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CWC project: information management and public participation
in transboundary water cooperation |
THE WORKSHOP
The Workshop on information management and public participation in transboundary water
cooperation was held in St. Petersburg on 8–10 June 2005. The workshop was prepared in cooperation with
the Center for Transboundary Cooperation – St.Petersburg and the
Global Environment Facility (GEF) International Waters Learning Exchange and Resource
Network (IW:LEARN). IW:LEARN, the World
Bank Institute and the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency funded the workshop.
More than 60 representatives of EECCA countries, experts involved in GEF projects in the
region (Danube, Dnipro, Black Sea, Caspian Sea and Kura), EU neighbouring countries, UN organizations,
international financial institutions, regional cooperation organizations, bilateral donor agencies, the private
sector and civil society participated in the workshop (see list of
participants).
The workshop had two main themes. The first was information management for transboundary
water cooperation, including information needs for integrated management, information exchange between
different actors involved and information utilization for decision–making and for stakeholders’
information. The second theme was public participation, including methods for its development, stakeholders
identification and involvement in decision–making information management and public participation.
Participants exchanged experience on information managment and public participation
on transboundary waters in the EECCA region, assessed the progress and challenges in these fields, and
made recommendations, at the regional, national, local and river basin level. Furthermore they identified
major challenges in the region and possible solutions.
The workshop conclusions and reccommendations will be published by autumn 2005.
BACKGROUND
MATERIAL
| Agenda |
English, Russian |
| Background
paper on information management in transboundary
water cooperation |
English, Russian |
| Background
paper on public participation in transboundary
water cooperation |
English, Russian |
| UNECE
Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary
Watercourses and International Lakes |
English, Russian |
| Aarhus
Convention on Access to Information,
Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice
in Environmental Matters |
English, Russian |
| The
role and use of information in transboundary
water management, Susanna Nilsson,
Royal Institute of Technology |
English, Russian |
| Short
guidebook for the production of popular state-of-environment
report on the web, UNEP/GRID–Arendal |
English, Russian |
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PRESENTATIONS
| CWC
project objective and outcome of the first workshop
on the legal basis for transboundary water cooperation,
Mr. Bo Libert, United Nations Economic
Commission for Europe |
Russian
(355KB) |
| Use
of Information Management and Public Participation
by GEF IW Projects, Mr. Dann Sklarew,
GEF IW:LEARN |
English
(2MB)
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| Experience
of the Finnish–Russian cooperation over more
than 40 years, Ms. Valentina Plyukhina,
Federal Agency of Water Resources |
Russian
(1,6MB)
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| Lake
Peipsi/River Narva basin - working together
on the new Eastern border of the EU, Mr.
Harry Liiv, Estonian member of the Estonian–Russian
Commission |
English
(200KB) |
| Information management |
| The
Joint Finnish–Russian Commission on Transboundary
Waters: Trends in information exchange, Ms.
Sirkka Haunia, Finnish Environment Institute |
English
(600KB)
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| Information
and transboundary cooperation – challenges
and responses, Ms. Francesca Bernardini,
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe |
English
(200KB) |
| Information
obligations arising from the Aarhus Convention
and its protocol, Ms. Marianna Bolshakova,
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
– Aarhus Convention secretariat |
Russian
(3MB)
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| Tailor-Made
Information in Transboundary Water Management,
Mr. Jos Timmerman, Dutch Institute
for Inland Water Management and Waste Water
Treatment |
English
(1,6MB) |
| Information
as a basis to establish transboundary cooperation:
the experience of the Bug pilot project, Ms.
Malgorzata Landsberg, Polish Inspectorate
of Environmental Protection |
English
(4,7MB) |
| Information
System Support of Transboundary Monitoring in
the Bug River Basin, Mr. Vladimir Korneev,
Central Research Institute for Complex Use of
Water Resources |
English
(2,3MB) |
| Hydrological
information exchange in Central Asia, Mr.
Sergey Myagkov, Deputy General Director
of Uzbekistan Hydromet |
Russian
(11,8MB)
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| Interstate
Dnipro Basin Environmental Data Base, Mr.
