TransboundaryTransboundary Water ManagementWater Managementin the Danube River Basinin the Danube River Basin
OvidiuOvidiu GABORGABORDeputy General DirectorDeputy General Director
National National AdminstrationAdminstration ““Apele RomaneApele Romane””
Content Presentation
• Danube River Basin• Transboundary Water Management
• Joint Action Program• WFD Implementation• Flood Action Program
• Transboundary Cooperation within Danube Basin- examples
The DanubeRiver Basin
• 800.000 km2
• 81 million people• 13 countries (+5)
About Romania• 97.8 % of the RO surface is included in the DRB • 30 % of the DRB surface is in Romania• 27 % of the DRB population is leaving in Romania
TransboundaryDanube Water Management -Constraints
Regional social and economic disparitiesThe particular situation of transition countries and the requirements for EU accession Major tributaries are transboundary rivers
Countries in the Danube River Basin
Germany Croatia
Austria Serbia & Muntenegro
Czech Republic Bulgaria
Slovak Republic Romania
Hungary Moldova
Slovenia Ukraine
Bosnia-Herzegovina
ICPDREuropean Commission
Small territories
Switzerland
Italy
Poland
Albania
Macedonia
MAIN WATER MANAGEMENT GOAL
ASSURE THE PROTECTION OF WATER AND ECOLOGICAL
RESOURCES FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN DANUBE RIVER
BASIN
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DWM Policies & Actions
Joint Action Programme
Flood Action Programme
WFD Implementation
River Basin Management and implementation of the EU Water Framework Directive;
JAP Policies and Strategies
Emission inventory and pollution reduction;Restoration of wetlands and flood plains;Transnational Monitoring Network (TNMN)Priority substances / recommendations on BAT & BEP;Accident warning system (AEWS) and prevention;Domestic and basin wide water balance.
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE WFD IN THE DANUIMPLEMENTATION OF THE WFD IN THE DANUBE BE RIVER RIVER
EUR
OP
EAN
CO
MM
ISSI
ON
UK
RA
INE
EU Member States Non-accession countriesStates in the joining process to EU
ICPDR LEVELDanube River Basin Management Plan
GER
MA
NY
AU
STR
IA
SLO
VA
K R
EPU
BLI
C
CZE
CH
REP
UB
LIC
SLO
VEN
IA
RO
MÂ
NIA
BU
LGA
RIA
HU
NG
AR
Y
CR
OA
TIA
BO
SNIA
-H
ERZE
GO
VIN
A
SER
BIA
-M
ON
TEN
EGR
O
MO
LDO
VA
River Basin Management Plan- NATIONAL LEVEL
FLOOD ACTION PROGRAMINCREASE REACTION CAPACITY MITIGATION OF FLOODS EFFECTS AND DAMAGESCOMMON PROCEDURE TO ELABORATE FLOOD RISK MAP HARMONITION OF FORECAST SYSTEMMODERN JOINT PROCEDURES FOR WARNING SYSTEMESTABLISHING FLOODING TRANSBOUNDARY AREAS WITH MAJOR RISKELABORATION OF JOINT FLOOD INTERVENTION PLAN
DANUBE RIVER BASINDANUBE RIVER BASINTRANSBOUNDARY COOPERATIONTRANSBOUNDARY COOPERATION
Sava Commission
Prut RBMP
DD RBM
Cris/Koros Project
Tisza RBMP
Thank you for your attention !