National, Transboundary, Regional Water Management Plans - Best Practice Examples
Mitja Bricelj, Ministry for Environment and Spatial Planning,IDMP Workshop, Bucharest 22 April 2015
Hydrogeographic position of Slovenia
Regional position
Agenda 21, UNCED, June, Rio 1992
First appearance of Slovenia in the UN
Slovenian flag at the UNCED
Agenda 21: bringing the doctrine of sustainable development at a global level? environmental / social / economic dimension of development Agenda 21
Chapter 17:
Integrated Sea and Coastal Zones Management (ICZM)
Chapter 18:
Integrated Water Resources Management(IWRM)
complement Conventions
goals included in the EU acquis
Sustainable development
Integration social/economic/environmental
„New management units“:
Regions/ecoregions
River basins
Coastal zones/Sea
Cooperation
(local/regional/national)
Development recognizes the importance of maintaining / adaptationecosystem services and amenities of the local environment
to improve the quality of life.
Uveljavljanje trajnostnega razvoja v regionalnem morju/Sredozemlju
Portorož, 2005:
adopted the Mediterranean Strategy for Sustainable Development (MSSD)
Signature of Slo-ital-hr cooperation agreement on the pollution caused by accidents at sea
The decision of the preparation of the Protocol on the integrated management of the coast / ICZM
Protocol on integrated Coastal Zone Management/ICZM
EU Adriatic – Ionic StrategyStakeholders Consultation for the 3 Pilllar:Preserving, protecting and improving the quality of the evironment
September 25, 2009, 1. ratification of ICZM Protocol –
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY Slovenia
Coast Day 2013 : Koper/Slovenia, Rimini/Italy Brussel - focus on EU SHAPE project: ICZM
Applying Sustainable Development in the Danube Region :
Danube River Protection Convention (DRPC)
Signed
on 29 June 1994in Sofia - Bulgaria
DRPC is a legal frame for cooperation to assure the protection of water and ecological resources and their sustainable use in the Danube River Basin.
Danube River Protection Convention from Schwarzwald to the Black Sea
Water quality improvement
Since 1990 decrease in loads of dissolved inorganic nitrogen and total phosphorus discharged into the Black Sea by 20 - 30%
The average concentrations of priority substances decreased between 2001 and 2007 (JDS)
Slovenia in regional processes
2005 – 2008 chaired the Barcelona Convention
2010 predseduje Mednarodni komisiji za varstvo reke Donave
Coordinated the preparation of the environmental pillar of the EU's Adriatic-Ionian strategy
Adopted the Mediterranean Strategy for Sustainable Development (MSSD)
Accepted Danube River Basin Management Plan / and the starting of EU Danube Strategy
Applying Sustainable Development at the subregional level: The Framework Agreement on the Sava River Basin? Kranjska Gora, 2002
International Sava River Basin Commission
Prepared:
Sava River Basin Management Plan/SRBMP
Navigation plan for the Sava River
Guidelines for sustainable boating tourism
Sava Day: 1 June
Cycling tour Sava - from the source to the mouth
The Sava River Youth Parliament
Cycling tour Sava - from the source to the mouth
Porečje Donave in Savski bazen
Porečje Save
Sava Day 2013: Sava Biking Tour
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Beograd, 2013
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Announcement of traditional techniques for cultural heritage - a good practice use of natural resources2013: wooden “kašta” / Kranj wall in the Register of
Cultural Heritage of Slovenia
Future:EU Adriatic-Ionic Strategy
2014- 2020
Goal:
Sustainable development / consideration of ecosystem services; green infrastructure; green and blue growth to improve the quality of life of the common sea.
Linkage between water management in the Sava River Basin and the Adriatic Ionic Basin trough Dinarides. Hydrological delimitation / catchment area is dynamic and depends on the precipitation conditions
