Programme of Measures
Enables
• Conclusions on funding
• Evaluation of measure
implementation
Future of integrated
environmental policy
Ministerial Meeting, 16 Feb 2010
Hydropower
Agriculture
Images: wikipedia, GFDL
Areas for
intersectoral work
Thank you!
Further information: www.icpdr.org