int. roundtable on transboundary waters management, 15-16.12.2011, holger treidel
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Protection and Sustainable Use of the Dinaric Karst Aquifer System (DIKTAS) International Roundtable on Protection and Sustainable Use of Trans-boundary Waters in South East Europe, 15-16 December 2011, Zagreb, CroatiaTRANSCRIPT
Protection and Sustainable UseProtection and Sustainable Useof the Dinaric Karst Aquifer Systemof the Dinaric Karst Aquifer System
Holger Treidel, UNESCO‐IHPHolger Treidel, UNESCO‐IHPNeno Kukuric, IGRACNeno Kukuric, IGRAC
– a GEF-UNDP-UNESCO project
• facilitate the equitable and sustainable utilization of the transboundary watertransboundary water resources of the Dinaric Karst Aquifer System,Karst Aquifer System, and
• protect the unique p qgroundwater dependent ecosystems that h t i th Di icharacterize the Dinaric
Karst region of the Balkan peninsulaBalkan peninsula.
– a GEF-UNDP-UNESCO project
• Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia g ,and Montenegro
• Slovenia, Greece and Italy
• Regional and i t ti l tinternational partners
• 2010-2014PCU h t d b t• PCU hosted by water agency in Trebinje, BiH
– the tools
• SCIENCE- Improving the understanding of the d f it i t l t t&
• COOPERATIONresource and of its environmental status.
- Establishing cooperation mechanisms among countries.
- Facilitating the harmonization of policies g pand priority reforms. Communication dissemination and- Communication, dissemination and replication of activities.
Transboundary Diagnostic A l i (TDA)Analysis (TDA)
Identification of:Identification of:• priority issues of transboundary concern• environmental and socio economic• environmental and socio-economic
impacts• underlying/root causes• underlying/root causes• analysis of governance
TDA is a• scientific and technical fact-finding
l ianalysis• objective assessment and not a
negotiated documentnegotiated document• agreed upon by the countries
Information exchangeg
Interministerial CommitteesInterministerial Committees at national level:
• Relevant governmental• Relevant governmental institutions
Consultation and Information Exchange gBody
• Establishing cooperation mechanism among countries sharing the aquifer
Strategic Action Programme (SAP)(SAP)
b d th TDA• based on the TDA• negotiated policy document• establishes clear priorities for action to resolve
the priority transboundary waters problems• identifies policy, legal and institutional reforms
and investments needed to address the priority t b d t bltransboundary waters problems
• The preparation of a SAP is a cooperative k k h ld i hprocess among key stakeholders in the
countries of the region.
Stakeholder involvement
• Perceived issues of transboundary concern• Perceived issues of transboundary concern
International Consultation and Exchange BodyInternational Consultation and Exchange Body
(ii) establishing
International Consultation and Exchange BodyInternational Consultation and Exchange Body
(ii) establishing cooperation
mechanisms among countries sharing
TransboundaryDiagnostic Analysis
InterministerialCommittees
TransboundaryDiagnostic Analysis
(i) improving the understanding of the
gthe aquifer
(iii) facilitating harmonization of
resource and of its environmental status
policies and priority reforms
Stakeholder Participation, Consultation and Communication
Progress to date
P j t C di ti U it d GIS U it• Project Coordination Unit and GIS Unit• National Execution Units and focal points• National and regional experts• Steering Committee• Scientific Advisory Board
• Data collection for• Data collection for Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis
• Stakeholder Analysis• Stakeholder Analysis
Global Objective
f tt ti f th i t ti l it• focus attention of the international community on the huge but vulnerable water resources contained in karst aquiferscontained in karst aquifers
• Replication of experiences in other Karst areas
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