Petersberg Phase II / Athens Declaration Process

Targeted Capacity Building WorkshopFlood Management in a Transboundary Context

Zagreb, 13-14 December 2011

Dimitris Faloutsos – GWP-Med

"Petersberg Round Tables on Transboundary Waters," was launched in 1998 and

highlighted water as an opportunity for close regional cooperation from a global

perspective through a series of Round Tables.

Phase II focuses on specific challenges, such as furthering transboundary

development and conservation programmes in smaller catchment

basins of Southeastern Europe.

Petersberg Phase II

Athens Declaration Process

Jointly supported by the World Bankand theGovernment of Germany

Jointly supported by the Government of Greece World Bankand the

Process

/

• International Conference on “Sustainable Development for Lasting Peace:

Shared Water, Shared Future, Shared Knowledge”, organized in May 2003, at

Vouliagmeni / Athens, Greece

• “Athens Declaration” concerning Shared Water, Shared Future and Shared

Knowledge: a long-term process to support cooperative activities for IWRM of

shared water resources in the SEE and Mediterranean regions

Jointly supported by the Government of Greece World Bankand the

GEF IW:LEARN is supporting synergies

GWP-Med

Jointly supported by

technical / administrative support

World Bank

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Countries of focus

(WHERE – FOR WHO)

- Albania

- Bosnia & Herzegovina

- Bulgaria

- Croatia

- FYR Macedonia

- Greece

- Montenegro

- Romania- Romania

- Serbia

- Slovenia

- Turkey

May be included

where relevant

- Hungary

- Moldova

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• UNECE

• UNDP - Regional Bureau for Europe and CIS (RBEC), Bratislava

• UNESCO-IHP, ISARM

Support to the

Process

• European Union (EU) integration processes and

Stabilisation and Association process of the European UnionComplement Stabilisation and Association process of the European Union

• Other ongoing initiatives in the region

Complement

Contributes to the scope and objectives of the

- Mediterranean Component of the EU Water Initiative (MED EUWI)

- GEF Med Partnership

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Final objective:

Build capacity and share experience onIntegrated Water Resources Management (IWRM), and ultimately assist towards the preparation of IWRM plans for the shared water bodies of focus. plans for the shared water bodies of focus.

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Towards the realizationof the objectives…

• International Roundtables /

Workshops

• Targeted Small and Medium

Workshops, Study Tours and

Site Visitsof the objectives…

Site Visits

• Multi-stakeholders Dialogues

• Studies / Assessments /

Situation Analysis etc.

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Through the contribution of various actors:- Germany - SDC (Switzerland)- Swedish EPA- EC- EUWI MED

• International Roundtables /

Workshops

• Targeted Small and Medium

Workshops, Study Tours and

Site Visits- EUWI MED- GEF IWLEARN- UNECE- World Bank - UNESCO - MIO

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Site Visits

• Multi-stakeholders Dialogues

• Studies / Assessments /

Situation Analysis etc.

Petersberg Phase II /

Athens Declaration

Process

• International Roundtables /

Workshops

• Targeted Small and Medium

Workshops, Study Tours and

International Roundtables / Workshops

1. “Protection and Sustainable Use of Transboundary Waters in South-Eastern Europe”, Berlin, Germany, 5-7 Dec. 2005

2. “Integrated Shared Lake Basin Management in South-Eastern Europe”, Ohrid, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, 12-14 Oct. 2006

3. “Principles for Multipurpose Management in the Sava River Basin”, Zagreb, Croatia, 15 - 17 Nov. 2006

4. “Integrated Management of Shared Workshops, Study Tours and

Site Visits

• Multi-stakeholders Dialogues

• Studies / Assessments /

Situation Analysis etc.

4. “Integrated Management of Shared Groundwater in South-Eastern Europe”, Brdo, Slovenia 12 – 14 Nov. 2007

5. “Water and Climate Change in South-Eastern Europe: Understanding Impacts and Planning for Adaptation”, Tirana, Albania, 24-25 Jun. 2008

6. “Water resources management in the Drin Basin”, Tirana, Albania, 24 Nov. 2008

7. International Roundtable on Integrated Transboundary Water Resources Management in Southeastern Europe, Zagreb, Croatia, 15-16 Dec. 20116/12

Targeted CB Workshops / Study Visits

1. “Stakeholder involvement in TWRM”, 25-28 Mar. 2008, Podgorica, Montenegro;

