The Action kit of FYR

ISIS Malignani

Introduction

• The “Book of the river” is not the final output of a FYR project

• It’s the starting point for an Action towards a “riverfriendly community”

GlossaryDatabase of Terminology

needed

Action-KitPresentation-Techniques,

Line of Arguments, ...

Checklist for Analysis

of River

Catalogue of Criteria

Qualifications of a riverfriendly Commmunity

Results of Analysis of

the Quality of the River

Database of Multimedia-Resources

(Texts, Audio, Video)

ToolboxTools for Online-Editing of

Texts, Audio- and Video - Material

Interactive Map of Rivers

Motivation bySimulation

Activate other Schools along the

River Documentation(Monitoring

and Evaluation):

The Book of the River

Presentation for Opinion-

Leaders/ local Decision Makers

List of Requirements

for being qualified as a riverfriendly Community

Riverfriendly Community

en Route

Importance of monitoring “The Water Framework Directive calls for the

protection and restoration of clean water across Europe. A key step in this process is

for Member States to gauge the health of their surface waters and groundwater through

national monitoring programmes. Monitoring is the main tool used by Member States to classify the status of each water body (a water body is a section of a river or other

surface water or a distinct volume of groundwater). The directive sets a five-class scale - high, good, moderate, poor and bad status - and it requires Member States to achieve GOOD STATUS in all waters by

2015.Once Member States have determined the

current status of their water bodies, monitoring then helps Member States to

track the effectiveness of measures needed to clean up water bodies and

achieve good status (see water notes nos. 2 and 3 on surface water and groundwater

bodies at risk).”

When is it necessary to act?

After having gone out and got to know the river we could have found two different results:

1) we have found some “red flags” or concerns. What can we do to restore something?

2) the river is healthy. What can we do?

refer to WFD

Pre-conditions for active citizenship

1.To know, as good as possible, the river conditions and to have a clear idea on what should happen to reach/maintain a GOOD ecological condition

2.Clarify what kind of action can be performed in order to fit the aims (brainstorming)

3.Action planning, in order to reach the best in the effectiveness of the action

The Action kit

STEP 1 - Brainstorming

STEP 2 – Planning action

• Planner + checklist

STEP 3 – ActionTips: Concrete ideas

STEP 4 - Collaboration with media and Authorities

Collaboration with media:• inform journalists and reporters about the action as

they can write an article about it, put it on the radio or create a story for the TV.

• Write an article or a press release themselves• Publish a newsletter and/or write an article for

various organizations´ newsletters that would support the cause.

• Develop an email list and send an email message to various organizations who can forward it to their members.

• Create a website or blog with stories, pictures, and information

Collaboration with authorities

• to write a letter a model is provided by FYR

• to ask for a meeting