Budapest, Hungary
The subregional workshop on transboundary water cooperation in Central and Western Europe is a crucial step in the process of preparations of the second Assessment of Transboundary Rivers, Lakes and Groundwaters in the UNECE region for the Seventh Ministerial Conference “Environment for Europe” (21-23 September 2011, Astana, Kazakhstan).
The workshop was held in Budapest from 8 to 10 February 2011, as one of the events of Hungary’s EU Presidency. The workshop will be organized by the Ministry of Rural Development of Hungary and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, in cooperation with the International Water Assessment Centre (IWAC).
The second Assessment is an important part of the programme of work for 201-2012 of the Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (Water Convention). Compared to the first Assessment, the second edition will have a more holistic approach, integrate surface and groundwaters, highlight legal, institutional and socio-economic aspects and emphasize cross-cutting themes that are a challenge for transboundary waters, in particular the impacts of and adaptation to climate change. The second Assessment will provide an authoritative picture of the state of transboundary waters and identify joint priorities and challenges. It will be a powerful tool to inform, guide and stimulate further action by Governments, river basin organizations, the international community, including donors, and relevant non-governmental organizations.
The workshop will allow representatives of countries in Central and Western Europe, including EU and EFTA countries, to work together to develop an accurate picture of all transboundary waters in the region – both surface and groundwaters – with the aims of monitoring and bringing positive changes to their management and of laying the groundwork for future work.
The workshop will allow discussion on common issues for transboundary water management, such as diffuse pollution and land use, ecosystems approach and ecosystem services, extreme events, climate change and its impacts on water resources, transboundary groundwater management, industrial and urban pollution with focus on selected pollutants, as well as hydromorphological alterations.
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Setting the scene |
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The main findings on the water resources and freshwater quality thematic assessments of the European environment - state and outlook 2010 | |
Theme 1: Water quality issues |
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Addressing diffuse pollution in the framework of the International Scheldt Commission | |
Water pollution from point sources and is impact on surface water quality in Hungary | |
Theme 2: Hydromorphological issues |
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Hydromorphology in the Danube River Basin | |
Theme 3: Climate change and extreme events |
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EU activities concerning the impacts of climate change on water resources | |
Hydrological drought in the Czech Republic: improved knowledge base for defining water scarcity and drought measures | |
Theme 4: Transboundary groundwater management |
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Transboundary groundwater bodies of Danube RBD importance – Methodology for delineation, assessing and presenting the status | |
Deep thermal transboundary aquifers –Transenergy project | |
Theme 5: Water and Ecosystems |
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Transboundary cooperation in ecosystem management for improving hydrological services | |
Liberty Island - a side-branch restoration project along the Hungarian Danube. | |
The second Assessment of transboundary rivers, lakes and groundwaters in Western and Central Europe |
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Second Assessment of Transboundary Rivers, Lakes and Groundwater – Western and Central Europe | |
Assessment of transboundary groundwaters in the second Assessment: methodology and particularities of the Western and Central Europe sub-region | |
The assessment of Ramsar sites within the second Assessment of transboundary waters: cases from Western and Central Europe | |
Oder Basin | |
Rhine | |
Rhin supérieur/Oberrhein | |
Morava Basin | |
Floodplains of the Morava-Dyje-Danube Confluence | |
Transboundary groundwaters shared by the Czech Republic | |
Transboundary groundwaters shared by Slovakia | |
Transboundary groundwater bodies in Hungary | |
Mino and Lima basins | |
The Tagus Basin; Groundwater and Transboundary Aquifers | |
Po Basin | |
Isonzo Basin | |
Lake Neusiedl | |
Lake Fertő/Neusiedl transboundary Ramsar site | |
Raab/Raba Basin | |
Transboundary Ramsar site in the Foyle Basin | |
Torne Basin | |
Theme 6: Implementation of the EU WFD |
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Lessons-learned from the first preparation of River Basin Management plans | |
Comparability of water status assessment | |
Water scenarios from the SCENES project: how should policies adapt for sufficient water in the future? |
