At the invitation of the Government of Poland, the second international conference on sustainable management of transboundary waters took place in Miedzyzdroje (Poland) from 21 to 24 April 2002. The Conference marked the tenth anniversary of the Water Convention.
The Conference brought together some 160 decision makers, scientists, water managers, and hydraulic engineers from 30 countries and a number of international governmental and non-governmental organizations.
The Conference was organized by the Environment Ministry of Poland, the Environment Ministry of Finland, the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety of Germany, and the Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management of the Netherlands under the auspices of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE).
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Conference proceedings
Below are available the pdf files of the publication of the proceedings of the Conference.
- Preface, list of abbreviations and table of contents (390 KB)
- Introductory session (2.1 MB)
- Session 1: Integrated approach to transboundary water management (300 KB)
- Session 1A: Integration: a concept with many facets (1.4 MB)
- Session 1B: Beyond freshwater management: learning from others (3.7 MB)
- Session 2: Information and communication: bridging gaps between actors (750 KB)
- Session 2A: Adequate information (2.5 MB)
- Session 2B: Involvement of right institutions and people (1.2 MB)
- Session 3: Challenges to water management and framework for its modernisation (1.1 MB)
- Session 3A: Structural and economic developments (2.5 MB)
- Session 3B: Legal and institutional arrangements (2.2 MB)
- Session 4: European Union legislation and the Water Convention (3.8 MB)
- Posters: Part 1 (3.9 MB)
- Posters: Part 2 (2.8 MB)
- Posters: Part 3 (3.8 MB)
- List of participants: Part 3 (330 KB)
Presentations
Below are available most of the presentations given during the conference. For the convenience of the users, these are generally in PowerPoint and in pdf format.
| • | The UNECE Water Convention: the path ahead. Lea Kauppi, Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE), Finland | PPT 160KB | PDF 210KB |
| • | From potential conflict to cooperation potential: a contribution to World Water Assessment Programme. Janos Bogardi, UNESCO | PPT 270KB | PDF 280KB |
| • | Integrated management of water in river basins. Torkil Jonch-Clausen, Global Water Partnership | PDF 5.2MB | |
| • | Integration of economics into water policy and planning. Stephen Lintner, World Bank | PPT 170KB | PDF 740KB |
| • | The Global Environment Facility: Forging Partnerships and Fostering Knowledge Transfer to Sustain Transboundary Waters in Europe, Central Asia and Around the World. Alfred Duda, GEF Secretariat, USA; Dann Sklarew, GEF International Waters: LEARN, USA | PPT 1.3MB | PDF 1.1MB |
| Integrated approach to transboundary water management | |||
| • | The Protocol on Water and Health - Europe's first legally binding instrument to combat water related diseases. Mark Danzon, Roberto Bertollini, WHO/EURO | PPT 1.1MB | PDF 515KB |
| • | UNEP's Global Programme of Action and the Water Convention. Martin Adriansee, UNEP/GPA | PDF 1.4MB | |
| Integration: a concept with many facets | |||
| • | Integrated Disaster Preparedness and Sustainable Development Programme for the Tisza River Basin. Kalman Morvay, Peter Varga, Tisza-Szamos Public Benefit Company, Hungary | PPT 3MB | PDF 287KB |
| • | Dealing with conflicting uses at Lake Constance. Michael Becker, F&N Umweltconsult GmbH, Germany | PPT 320KB | PDF 550KB |
| • | Developing Guidelines for monitoring and assessing transboundary lakes. Pertti Heinonen, Finnish Environment Institute, Finland | PPT 1.2MB | PDF 210KB |
| • | Lake Ohrid Conservation Project: Model for Integrated Management of Transboundary Waters. Dejan Panovski, Lake Ohrid Conservation Project - Ministry of Environment, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; Yove Kekenovski, Lake Ohrid Conservation Project, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; Lirim Selfo, Lake Ohrid Conservation Project - Ministry of Environment, Albania, David Read Barker, Monitor International, United States | PPT 580KB | PDF 3.4MB |
