European Union Water Initiative plus for the Eastern Partnership Workshop on laboratory basics and fundamentals of ISO Quality Management Standards March 21-22, 2018, Kyiv, Ukraine

1. EUROPEAN UNION WATER INITIATIVE PLUS
FOR THE EASTERN PARTNERSHIP
2016−2020

2. EU MEMBER STATES CONSORTIUM:
EASTERN PARTNERSHIP (EaP) COUNTRIES:
BELARUS MOLDOVA UKRAINE
ARMENIA AZERBAIJAN GEORGIA
AUSTRIA FRANCE
INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS:

3. Support to further reforms of water policies,
establishment of an adequate governance framework, and
development of institutional capacities in support of policy
implementation
To build a strong partnership towards the water related
commitments of Association/partnership Agreement.
To improve sustainability of the management of water
resources, in particular of transboundary rivers, in the
Eastern Partnership countries.
Strengthening of the monitoring of the water bodies
status and upgrade needed infrastructure and quality
management.

4. Project
Support to the EU Water Initiative
(EUWI) in Eastern Europe, the
Caucasus and Central Asia
Project
Environmental Protection of
International River Basins (EPIRB)
The project builds on the results and lessons learnt of regional
projects led by the European Union (EU) in the Eastern Partnership
(EaP) countries in the field of water:

5. RESULT 3
Stakeholder
involvement
Communication
RESULT 2
River Basin
Management
Planning
Data management
Monitoring &
laboratories
Result 1: Legal and regulatory framework
improved in line with the EU Water
Framework Directive (WFD), Integrated
Water Resources Management and
Multilateral Environmental Agreements.
Result 2: River Basins Management Plans
designed and implemented in line with
the EU WFD principles, from pilot basin
to country scale.
Result 3: Stakeholder involvement and
communication
Lessons learnt regularly collected, shared
and communicated to stakeholders.
RESULT 1
National Policy
Dialogue
Legislative and
regulatory reform
Capacity Building

6. Support to the drafting of legal provisions by
commenting (e.g. Resolution on monitoring)
Support (equipment and training) to selected
laboratories for physico-chemcal elements
(groundwater and surface water), Hydrobiology,
Hydromorphology, Priority substances.
Direct hands-on training (e.g. monitoring network
design, sampling, evaluation of results etc.)
Emphasis on quality assurance and quality control.

7. Development of RBMPs including: delineation of
water bodies, characterisation, pressure and impact
assessment, protected areas, programme of
measures.
Biological, ecological, chemicals surveys including
transboundary activities.
Close coordination of data management issues of all
international projects (EMBLAS-phase 2, EUWI+, SEIS,
PPRD-East 2,…)
Stakeholder participation.

8. EUROPEAN UNION WATER INITIATIVE PLUS
FOR THE EASTERN PARTNERSHIP
2016−2010
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