Transboundary Water Management
in the Danube River Basin
Ovidiu GABOR
Deputy General Director
National Adminstration “Apele Romane”
Content Presentation
• Danube River Basin
• Transboundary Water Management
• Joint Action Program
• WFD Implementation
• Flood Action Program
• Transboundary Cooperation within Danube
Basin- examples
The Danube
River 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
Transboundary
Danube Water
Management Constraints
Î Regional social and economic disparities
Î The particular situation of transition countries
and the requirements for EU accession
Î Major tributaries are transboundary rivers
Countries in the Danube River Basin
Small territories
Germany
Croatia
Austria
Serbia & Muntenegro
Switzerland
Czech Republic
Bulgaria
Italy
Slovak Republic
Romania
Poland
Hungary
Moldova
Albania
Slovenia
Ukraine
Bosnia-Herzegovina
European Commission
ICPDR
Macedonia
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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
WFD Implementation
Flood Action Programme
JAP Policies and Strategies
Î River Basin Management and implementation of the
EU Water Framework Directive;
Î Emission inventory and pollution reduction;
Î Restoration of wetlands and flood plains;
Î Transnational Monitoring Network (TNMN)
Î Priority substances / recommendations on BAT &
BEP;
Î Accident warning system (AEWS) and prevention;
Î Domestic and basin wide water balance.
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE WFD IN THE DANUBE
RIVER
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
UKRAINE
MOLDOVA
ROMÂNIA
BULGARIA
SERBIA - MONTENEGRO
BOSNIA - HERZEGOVINA
CROATIA
SLOVENIA
HUNGARY
SLOVAK REPUBLIC
CZECH REPUBLIC
AUSTRIA
GERMANY
ICPDR LEVEL
Danube River Basin Management Plan
River Basin Management Plan- NATIONAL LEVEL
EU Member States
States in the joining process to EU
Non-accession countries
FLOOD ACTION PROGRAM
9 INCREASE REACTION CAPACITY
9 MITIGATION OF FLOODS EFFECTS AND
DAMAGES
9 COMMON PROCEDURE TO ELABORATE FLOOD
RISK MAP
9 HARMONITION OF FORECAST SYSTEM
9 MODERN JOINT PROCEDURES FOR WARNING
SYSTEM
9 ESTABLISHING FLOODING TRANSBOUNDARY
AREAS WITH MAJOR RISK
9 ELABORATION OF JOINT FLOOD INTERVENTION
PLAN
DANUBE RIVER BASIN
TRANSBOUNDARY COOPERATION
Prut RBMP
Tisza RBMP
Sava Commission
Cris/Koros Project
DD RBM
Thank you for your attention !