Stakeholder participation in river basin management planning in Navarra

RIVER AREAS IMPROVEMENT PROJECT

AND FLOODS RISKS REDUCTION

(Arga y Aragón)

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN RIVER RESTORATION

Eva Garcia Balaguer

Foro del Agua Manager

Fundación CRANA (Navarra)

Anual International UN-Water 10th january 2013

Proyecto de Mejora del Espacio Fluvial y Reducción de Riesgos de Inundación.

1ACTION FIELD AND

SCALE

EBRO HIDROGRAPHYC BASIN

• Basin• Subbasin• Lower section (6 municipalities)

2 main rivers of NA


8 challenge

Important things to consider for a good cooperation

Challenge 1:A process in section river areas scaleFrom a path solution to a global solution

3 abril 2007 Q=910 m3/s

3 abril 2007 Q=910 m3/s

Challenge 2:Intration 3 EU directives

Water Framework (2000/CE) Food Risk (2003/CE)Habitat (1992/CE)

3 abril 2007: Arga Q=910 m3/s Aragón Q= 1394 m3/s

Challenge 3:A parallel process withtechnical worksClose coordination: calendar and documentsParticipation of the technical team in thediscussionsExtreme flexibility

Ejemplo de actuación: Propuesta recuperación Soto Sardilla


Challenge 4:A new way to do things (inside and

outside the administration)

New relationships among the differents

implicatied actors in the water and space’smanagement


Where from, in what sectors,…

Ayuntamientos28%

Sector agrario27%Empresas

11%

Pescadores3%

Asociaciones12%

Centros escolares

5%

Público en general

14%

¿Quién ha participado?


Where from, in what municipalities,…

CAPARROSO13%

FALCES29%

FUNES21%

MARCILLA14%

PERALTA11%

VILLAFRANCA12%

¿De qué poblaciones?


Challenge 5: large and organised

A social learning“Participative-deliberative culture”


Some indicators…Se ha convocado a un total de 215 entidades y/o personas de la zona

En total, han participado 123 personas

La Comisión de Seguimiento ha contado con la participación de representantes de los Ayuntamientos, Servicio del Agua, GAVRN, CRANA y CHE

25 personas han participado en el GT del Arga

20 personas han participado en el GT del Aragón


1 de Diciembre de 2010

Reunión de presentación GA

21 de Diciembre de 2010 Visita al río GA

21 de Diciembre de 2010

Jornada con la CHE GA

27 Mayo de 2010 Reunión de Inicio GA


Challenge 6:Flexibility but not and endlessprocess

• Answers to technical needs

• Answers to social demands

•Answers to political needs

Important to plan the begining and theend

•Aprobación/Acuerdo Ayuntamiento y DG de Medio Ambiente y Agua GN sobre el Plan de Acción y/o Alternativas a ejecutar con identificación de líneas de financiación.

•Coordinación e implicación de la CHE en la decisión

Articulation between participative

democracy and representative democracy.

Monitoring Commission…


4ª reunión de la CS

8 de Octubre - Falces


14 de Diciembre - Marcilla


1 de Julio - Marcilla


1 de Abril - Caparroso

ACCESS TO THE DOCUMENTATION IN THE WEBSITE


Challenge 7:

Transforming the results into something effective:Marking a before and an after

That the transparency and theinformation remain in later stages.


Spaces for public participation have been created where everyone has expressed freely and respectfully about the technical alternatives.


What the AG WG believes about all the proposals


Challenge 8: afther…

New scales change: Participation in the plannig/ strategy and main

priciples.

Participation in the alternatives.

Participation in the projects/actions.


• Enhancing accuracy and technical detail: execution of work projects (procurement procedures and development)

• Municipal elections with mixed results

• Navarra Government Elections: slowdown

• Economic conditions that affect:

• Co-financing Budget of the Ministry

• Reorganization of public companies involved in the project

• Social situation of lack of credibility technical / policy

• Compliance with social expectations: unanimously in what to follow ...

CONDITIONANTS : 2nd phase


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Stakeholder participation in river basin management planning in Navarra

Documents

espacio fluvial

reduccin de riesgos

aragnproyecto de mejora

reunin de presentacin

large and organised

in what sectors

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