Petersberg Phase II / Athens Declaration Process, 13-14.12.2011, Zagreb, Croatia

1. Petersberg Phase II / Athens Declaration Process
Targeted Capacity Building Workshop
Flood Management in a Transboundary Context
Zagreb, 13-14 December 2011
Dimitris Faloutsos – GWP-Med

2. Petersberg Phase II Process
Jointly supported by the Government of Germany and the World Bank
"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.
Athens Declaration Process
Jointly supported by the Government of Greece and the World Bank
• International Conference on “Sustainable Development for Lasting Peace:
World Bank
Shared Water, Shared Future, Shared Knowledge”, organized in May 2003, at
Jointly supported by GEF
Vouliagmeni / Athens, Greece IW:LEARN is supporting synergies
• “Athens Declaration” concerning Shared Water, Shared Future and Shared
GWP-Med technical / administrative support
Knowledge: a long-term process to support cooperative activities for IWRM of
shared water resources in the SEE and Mediterranean regions
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3. Countries of focus
(WHERE – FOR WHO)
- Albania
- Bosnia & Herzegovina
- Bulgaria
- Croatia
- FYR Macedonia
- Greece
- Montenegro
- Romania
- Serbia
- Slovenia
- Turkey
May be included
where relevant
- Hungary
- Moldova
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4. • UNECE
• UNDP - Regional Bureau for Europe and CIS (RBEC), Bratislava Support to the
• UNESCO-IHP, ISARM Process
• European Union (EU) integration processes and
Complement Stabilisation and Association process of the European Union
• Other ongoing initiatives in the region
Contributes to the scope and objectives of the
- Mediterranean Component of the EU Water Initiative (MED EUWI)
- GEF Med Partnership
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5. Final objective:
Build capacity and share experience on
Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM),
and ultimately assist towards the preparation of IWRM
plans for the shared water bodies of focus.
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6. • International Roundtables /
Towards the Workshops
• Targeted Small and Medium
realization
Workshops, Study Tours and
of the objectives…
Site Visits
• Multi-stakeholders Dialogues
• Studies / Assessments /
Situation Analysis etc.
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7. Through the
contribution of
various actors:
- Germany
• International Roundtables /
- SDC (Switzerland) Workshops
- Swedish EPA • Targeted Small and Medium
- EC Workshops, Study Tours and
- EUWI MED Site Visits
- GEF IWLEARN • Multi-stakeholders Dialogues
- UNECE • Studies / Assessments /
- World Bank Situation Analysis etc.
- UNESCO
- MIO
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8. International Roundtables /
Workshops
1. “Protection and Sustainable Use of
Transboundary Waters in South-Eastern Europe”,
Berlin, Germany, 5-7 Dec. 2005
Petersberg Phase II /
2. “Integrated Shared Lake Basin Management in
Athens Declaration South-Eastern Europe”, Ohrid, the former
Process Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, 12-14 Oct.
2006
• International Roundtables / 3. “Principles for Multipurpose Management in the
Workshops Sava River Basin”, Zagreb, Croatia, 15 - 17 Nov.
• Targeted Small and Medium 2006
Workshops, Study Tours and 4. “Integrated Management of Shared
Site Visits Groundwater in South-Eastern Europe”, Brdo,
• Multi-stakeholders Dialogues Slovenia 12 – 14 Nov. 2007
• Studies / Assessments / 5. “Water and Climate Change in South-Eastern
Situation Analysis etc. 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
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Dec. 2011

9. Targeted CB Workshops / Study Visits
1. “Stakeholder involvement in TWRM”, 25-28
Mar. 2008, Podgorica, Montenegro;
2. “Integrated Management of Shared Lakes
Petersberg Phase II / Basins”, 16-18 Jul. 2008, Ohrid, FYR Macedonia;
Athens Declaration 3. “Integrated Water Resources Management in
Process the extended Drin River Basin”, 25-27 Nov. 2008,
Shkodra, Albania;
• International Roundtables / 4. “Shared Groundwater Resources
Workshops Management”, 2– 4 Dec. 2008, Postojna,
• Targeted Small and Medium Slovenia;
Workshops, Study Tours and 5. Study visit of the Lake Skadar/Shkoder
Site Visits (Albania – Montenegro) Commission members to
• Multi-stakeholders Dialogues the Lake Constance/Bodensee (Austria-
• Studies / Assessments / Germany–Switzerland) – 15-20 Nov. 2009
Situation Analysis etc. 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
7/12 context” 13-14 Dec. 2011, Zagreb, Croatia

