Conference on the European Union Startegy for the Danue Region: transport, energy and environmental issues

Vienna and Bratislava, 19-21 April, 2010

Dr. Mary-Jeanne Adler mj.adler@mmediu.ro

Danube River flood risk mapping18 April, 2007, Belgrade

Motivation for DANUBE FLOODRISK Project

• 2002 and 2006 floods on the Danube cause billion of Euro losses• All Danube countries worked on

improvement of this situation with different– Mapping methods– Elevation systems– Criteria for risk assessment

• Separated approaches in the countries:inefficient and not sustainable

A transnational river requires transnational cooperation …Initiative under the Romanian Presidency of the ICPDR, 2007

Different Elevation models and levels

Problem: Borders are barriers for risk management

Different elevation levels and models

Different risk definitions

Different hydraulic models

Different planning systems

Flood Risk Area

24 project partners in the SEES region decided to cooperate in implementing

Danube Floodrisk Project Project partner

Involved org.

ICPDR

Observer/ supporter

Danube River

Objectives of the Danube FLOODRISK Project

Cooperation in the fields of different– between Sectors

(water management, spatial planning, etc.) horizontal cooperation

– Levels of organisation (from local to national actors) vertical cooperation

– Countries transnational cooperation

(24 partners, 7 countries)

Dimensions of cooperation

International Commission for the protection of the Danube River (ICPDR) is responsible for coordination but no implementation! Countries

Objectives of the project•Joint mapping method for flood risk

in the Danube countries

•Harmonisation of data sources

•Integration of relevant users and stakeholders

•Involvement of different economic aspects of land use

•Linkage of flood risk mapping

•Ensure provision of maps as basis for planning

•Reflection of the EU Directives

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WP 1. Harmonisation of require-ments, data and methods

WP 2a. Stakeholder involvement

WP 2.b. End user

integration

WP 3. Data collection and management

WP 4. Production of flood hazard and risk maps

WP 5. Exemplary Integration of flood risk information

in spatial planning

Project technical working plan

Stakeholder involvement What do you need?

• Municipalities• Spatial planning• Rescue services• Emergency management• Insurances• NGOs• … Demands on map content!

Improvement of spatial planning and emergency management

• Transfer of risk information into planning decisions• Improvement of emergency management

Innovative Character of the project idea

• For Danube River Basin– Cooperation of all Danube countries in

joint implementation of risk management

• For South East Europe– Pilot project approach due to same

issues in other river basins

• For risk management in Europe– Integration of relevant stakeholders– Development of standards for flood risk mapping– Practice and user orientated development– Test of EU Directives on early stage

Danube FLOODRISK

•Duration: 26 months (May 09 – April 12)

•Budget: 6.5 Million €

•8 Countries involved

•20 Organisations and 4 Observers partners involved

•close cooperation with ICPDR

•results to be used by the FP EG of the ICPDR

•links with EU policies: flooding, water, nature, spatial planning

•thematic links with EU working groups: floods, spatial planning

We implement project thinking that

Rivers are the best

Europeans:

they connect regions,

countries and people!

Thank you for your attention

Project Partners – Lead Partner: Ministry of Environment and Water, RomaniaPP1-Federal Environment Agency, Austria

PP2 Via Donau, Austrian Waterway Administration, AustriaPP3- Ministry of Environment and Water, BulgariaPP 4- University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy, BulgariaPP5-Central Directorate for Water and Environment, HungaryPP6-VITUKI, HungaryPP 7 -Danube Environmental Forum, HungaryPP8- National Agency for Environmental Protection and Technical Services, ItalyPP9-Technical University of Civil Engineering from Bucharest, RomaniaPP 10-National Administration “Romanian Waters”, RomaniaPP11-National Research and development Institute for the Danube Delta, RomaniaPP12-Centre for Environmentally Sustainable Economic Policy, RomaniaPP13 -Slovak Water Management Enterprise, Karloveská 2, 842 17 Bratislava, SlovakiaPP14 -Croatian Waters, Ulica grada Vukovara 220, 10000 Zagreb, CroatiaPP15- Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management, SerbiaPP16-"Jaroslav Cerni" Institute for the Development of Water Resources, SerbiaPP17-Public Water Management Company "Srbijavode", SerbiaPP18-Public Water Management Company "Vode Vojvodine", SerbiaPP19-Republic Hydro-meteorological Service of Serbia, SerbiaObserver Partners: ICPDR, European Commission DG Joint Research Centre, Bavarian Environment Agency, Regional Council Tubingen,