The workshop focused on the legal and practical implications of accession to and implementation of the Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (Water Convention) and benefits offered by the Convention’s institutional platform for cooperation, as well as the complementary roles of the Convention and the European Union (EU) Water Framework Directive.
Workshop on the Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes
01 November 2013
Skopje North Macedonia
Presentations
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Introduction to the Water Convention, its intergovernmental platform and work programme, |
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| Water Convention (Part I): obligations for all Parties, Ms. Iulia Trombitcaia, Water Convention Secretariat, UNECE |
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| Water Convention (Part II): obligations for Riparian Parties, Ms. Iulia Trombitcaia, Water Convention Secretariat, UNECE |
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Implementation of the Water Convention, including its complementary role to the EU Water Framework Directive |
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| (a) Experience of Estonia Mr. Harry Liiv, Deputy Secretary General, Ministry of Environment, Estonia |
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(b) Experience of Serbia |
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Experience in transboundary water cooperation in the Prespa Lake Basin, |
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| Experience in transboundary water cooperation in the Ohrid Lake Basin and Drin River Basin, Mr. Dejan Panovski, Watershed Bilateral Secretariat for the Lake Ohrid |