Institutional Development for the Integrated Water Resources Management in the Danube River Basin

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1 Institutional Development for the Integrated Water Resources Management in the Danube River Basin Ivan Zavadsky, UNDP/GEF Regional Programme Director Danube/ Black Sea 1

2 THE DANUBE BLACK SEA REGION» 1/3rd of Europe» 81 Mio Inhabitants in the Danube Basin and 16 Mio Inhabitants Black Sea Coast» 13+3 Countries with diverse cultural, economic and social background» Pollution of the Black Sea by nutrients degradation of ecosystems, reduced biodiversity, economic loss 2

3 RESPONSE OF INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY (GEF and EU) AND COUNTRIES» GEF and EU Phare/Tacis joint efforts in early stages of institutional building in the region (TDA/SAP process)» Danube Protection Convention (1998) and Black Sea Convention (2000)» GEF Danube Black Sea Strategic Partnership (2001)» EU policies and directives applicable to the region 3

4 Institutional Development for Cooperation in the Danube River Basin Danube River Protection Convention DRPC» The legal frame for co-operation to assure protection of water and ecological resources and their sustainable use in the Danube River Basin» signed: 29 June 1994, Sofia / in force: 22 October 1998 International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River ICPDR» institutional and legal basis for development and impementation of policies and measures» Mature institution with appropriate technical and management tools for transboundary cooperation» High level of committment of the participating Governments» 13 contracting states, and European Community 4

5 ICPDR Joint Action Programme» 1st Strategic Action Plan (1994)» Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis and Revision of the 1st SAP (1999)» Joint Action Programme ICPDR response to SAP» Adopted by countries in

6 JOINT ACTION PROGRAMME Achievements» Trans-national Monitoring Network (TNMN)» Pollution control Emissions Inventories» ICPDR List of priority substances» Accident Early Warning System» Action Programme for Sustainable Flood Protection» Policy and legal reforms for pollution reduction» Pollution reduction investment programme 6

7 KEY DRIVERS FOR POLICY CHANGES AND JOINT ACTIONS TOWARD IWRM» GEF Danube Black Sea Strategic Partnership and Memorandum of Understanding for reduction of nutrients input into the Black Sea» EU Accession Process and EU Water Framework Directive 7

8 GEF Danube Black Sea Strategic Partnership in support of the Danube - Black Sea MoU» Objectives:» to reduce pollution (nutrients & hazardous substances) to permit Black Sea ecosystems to recover to conditions observed in 1960s.» to reduce discharges of N and P to the BS to levels at or below as observed in 1997» Aimed at new policies, institutional and regulatory measures, investment projects, capacity building including monitoring systems, legal mechanisms at national and regional level, implementing pilot projects and stakeholders involvement. 8

9 DANUBE REGIONAL PROJECT Objectives and Approach» Reduce nutrient loadings into the Danube River and its tributaries, in order to improve water quality in the Danube, and in the Black Sea.» Reinforce transboundary cooperation through strengthening the ICPDR structures, activities and policy development» Strengthen public involvement in environmental problems through supporting the NGO network,small grants, etc. 9

10 DANUBE REGIONAL PROJECT Institutional Support Regional level Danube Protection Commission (ICPDR)» Strengthening the ICPDR Tools (TNMN, Danubis, AEWS, GIS)» Supporting the JAP and policy development» Supporting activities related to EU WFD Implementation» Capacity building Joint Danube-Black Sea Working Group» Assessment of pollution (causes), status of the Black Sea using ecological indicators, impact of the Danube on the Black Sea North-Western Shelf» 1st Assessment Report of the Danube pact on the North West shelf of the Black Sea 10

11 DANUBE REGIONAL PROJECT Institutional Support National Level Inter-ministerial Coordination» Analysis of situation in the Danube Countries» Assistance to EU accession and non-accession countries» EU WFD Implementation at national level» Joint implementation of activities in the Danube and Black Sea countries (coordination with the BSERP)» Fully operational IMCM by

12 DANUBE REGIONAL PROJECT Public Participation and Stakeholder Involvement» Building-up and strengthening the NGOs (DEF network),» Public awareness and communication activities (involving other stakeholders to the Danube issues)» Small Grants Programme (regional & local grants for small scale projects prepared by NGOs)» Public access to information (BG, HR, RO, SM, BiH) 12

13 EU WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE» uniform standards in water policy and integration of different policy areas involving water issues» river basin approach for the development of integrated and coordinated river basin management,» Introduces elements of the economic analysis, public participation in RBM planning» Defined time frames» legal obligation and enforcement mechanisms for implementation of IWRM and RBM plans» Pressures and Impact Analysis strengthens the TDA approach» RBM Plans contains all elements of SAP 13

14 INTEGRATED APPROACH OF TDA / WFD Danube Analysis (Roof Report)» Detail characterisation of surface and ground waters» Pressures and Impact Assessment Key Problems» Organic Pollution, Hazardous substances, Nutrient loads» Hydro-morphological alterations» Other anthropogenic pressures» Assessment on rivers, lakes, coastal waters and their ecosystems» Economic analysis of water uses» Inventory of Protected Areas» Public information and consultation 14

15 INTEGRATED APPROACH OF TDA/WFD Danube Analysis (Roof Report)» Approved at the Ministerial Meeting Vienna, 13 December 2004» Next Steps:» Fill data gaps and integrate results with economic analysis» Prepare Programme of Measures and Danube RBM Plan by

16 CONCLUSIONS» DRB Countries made significant progress in establishing the necessary mechanisms for coordination and cooperation» Danube countries strongly committed to cooperate» The EU WFD driving force and mechanism for support of integrated water management» The ICPDR forum for dialogue, understanding and action» The active involvement of the public is a core principle in IWRM» GEF intervention played a catalytic role» TDA-SAP / WFD approach leads to balancing of different uses of the Danube 16