| • | Comprehensive Transboundary International Water Quality Management Agreement. Conrad G. Keyes, Jr., Environmental and Water Resources Institute, USA with additional edits by Mark W. Killgore, Louis Berger Group, Inc., USA | PPT 270KB | PDF 220KB |
| Beyond freshwater management: learning from others | |||
| • | Beyond Freshwater Management - Integrating environment and development in coastal lagoon and wetlands areas: lessons learned from the Helcom MLW project. Henrik Dissing, WWF, Sweden | PPT 970KB | PDF 400KB |
| • | Connecting rivers and seas - the Danube/Black Sea experiment. Laurence Mee, University of Plymouth, United Kingdom | PDF 1.6MB | |
| • | Recreational water quality and human health in the Caspian region. Kathy Pond, Aidan A. Cronin and Steve Pedley, Robens Centre for Public and Environmental Health, University of Surrey, United Kingdom | PPT 7.6MB | PDF 2MB |
| • | Cooperation in the framework of the Mediterranean Action Plan. George Kamizoulis, WHO/EURO | PDF 1.7MB | |
| • | Integrating wetland conservation and wise use into river basin management. Tobias Salathe, Ramsar Convention on Wetlands | PPT 110KB | PDF 170KB |
| Information and communication: bridging gaps between actors | |||
| • | From monitoring to tailor-made information. Wim Cofino, IWAC, Netherlands | PPT 160KB | PDF 290KB |
| • | The use and valuing of environmental information in the decision-making process: an experimental study. Jos G. Timmerman, RIZA, Netherlands; Geoffrey D. Gooch, Jean Monnet Professor of European Political Integration, Department of Management and Economics, Linkoeping University, Sweden; Kai Kipper, Estonia Baltic Environmental Forum, Estonia; Andrus Meiner, Estonian Environment Information Centre, Estonia; Sandra Mol, RIZA, Netherlands; David Nieuwenhuis, RIZA, Netherlands; Gulnara Roll, Peipsi Center for Transboundary Cooperation, Estonia; Margit Sare, Peipsi Center for Transboundary Cooperation, Estonia; Ulo Sults, Peipsi Center for Transboundary Cooperation, Estonia and Peeter Unt, Peipsi Center for Transboundary Cooperation, Estonia | PPT 1.8MB | PDF 350KB |
| Adequate information | |||
| UNECE Pilot Projects on Transboundary Rivers | |||
| • | Introduction and lessons learned. Martin Adriansee, IWAC, Netherlands | PPT 100KB | PDF 150KB |
| • | Bug surveys: an initiation of transboundary co-operation; Malgorzata Landsberg-Uczciwek, Teresa Zan, Voivodeship Inspectorate of Environmental Protection, Poland | PPT 5.3MB | PDF 1.5MB |
| • | Different approaches in risk assessment for hot spots identification; Juliana Adamkova, Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute | PPT 260KB | PDF 260KB |
| • | Criteria for assessment between countries; Ference Laszlo, Vituki, Hungary | PPT 510KB | PDF 430KB |
| • | How close are we in the EC Water Framework Directive's Implementation? Paul Frintrop, RIZA, Netherlands | PPT 110KB | PDF 270KB |
| On the collection and use of environmental information in transboundary water management | |||
| • | The case of Lake Constance. Susanna Nilsson, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden and Sindre Langaas, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, UNEP/GRID-Arendal. | PPT 480KB | PDF 330KB |
| Involvement of right institutions and people | |||
| • | Public access to information and participation in decision-making in local, national and transboundary contexts: experience of MAMA-86's drinking-water campaign. Anna Tsvetkova, NGO MAMA-86, Ukraine | PPT 60KB | PDF 180KB |
| • | Strategies for public participation in the management of transboundary waters in countries in transition. Gulnara Roll, Peipsi Center for Transboundary Cooperation, Estonia; Oliver Avramoski, Lake Ohrid Conservation Project and Alliance for Lake Cooperation in Ohrid and Prespa, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; Margit Sare, Peipsi Center for Transboundary Cooperation, Estonia; Piret Uus, Peipsi Center for Transboundary Cooperation, Estonia | PPT 2.7MB | PDF 2.2MB |
| • | Institutional challenges for ensuring active involvement of the public in the implementation of the Water Framework Directive. Henrik Dissing, WWF Denmark | PPT 610KB | PDF 260KB |