Yuriy Nabivanets, Ukraine Hydromet Institute |
Russian
(1,1MB) |
| Using
web technology: the Information Portal for Water
and Environmental Issues in Central Asia,
Mr. Iskander Beglov, Scientific Information
Centre - Interstate Coordination Water Commission |
Russian
(2,5MB)
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| Kazakhstan
and Central Asia Information in Transboundary
Water Cooperation - The Value of National IWRM
and Water Efficiency Plans, Mr. Tim Hannan,
UNDP |
English
(160KB)
Russian
(170KB)
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| Automatic
information and measuring system in the Tisza
river, Mr. Volodomyr Chipak and Mr. Viktor
Chub, Zakarpathian Water Management Department |
Russian
(20MB)
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| Public participation |
| Public
participation in transboundary water management:
trends in the EECCA, Mrs. Natalia Alexeeva,
CTC – St. Petersburg |
Russian
(160KB)
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| The
Aarhus Convention as a legal basis for public
participation activities, Ms. Marianna Bolshakova,
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
- Aarhus Convention secretariat |
Russian
(300KB)
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| Partnership
with NGOs, Ms. Elena Dronova, UNDP–GEF
Dnipro Basin Environment Program and Mr.
Anatoliy Shvetsov, Belarus NGO "Ecodom" |
Russian
(2,5MB)
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| Public
participation experience in Central Asia, Mrs.
Ulzhan Kanzhigalina, Zhalgas-Counterpart |
Russian
(400KB)
English
(370KB)
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| Participatory
approaches towards water management: transboundary
cooperation in the River Lielupe (Latvia/Lithuania),
Mrs. Kristina Veidemane, Baltic Environmental
Forum |
English
(4,7MB)
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| Focus
Groups, Citizens’ Juries and Open Space
method: Innovative tools of public involvement
in water management, Ms. Kati Kangur,
Peipsi Center for Transboundary Cooperation |
English
(2,4MB)
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| Public
participation in the Danube Basin: approaches,
activities, challenges, Ms. Jasmine Bachmann,
International Commission for the Protection
of the Danube River |
English
(2,5MB)
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| Stakeholder
Analysis in the Caspian and Caucasus, Ms.
Mary M. Matthews, Innovatia Consulting,
Inc. |
English
(90KB)
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| Caspian
Environment Programme Public Participation,
Ms. Melina Seyfollahzadeh, UNDP GEF
Caspian Environment Programme |
English
(600KB)
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| Public
Participation in transboundary issues in the
Republic of Moldova , Mr. Ilya Trombitsky,
International Environmental Association of Dniester River Keepers |
English
(70KB)
Russian
(100KB)
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| Public
Participation in Ukraine, Ms. Svetlana Slesarenok,
Mama-86 |
Russian
(40KB)
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| Workshop conclusions
on public participation, Mr. Dann Sklarew,
GEF IW:LEARN |
English
(700KB)
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| CWC
project: Next stop Tbilisi, Ms. Francesca
Bernardini, United Nations Economic Commission
for Europe |
English
(150KB) |
WORKING GROUPS
During the workshop participants were
divided in four groups, each focusing on specific
river basins selected as case study (Dniester, Daugava
and Nemunas, SyrDarya and AmuDarya, and Kura). For
each river basin, the current information management
and exchange as well as public participation and
stakeholders involvement were reviewed and practical
recommendations on the way forward were formulated.
| Conclusions of the working group on Daugava and Nemunas on information management |
Russian (20KB) |
| Conclusions
of the working group on Daugava and Nemunas
on public participation |
Russian
(70KB) |
| Conclusions
of the working group on the Dniester on public
participation |
Russian
(10KB) |
| Conclusions
of the working group on the Kura on information
management |
Russian
(230KB) |
| Conclusions
of the working group on the Kura on public participation |
Russian
(230KB) |
WORKSHOP
EVALUATION
Through replies to a questionnaire,
participants assessed the workshop's quality, usefulness
and the degree of achievement of its objectives.
They also provided advices for future CWC and IW:LEARN
workshops. The evaluation
summary is based on 43 questionnaire replies.
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