10. Multi-stakeholders Dialogues
Petersberg Phase II /
- Mesta/Nestos River Basin: Two consultation
Athens Declaration
meetings at national level, in Bulgaria and Greece,
Process and one at transboundary level (Sofia, Bulgaria, 15-
16 Apr. 2008)
• International Roundtables /
Workshops - Drin River Basin:
• Targeted Small and Medium -“Drin Transboundary Consultation Meeting”,
Workshops, Study Tours and Tirana, Albania, 24 Nov. 2009;
-Strategic meeting of the key partners, Sarajevo, 18
Site Visits
May 2009
• Multi-stakeholders Dialogues -5 Drin Core Group Meetings within Dec. 2008 –
• Studies / Assessments / Nov. 2011
Situation Analysis etc. - 3 National Consultation Meetings in Ohrid (Nov.
2010), Tirana (Apr. 2011), Podgorica (Sept. 2011)
- 1 Transboundary Consultation Meeting, Tirana
(Nov. 2011)
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11. 1.Assessment of the Transboundary Water Resources
Management in the Southeastern Europe / General
Petersberg Phase II / Capacity Building Paper
Athens Declaration 2.Paper on Financial aspects of water supply and sanitation
in transboundary waters of Southeastern Europe /
Process Thematic Capacity Building Paper
3. Assessment of the Management of Shared Lakes Basins
• International Roundtables / in Southeastern Europe / Thematic Capacity Building Paper
Workshops 5. Conclusions of the Side Event on Transboundary Water
• Targeted Small and Medium Cooperation in Southeastern Europe: A Key to
Workshops, Study Tours and Development & Security, organised at the 6th Ministerial
Conference "Environment for Europe”
Site Visits
6. Assessment of the Management of Shared Groundwater
• Multi-stakeholders Dialogues in Southeastern Europe / Thematic Capacity Building Paper
• Studies / Assessments / 7. Stakeholders survey in the Nestos/Mesta Basin
Situation Analysis etc. 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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13. 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.
Activities +
a range of
a Regional Dialogue on policy and technical issues regarding
informal TWRM assisting in bringing up the benefits stemming from
bilateral and transboundary cooperation as well as from the involvement
multilateral of the stakeholders in the management of shared basins.
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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14. 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 including concreted steps
towards the preparation of an IWRM plan (UNECE, Swedish EPA) for the
management of the basin
- Establishment of the Drin Core Group (joint coordination 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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15. Drin Dialogue process
How?
Activities
Consultation
Meeting at
Drin Basin
level

16. Situation
Analysis
Drin Core
Drin
Group
Dialogue
Meetings
National
Consultation
Meetings
Consultation
Meeting at
Drin Basin
level

17. Situation Identify and briefly analyze the key issues linked
Analysis
with water resources management in the Basin.
Using the GEF Transboundary
Diagnostic Analysis methodology
Drin Core
Drin
Group
Dialogue
Meetings
National
Consultation
Meetings
Consultation
Meeting at
Drin Basin
level

18. Situation
The coordinating body of the Drin Dialogue
Analysis
A. Members:
- Representatives of the Ministries of the
Riparians competent for water resources
management
- Repesentatives of the joint bodies in place
Drin
Drin Core
Group
(Prespa, Ohrid, Skadar/Shkoder)
Dialogue
Meetings
- UNECE
- GWP-Med
- MIO-ECSDE
B. Observers
Swedish EPA; EC; UNDP/GEF
National
Consultation
Meetings
-Any other parts could be co-opted as members or
invited as observers on the decision of the Drin Core
Group
Consultation
Meeting at
- GWP-Med is the Secretariat providing technical
Drin Basin
level and administrative support.