2. “Integrated Management of Shared Lakes Basins”, 16-18 Jul. 2008, Ohrid, FYR Macedonia;

3. “Integrated Water Resources Management in the extended Drin River Basin”, 25-27 Nov. 2008, Shkodra, Albania;

4. “Shared Groundwater Resources Management”, 2– 4 Dec. 2008, Postojna, Slovenia;

5. Study visit of the Lake Skadar/Shkoder

Petersberg Phase II /

Athens Declaration

Process

• International Roundtables /

Workshops

• Targeted Small and Medium

Workshops, Study Tours and 5. Study visit of the Lake Skadar/Shkoder (Albania – Montenegro) Commission members to the Lake Constance/Bodensee (Austria-Germany–Switzerland) – 15-20 Nov. 2009

6. “The implementation of the WFD as a means to promote environmental integration” 7-8 July, 2011, Tirana, Albania

7. “Connect policy and science for an improved water management” 30 Nov.– 2 Dec. 2011, Zagreb, Croatia

8. “Flood management in a transboundary context” 13-14 Dec. 2011, Zagreb, Croatia

Workshops, Study Tours and

Site Visits

• Multi-stakeholders Dialogues

• Studies / Assessments /

Situation Analysis etc.

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Multi-stakeholders Dialogues

- Mesta/Nestos River Basin: Two consultation

meetings at national level, in Bulgaria and Greece,

and one at transboundary level (Sofia, Bulgaria, 15-

16 Apr. 2008)

- Drin River Basin:

-“Drin Transboundary Consultation Meeting”,

Tirana, Albania, 24 Nov. 2009;

Petersberg Phase II /

Athens Declaration

Process

• International Roundtables /

Workshops

• Targeted Small and Medium

Workshops, Study Tours and Tirana, Albania, 24 Nov. 2009;

-Strategic meeting of the key partners, Sarajevo, 18

May 2009

-5 Drin Core Group Meetings within Dec. 2008 –

Nov. 2011

- 3 National Consultation Meetings in Ohrid (Nov.

2010), Tirana (Apr. 2011), Podgorica (Sept. 2011)

- 1 Transboundary Consultation Meeting, Tirana

(Nov. 2011)

Workshops, Study Tours and

Site Visits

• Multi-stakeholders Dialogues

• Studies / Assessments /

Situation Analysis etc.

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Petersberg Phase II /

Athens Declaration

Process

• International Roundtables /

Workshops

• Targeted Small and Medium

Workshops, Study Tours and

1.Assessment of the Transboundary Water Resources

Management in the Southeastern Europe / General

Capacity Building Paper

2.Paper on Financial aspects of water supply and sanitation

in transboundary waters of Southeastern Europe /

Thematic Capacity Building Paper

3. Assessment of the Management of Shared Lakes Basins

in Southeastern Europe / Thematic Capacity Building Paper

5. Conclusions of the Side Event on Transboundary Water

Cooperation in Southeastern Europe: A Key to

Development & Security, organised at the 6th Ministerial Workshops, Study Tours and

Site Visits

• Multi-stakeholders Dialogues

• Studies / Assessments /

Situation Analysis etc.

Development & Security, organised at the 6th Ministerial

Conference "Environment for Europe”

6. Assessment of the Management of Shared Groundwater

in Southeastern Europe / Thematic Capacity Building Paper

7. Stakeholders survey in the Nestos/Mesta Basin

8. Assessment of the managerial actions undertaken in the

Mesta / Nestos River Basin and the challenges currently

faced

9. Status Paper - Management of the extended

Transboundary Drin Basin

10. Situation Analysis of the Drin Basin (on-going)

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Concrete outcomes in two broad fields :a. Raising the capacity of key SEE stakeholders at regional, national and local levels regarding TWRM, promoting dialogue, enhancing networking and communication;b. Enhancing synergies among key regional processes and promoting action on the ground.

a Regional Dialogue on policy and technical issues regarding Activities +

a range of a Regional Dialogue on policy and technical issues regarding

TWRM assisting in bringing up the benefits stemming from

transboundary cooperation as well as from the involvement

of the stakeholders in the management of shared basins.

a range of

informal

bilateral and

multilateral

interventions

formed :

Overall, representatives of more than 150 stakeholder organizations, governments

and other entities were engaged in activities, creating a wide and active human

network valuable for the development of any form of cooperation at regional,

national and local levels

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Main tangible results:• Towards on the ground cooperation in the Drin- Ministerial Declaration regarding the management of the Drin (Ohrid, April 2011)- Signing of a MoU, a “Strategic Shared Vision”, by the Ministers of the Drin Riparians for the management of the Drin includ ing concreted steps towards the preparation of an IWRM plan (UNECE, Swe dish EPA) for the management of the basin- Establishment of the Drin Core Group (joint coordin ation body)