| • | Building Environmental Citizenship to Support Transboundary Pollution Reduction in the Danube: A Pilot Project in Hungary and Slovenia. Magda T?th Nagy, Program Head, REC, presented by Jozef Skultety, ED Office Head, REC, Hungary | PPT 180KB | PDF 540KB |
| Challenges to water management and framework for its modernisation | |||
| • | Management of transboundary aquifers: the contribution of the UNECE Convention to the ISARM Programme, Shammy Puri, UNESCO/IAH, United Kingdom; Geo Arnold, RIZA, Netherlands | PDF 2.8MB | |
| Structural and economic developments | |||
| • | Small-scale investments in the water sector. Esther Park, Shorebank Advisory Services, United States | PPT 110KB | PDF 65KB |
| • | Which role for economics in the implementation of the EU Water Framework Directive? Arnaud Courtecuisse, Agence de l'Eau Artois-Picardie, France | PPT 1MB | PDF 830KB |
| • | Adapting the law of water management to global climate change and other hydropolitical stresses. Joseph Dellapenna, Villanova University School of Law, United States | PPT 100KB | PDF 180KB |
| • | A transboundary approach to mitigating total dissolved gas in the Columbia River Basin. Mark Killgore, Louis Berger Group Inc., United States | PPT 6.8MB | PDF 3.1MB |
| • | The development and present structure of Lake Peipsi-Pihkva fishery. Margit Eero - substitute for Markus Vetemaa, University of Tartu, Estonia | PPT 690KB | PDF 470KB |
| • | EBRD - Water project identification, financing approach and donor coordination in Central and Eastern Europe. Gerry Muscat, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development | PPT 800KB | PDF 590KB |
| Legal and institutional arrangements | |||
| • | Creating networks within and outside the UN family for enhanced co-operation: use, management and protection of internationally shared aquifers in the Mediterranean Region. Mohammed Al-Eryani, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia; Bo Libert, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe; Stephen M. Donkor, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa; Branko Bosnjakovic, EST Consultancy - Environmentally Sustainable Transition, Switzerland | PPT 510KB | PDF 630KB |
| • | Joint Water Transboundary Commission: Slovak-Hungarian Water Quality Working Group. Milan Matuska, Ministry of the Environment of the Slovak Republic, Jarmila Makovinska, Water Research Institute in Bratislava, Slovak Republic, Gyorgy Simonfai, Ministry of the Environment of Hungary, Ferenc Laszlo, Vituki Ltd., Hungary | PPT 90KB | PDF 160KB |
| • | The discharge rule of Lake Saimaa and River Vuoksi: issues for transboundary cooperation. Markku Ollila, Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE), Finland | PPT 2.1MB | PDF 1.3MB |
| • | Co-operation in the Meuse river basin: the sharing of the water between the Netherlands and Belgium. Sander Bastings, Ministry of Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management, Rijkswaterstaat - Directie Limburg, the Netherlands | PPT 960KB | PDF 560KB |
| European Union legislation and the Water Convention | |||
| • | Water-quality criteria according to the EC Water Framework Directive: how they work in the largest transboundary lake in Europe, Lake Peipsi? Tiina Noges et al. Estonian Agricultural University and University of Tartu, Estonia | PPT 780KB | PDF 700KB |
| • | Protected areas and directly dependent water and terrestrial ecosystems as a component of an integrated approach to river basin planning and management - the sub-basin project WUMME in Lower Saxony. Jorg Janning, Ministry of Environment of Lower Saxony, Germany | PPT 710KB | PDF 480KB |
| • | The EU-list of priority substances - a new strategy against water pollution. Bernd Mehlhorn, Federal Environment Agency, Germany | PPT 40KB | PDF 150KB |
| • | Inventory analysis of groundwater in the German part of the Oder River Basin District according to EU - Water Framework Directive. Marco Meinert, HGN Hydrogeologie GmbH, Germany | PPT 550KB | PDF 850KB |
| • | Heavy metals in the upper and middle Odra river system. Recommendations for transboundary river chemical monitoring. Edeltrauda Helios - Rybicka, University of Mining and Metallurgy, Poland | PDF 1.4MB | |