CIS-Workshop on River

Basin Management

Plans

8 – 9 May 2006, Bonn

(DE)

Working Session 3 – Drawing-Up of an International RBMP

Example: Danube River Basin District

Birgit Vogel

ICPDR, Vienna

birgit.vogel@unvienna.or

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State of play on international cooperation

• DRB covers 18 states in Europe

• 817.000 km2 - 10% of Europe

• 81 mio inhabitants

• EU status of countries different– EU MS

– EU Accession Countries

– Non EU Members

• Heterogenous socio-economic conditions

• Since 1998 Danube River Protection Convention as legal Framework

• Implementation of EU WFD highest priority

MODALITY OF COOPERATIONBASIC FRAME DRBD