• Towards structured Stakeholders Involvement in the Sava River Basin-Stakeholders Analysis and Public Participation Plan (on-going)- (possible) establishment of a Sava Partnership

• Coordination of actors (Sweden, Switzerland, Slovenia, UNDP, UNESCO) on selected basins in the field of TWRM – Strategic Partnership with UNECE and GEF

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Activities

Consultation

Meeting at

Drin Dialogue process

How?

Meeting at

Drin Basin

level

Drin

Dialogue

Drin Core

Group

Meetings

Situation

Analysis

National

Consultation

Meetings

Consultation

Meeting at

Drin Basin

level

Identify and briefly analyze the key issues linked

with water resources management in the Basin.

Using the GEF Transboundary

Diagnostic Analysis methodology

Drin

Dialogue

Drin Core

Group

Meetings

Situation

Analysis

National

Consultation

Meetings

Consultation

Meeting at

Drin Basin

level

A. Members: - Representatives of the Ministries of the

Riparians competent for water resources management

- Repesentatives of the joint bodies in place (Prespa, Ohrid, Skadar/Shkoder)

- UNECE- GWP-Med- MIO-ECSDE

The coordinating body of the Drin Dialogue

Drin

Dialogue

Drin Core

Group

Meetings

Situation

Analysis

- MIO-ECSDE

B. ObserversSwedish EPA; EC; UNDP/GEF

-Any other parts could be co-opted as members or invited as observers on the decision of the Drin Core Group- GWP-Med is the Secretariat providing technical and administrative support.

National

Consultation

Meetings

Consultation

Meeting at

Drin Basin

level

Used as means to involve the stakeholders of the

Riparians in the Drin Dialogue –

Create ownership

Drin

Dialogue

Drin Core

Group

Meetings

Situation

Analysis

Create ownership

Stakeholders discuss, interact and elaborate on

basin management issues, and facilitate the

development of the Strategic Shared Vision for the

management of the Drin Basin.

National

Consultation

Meetings

Consultation

Meeting at

Drin Basin

level

Drin

Dialogue

Drin Core

Group

Meetings

Situation

Analysis The final step of the Drin Dialogue.

It will build on the outcomes of the:

- Three National Consultation Meetings; Work of the Drin

Core Group.

Who? Representatives of Riparians’ national authorities and

other key national and local stakeholders.

National

Consultation

Meetings

Consultation

Meeting at

Drin Basin

level

Meeting

1

Meeting

2

Meeting

4

Meeting

3

International

Roundtable on

“Integrated

Management of

Shared Lake Basins

in Southeastern

Europe” (Ohrid 12-

14 October 2006)

Consultation Meeting on

Integrated Management of

the extended Drin River

Meeting to coordinate joint action for the

initiation of a structured Drin Dialogue

(Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina,

18/5/2009) First Drin Core Group Meeting (Podgorica, Montenegro, 1/12/2009)Initiation of the Drin Dialogue

Ohrid - National Consultation Meeting(Ohrid, 2/11/10)

Tirana - National ConsultationMeeting , (Tirana, 5/4/11)

Podgorica - National Consultationthe extended Drin River

Basin (Tirana, Albania,

24/11/2008)

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Meeting , (Tirana, 5/4/11)

Drin Ministerial Declaration (Ohrid, 18/4/11)

ConsultationMeeting , (Podgorica, 28/9/11)Transboundary - National ConsultationMeeting , (Tirana, 25/11/11)

Drin MoU (Tirana, 25/11/11)

Building on the accomplishments / expanding support:

Activities under or in line with the Petersberg Phase II / Athens Declaration Process Petersberg Phase II / Athens Declaration Process

for 2012 onwards,supported by various actors

i. Enhancing cooperation for the management of the Drin Basin - The Drin Dialogue Process.

ii. Facilitating the preparation of an IWRM plan in the Buna/Bojana basin (2010-2012)

iii. GEF IW:LEARN III: Regional Dialogues (2011-2013 ) and IW Conference (IWC 6 - 2011)

iv. GEF/UNDP/UNESCO “Protection and Sustainable iv. GEF/UNDP/UNESCO “Protection and Sustainable Use of the Dinaric Karst Aquifer System” (DIKTAS) (2010-2014)

v. Enhancement of the Stakeholders Involvement in the

Management of the Sava basin

Other….???

