Workshop on transboundary waters in Eastern and Northern Europe

Opening Session

Opening speech by Mr. Babich, State Committee for Water Management, Ukraine

Opening speech by Mr. Grygorii Petruk, Head of Department of Water Resources, Ministry of Environment Protection of Ukraine

The role of the UNECE in supporting transboundary cooperation in the sub-region. Mr. Rainer Enderlein, UNECE

River basin management in a transboundary context: Norwegian experience
Ms. Bente Christiansen, Head of Department of EnvironmentOffice of the of Finnmark County Governor
Norwegian Chair of the Norwegian-Finnish Commission on Transboundary Waters

Water Framework Directive implementation in Romania: transboundary issues and cooperation with the neighbouring countries
Ms. Ruxandra Balaet, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Romania

Integrated Water Resources Management in the Seversky Donets basin
Ms. Natalia Bilotserkivs'ka, Sivers'ko-Donetsk Basin Water Resources Management Department, State Committee of Water Resources Management, Ukraine

Transboundary cooperation and public participation activities in the Management of Lake Peipsi/Chudskoe
Ms. Margit Säre, Peipsi Center for Transboundary Cooperation

The information management system for the transboundary Dniester River Basin
Mr. Ivan Ignatiev, Eco-spectrum/Ms. Tamara Kutonova, OSCE

Climate change and predicted impacts on hydrological regime and water resources in Ukraine
Mr.  Viacheslav Manukalo, Deputy Chairman, State Hydrometeorological Service, Ukraine
Mr Volodymir Osadchyi, Director, Hydrometeorological Institute, Ukraine

Climate change in the Tisza River Basin
Mr. Boris Minarik, Director, International Water Assessment Centre, Slovakia

Session 3: Water quality issues: impacts of new economic development, harmonization of monitoring, biological water quality

Present state of surface water monitoring of Republic of Moldova
Ms. Svetlana Stirbiu, Deputy Chief of Environmental Quality Monitoring Department, State Hydrometeorological Service, Republic of Moldova

Support to evaluating transboundary pollution: towards adopting a system of surface water quality standards as a common basis for assessing water quality status
Mr. Steve Warren, Team Leader, Water governance in the Western EECCA project

Water quality issues and economic development: pressures and impacts on transboundary waters in Belarus
Ms. Alena Bahadziazh and Ms. Tatiana Semezh, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection, Belarus

River water quality in transboundary waters shared by Poland: implications to coastal zone conditions in the Baltic
Ms. Malgorzata Skwarek, Head of Delegacy of Lublin Voivodship Inspectorate for Environmental Protection in Zamosc, Poland

Session 4: Second Assessment of transboundary rivers, lakes and groundwaters under the UNECE Water Convention

Second Assessment of Transboundary Rivers, Lakes and Groundwater – Eastern and Northern Europe
Ms. Annukka Lipponen, UNECE Water Convention Secretariat

The assessment of Ramsar sites within the second Assessment of transboundary waters: cases from Eastern and Northern Europe
Mr. András Schmidt, National Ramsar focal point, Ministry of Environment and Water, Hungary

Transboundary groundwaters in the second assessment:  assessment methodology and preliminary results of a UNESCO inventory of transboundary aquifers in Northern and Eastern Europe
Mr. Neno Kukuric, IGRAC & UNESCO - ISARM

Session 5: Hydromorphological changes

Hydromorphological alterations in the Danube: focus on the delta in Ukraine
Mr. Mikhail Kornilov, Deputy Head of Danube Hydrometeorological Observatory, Ukraine

Session 6: Workshop conclusions: main messages for the second Assessment of Transboundary Rivers, Lakes and Groundwaters for Eastern and Northern Europe and recommendations on the way forward

Follow-up of the workshop. Ms Annukka Lipponen, UNECE

Surface waters

Transboundary river basins in Belarus
Ms. Alena Bahadziazh, Central Research Institute for Complex Use of Water Resources, Belarus

Danube
Ms. Carmen Toader, Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Romania

Dniester

Gauja-Koiva-Urtans
Mr. Andris Urtans, Nature Conservation Agency, North Vidzeme Biosphere reserve

Ipel- Ipoly
Ms. Lea Mrafkova, Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute

Lielupe-Urtans
Mr. Andris Urtans, Nature Conservation Agency, North Vidzeme Biosphere reserve

Mures-Maros
Ms. Boscornea, National Administration "Romanian Waters", Romania

Narva
Mr. Korsjukov, Ministry of the Environment, Estonia

Prohladnaja
Ms. Adriana Dembowska, National Water Management Authority, Poland

Prut
National Administration "Romanian Waters", Romania

Salaca
Mr. Andris Urtans, Nature Conservation Agency, North Vidzeme Biosphere reserve

North Livonian Transboundary Ramsar Site
Mr. Andris Urtans, Nature Conservation Agency, North Vidzeme Biosphere reserve

Siret
National Administration "Romanian Waters", Romania

Slovakia
Ms. Strojkovova, Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute

Somes
National Administration "Romanian Waters", Romania

Tisza
Ms. Adrienn Nemes, Middle Tisza District Environment and Water Dirctorate

Upper Tisza
Mr. Schmidt, Ministry of Environment and Water, Hungary

Yalpuh
Ms. Svetlana Stirbu, Deputy Chief of Environmental Quality Monitoring Department, State Hydrometeorological Service, Republic of Moldova

Vistula- Bug
Ms. Adriana Dembowska, National Water Management Authority, Poland

Vah
Ms. Lea Mrafkova, Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute

Groundwaters

Ordovican-Cambrian and Cambrian-Vendian groundwater layers
Mr. Harry Riisma, Estonia

Romanian transboundary groundwater bodies
Mihai BRETOREAN, Rodica MACALET, Aurel ROTARU, Marin MINCIUNA, Ruxandra BALAET, Romania

Groundwaters in the Republic of Moldova
Mr. Coada, Agency of Geology and Mineral Resources, Republic of Moldova

Groundwater in Belarus
Ms. Tatsiana Semezh, Ministry of Natural Resources, Belarus

Transboundary and not-transboundary groundwaters in the basin
Ms. Strojkovova, Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute