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Activities
Workshop on transboundary water resources management in South- Eastern Europe
18-20 May 2009, Sarajevo
The workshop was organized jointly organized by the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC), the Global Water Partnership Mediterranean (GWP-MED), the Sava River Basin Commission and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) within the framework of the UNECE Water Convention and in line
with the RCC’s objective to promote regional cooperation in South-Eastern Europe (SEE).
The event contributed to the regional dialogue on transboundary water resources management in SEE
facilitated under the Petersberg Phase II / Athens Declaration Process.
The workshop highlighted cooperation on shared water resources management as a crucial
component of the stability and prosperity process in SEE. It promoted a high level discussion on key issues facing transboundary waters and cooperation in the region linked with:
(i) institutional and legal settings for cooperation
(ii) multipurpose use of water resources and
(iii) climate change adaptation.
It allowed sharing good practices, identifying bottlenecks and challenges as well as options for the region on the way ahead.
Moreover the workshop was a determinant step in the preparations of the second assessment of
transboundary waters under the UNECE Water Convention. The first Assessment was presented to the sixth Ministerial
Conference “Environment for Europe” (Belgrade, October 2007) which requested the Convention to
prepare a second Assessment by the next Ministerial Conference, tentatively scheduled for 2011.
At the workshop, participants worked
together to develop an accurate picture of all transboundary waters in SEE - both surface and
groundwaters - with the aim to highlight achievements and challenges, shed light on the effectiveness
of the measures taken, identify most urgent actions and provide the grounds for further measures to
prevent, control and reduce transboundary impact. It therefore layed the ground for strategic
directions for future work under the Convention and in other political fora. The assessment of
transboundary waters in SEE which was started at the workshop will be presented to the fifth meeting of the
Parties to the Water Convention (Geneva, 10-12 November 2009).
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Information Notice |
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Final agenda |
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List of participants |
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Report |
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| Presentations |
Opening session |
Mr. Reuf Hadzibegic, Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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Transboundary Water Cooperation in Southeastern Europe - A Regional Stability and Prosperity Process Component, Mr. Hidajet Biščević, Secretary General, Regional Cooperation Council
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The role of UNECE in supporting transboundary water cooperation in Southeastern Europe, Mr. Patrice Robineau, Senior Adviser to the Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)
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Session 1: Creating the enabling environment - legal and institutional basis for cooperation |
Advancing transboundary cooperation for the management of shared water bodies through the UNECE Water Convention, Ms. Francesca Bernardini, Secretary, UNECE Water Convention |
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The international water law and the EU acquis communautaire as instruments for advancing transboundary cooperation – Lessons learned and Challenges, Ms. Jadranka Ivanova, Head of Department for EU affairs, Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia |
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Session 2: Adapting management of transboundary basins to meet climate change challenges – Identifying fields for action
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Mainstreaming adaptation in World Bank-financed investments in the water sector; a status report, Mr. Ron Hoffer, Environment and Water Advisor, ECA Region, World Bank |
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Status of river basin planning and investments in navigation improvements in the Sava River Basin, Mr. Dejan Komatina, Secretary, Sava River Basin Commission |
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Implications of climate change on Sava Basin hydrology, Mr. Janusz Kindler, World Bank Hydrology Expert Consultant |
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Session 3: Multipurpose management of water resources in shared basins of SEE
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Transboundary cooperation for balancing conflicting water uses in shared basins, Mr. Michael Scoullos, Chairman, GWP-Med |
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Slovenian experience of multipurpose management of shared water bodies, Mr. Mitja Bricelj, State Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning, Slovenia
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Session 4: Status of transboundary water in SEE – second Assessment of transboundary rivers, lakes and groundwaters under the UNECE Water Convention
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Second Assessment of Transboundary Rivers, Lakes and Groundwater – the Southeastern Europe Sub-Region, Ms. Sonja Koeppel, UNECE Water Convention Secretariat |
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The assessment of Ramsar sites within the second Assessment of transboundary waters: rationale and objectives, Ms. Nadia Alexeeva, secretariat of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
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Transboundary groundwaters within the second assessment: the case of the Dinaric Karst System, Mr. Neno Kukuric, UNESCO - ISARM |
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| Black Sea Basin Group |
Lake Iron Gates I and II, Ms. Drapa and Ms. Balaet, Senior Advisors, Ministry of Environment, Bulgaria |
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Timok, Mr. Dobricic, Ministry Of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management, Serbia and Ms. Ninkovic, JAROSLAV ČERNI - Institute for the Development of Water Resources, Lead Research Engineer |
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Nisava, Mr. Dobricic, Ministry Of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management, Serbia and Ms. Ninkovic, JAROSLAV ČERNI - Institute for the Development of Water Resources, Lead Research Engineer |
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Sava, Mr. Dejan Komatina, Secretary, Sava River Basin Commission |
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Drava and Mura, Ms. Cegnar, Advisor to the Director, Environment Agency, Slovenia |
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| Adriatic Sea Basin Group |
Krka, Mr. Steinbauer, Head of Departmant of Development, Croatian Waters, Croatia |
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Neretva, Mr. Kupusovic, Director, Hydro Engineering Institute, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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Vijosa-Aoos |
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Drin, especially Lakes Ohrid and Prespa, Ms. Jantinska, Head of Division for bilateral cooperation and instrument for pre-accession aid (IPA funds)
Department for Cooperation and Project Coordination,
Coordinator of UNDP/GEF project “Integrated ecosystem management in the Prespa Lakes Basin, Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia |
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Lake Skadar, Mr. Subotic, Ministry Of Tourism And Environment Of Montenegro - Lake Skadar-Shkoder Integrated Ecosystem Management Project |
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| Aegean Sea Basin Group |
Meritza-Meric-Evros, Mr. Darama, Associate Professor/ Deputy Director, State Hydraulic Works - (DSI) |
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Vardar-Axios, Mr. Mirta, Head of Department for waters, Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
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Mesta-Nestos, Mr. Ganoulis, Coordinator of UNESCO Chair INWEB |
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Struma- Strymonas |
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