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i. Enhancing cooperation for the management of the Drin Basin -

(UNECE, Swedish EPA, Germany, GWP-Med 2012-)

• Institutionalizing of the Drin Core Group (establish ing of Expert Working Groups etc.)• Preparation of an Action Plan for the implementatio n of the Drin MoU•Implementation of Priority actions (e.g. Characteri zation of the Drin Basin)

i. Enhancing cooperation for the management of the Drin Basin -

(UNECE, Swedish EPA, Germany, GWP-Med 2012-)

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ii. Facilitating the preparation of an IWRM plan in the Buna/Bojana

basin (GEF MedPartnership, GWP-Med, PAP/RAC, UNESCO 2011-2012)

Under GEF MedPartnership Project (April 2008 to August 2014)

Component 1

IWRM sub-component aims to support targeted countries in the

progressive adoption of IWRM policies, the implementation of IWRM

practices in pilot areas and associated capacity building.

ii. Facilitating the preparation of an IWRM plan in the Buna/Bojana

basin (GEF MedPartnership, GWP-Med, PAP/RAC, UNESCO 2011-2012)

Pilot Project in Buna/Bojan River Basin:

IWRM/ICZM Plan GWP-Med, PAP/RAC, UNESCO

Activities have started – Draft Plan expected to be ready by June 2011

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iii. GEF IW:LEARN III: Regional Dialogues (Germany, GEF, GWP-Med

2011-2013)

• Regional Dialogues in the SEE on TWRM.Support the continuation and deepening of the Regional Dialoguein SEEunder the Petersberg Phase II / Athens Declaration Processand the replication of innovative and tested practices usedFurther providing benefits for:• GEF, in pursue of its objectives in the SEE

iii. GEF IW:LEARN III: Regional Dialogues (Germany, GEF, GWP-Med

2011-2013)

• GEF, in pursue of its objectives in the SEE•TWRM in SEE since:- Transboundary cooperation for the management of the majority of theshared basins is not yet in place.- Issues such as shared groundwater management has not beenaddressed yet effectively in the region especially at the transboundarylevel.- Emerging challenges such as incorporation of climate variabilityconsiderations in the management of the shared basins

Roundtable dialogues and targeted capacity building workshops

will be used as the basis and for the stimulation of the

Regional Dialogue in the SEE.

At least 2 Roundtables in SEE

At least 2 Capacity Building workshops in SEE

iii. GEF IW:LEARN III: Regional Dialogues (Germany, GEF, GWP-Med

2011-2013)

The Petersberg Phase II / Athens

Declaration Process will be the main

political process which the IWLEARN3

will be aligned with for the activities

focusing in the SEE

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At least 2 Capacity Building workshops in SEE

iv. GEF/UNDP/UNESCO “Protection and Sustainable Use of the Dinaric Karst Aquifer System” (UNDP, UNESCO, GWP-Med, others 2010-2014)

The Process has been contributing in the initiation and realization of

the

project:

• The Brdo Roundtable (Integrated Management of Shared

Groundwater

in Southeastern Europe, Brdo pri Kranju, Slovenia, 14-16 November

2007) has provided the ground for the endorsement of the Project by

the countries;

iv. GEF/UNDP/UNESCO “Protection and Sustainable Use of the Dinaric Karst Aquifer System” (UNDP, UNESCO, GWP-Med, others 2010-2014)

the countries;

GWP-Med:

- has designed the “Stakeholders Involvement” Component

(one of 4 Components in total) and prepared the respective part of the

project document using own resources.

- Executes the “Stakeholders Involvement” Component providing in

kind and in cash co-financing

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v. Enhancement of the Stakeholders Involvement in the Management

of the Sava River Basin (EU, Sava Commission, UNESCO, GWP-Med, 2011

2012)

With the financial assistance of:- EU- UNESCO Venice office;- GWP-Med

Preparation of:

v. Enhancement of the Stakeholders Involvement in the Management

of the Sava River Basin (EU, Sava Commission, UNESCO, GWP-Med, 2011-

2012)

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Preparation of:- a feasibility study for a multi-stakeholders platform;- a stakeholders analysis;- a Public Participation Plan

Towards: - Replicating achievements- Facilitating/enablingenhanced TWRM in SEE and enhanced TWRM in SEE and action in additional basins

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