19. Situation
Analysis
Drin Core
Drin
Group
Dialogue
Meetings
Used as means to involve the stakeholders of the
Riparians in the Drin Dialogue –
Create ownership
Stakeholders discuss, interact and elaborate on
National basin management issues, and facilitate the
Consultation
Meetings development of the Strategic Shared Vision for the
management of the Drin Basin.
Consultation
Meeting at
Drin Basin
level

20. 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.
Drin Core
Drin
Group Who? Representatives of Riparians’ national authorities and
Dialogue
Meetings
other key national and local stakeholders.
National
Consultation
Meetings
Consultation
Meeting at
Drin Basin
level

21. Meeting Meeting Meeting Meeting
1 2 3 4

22. Meeting to coordinate joint action for the
International
initiation of a structured Drin Dialogue
Roundtable on
(Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina,
“Integrated First Drin Core Group Meeting
18/5/2009)
Management of Initiation of the Drin Dialogue
(Podgorica, Montenegro, 1/12/2009)
Shared Lake Basins
in Southeastern Ohrid - National
Europe” (Ohrid 12- Consultation Meeting
14 October 2006) (Ohrid, 2/11/10)
Tirana - National
Consultation Meeting on
Integrated Management of Podgorica Consultation
- National
Meeting, (Tirana, 5/4/11)
Consultation
the extended Drin River
Transboundary - National
Meeting, (Podgorica, 28/9/11)
Basin (Tirana, Albania,
Consultation
Drin MoU (Tirana, 25/11/11)
24/11/2008)
Meeting, (Tirana, 25/11/11)
Drin Ministerial
Declaration (Ohrid, 18/4/11)
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

23. Building on the accomplishments /
expanding support:
Activities under or in line with the
Petersberg Phase II / Athens Declaration Process
for 2012 onwards,
supported by various actors

24. 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
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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25. i. Enhancing cooperation for the management of the Drin Basin -
(UNECE, Swedish EPA, Germany, GWP-Med 2012-)

26. i. Enhancing cooperation for the management of the Drin Basin -
(UNECE, Swedish EPA, Germany, GWP-Med 2012-)
• Institutionalizing of the Drin Core Group (establishing of
Expert Working Groups etc.)
• Preparation of an Action Plan for the implementation of the
Drin MoU
•Implementation of Priority actions (e.g. Characterization of
the Drin Basin)
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27. ii. Facilitating the preparation of an IWRM plan in the Buna/Bojana
basin (GEF MedPartnership, GWP-Med, PAP/RAC, UNESCO 2011-2012)

28. 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.
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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29. iii. GEF IW:LEARN III: Regional Dialogues (Germany, GEF, GWP-Med
2011-2013)

30. 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 Dialogue
in SEE
under the Petersberg Phase II / Athens Declaration Process
and the replication of innovative and tested practices used
Further providing benefits for:
• GEF, in pursue of its objectives in the SEE
•TWRM in SEE since:
- Transboundary cooperation for the management of the majority of the
shared basins is not yet in place.
- Issues such as shared groundwater management has not been
addressed yet effectively in the region especially at the transboundary
level.
- Emerging challenges such as incorporation of climate variability
considerations in the management of the shared basins

31. iii. GEF IW:LEARN III: Regional Dialogues (Germany, GEF, GWP-Med
2011-2013)
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
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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32. iv. GEF/UNDP/UNESCO “Protection and Sustainable Use of
the Dinaric Karst Aquifer System” (UNDP, UNESCO, GWP-Med,
others 2010-2014)

33. 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;
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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34. v. Enhancement of the Stakeholders Involvement in the Management
of the Sava River Basin (EU, Sava Commission, UNESCO, GWP-Med, 2011
2012)

35. 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:
- a feasibility study for a multi-stakeholders platform;
- a stakeholders analysis;
- a Public Participation Plan
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36. Towards: - Replicating achievements
- Facilitating/enabling
enhanced TWRM in SEE and
action in additional basins
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