Transboundary cooperation in the Sava river basin (IWC6 Presentation)
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Dejan Komatina, Ph.D. Civ. Eng., Secretary, ISRBC
Transboundary cooperation in the Sava river basin
for sustainable development of the region
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Overview
• Introduction on the basin
• Main points
• Summary (added value / challenges)
• Contact information
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Sava River Basin
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Sava River Basin
– Area: 97 713 km2 (the second largest Danube sub-basin; share: 12%)
– Average flow at the mouth: 1722 m3/s (the largest Danube tributary; contribution: 25%)
– River length: 940 km (594 km of which is the waterway)
– Population: approx. 8.5 millionCountry Share of the
basin (%)Share of the territory (%)
Albania 0.2 0.6
Bosnia & Herzegovina
39.2 75.8
Croatia 26.0 45.2
Montenegro 7.1 49.6
Serbia 15.5 17.4
Slovenia 12.0 52.8
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Sava River Basin
• High environmental and socio-economic value
– Natural beauty
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Sava River Basin
• High environmental and socio-economic value
– High landscape diversity
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Sava River Basin
• High environmental and socio-economic value
– High biological diversity (natural wetlands, parks, protected areas)
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Sava River Basin
• High environmental and socio-economic value
– Large retention areas
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Sava River Basin
• High environmental and socio-economic value
– High potential for transport of cargo and passengers
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Sava River Basin
• High environmental and socio-economic value
– High potential for tourism and recreation
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Main points
• WRM: from national to transboundary management
• Framework Agreement on the Sava River Basin (FASRB)
– The first development-oriented multilateral agreement in the region signed after the Agreement on Succession
– Integrated nature (sustainability and development) – it provides the ISRBC with the broadest scope of work among European basin organizations
– High legal capacity (decision making in the field of navigation)
• International Sava River Basin Commission (ISRBC)
– Protection and development of economic activities (navigation, tourism) simultaneously
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Main points
• All the projects agreed upon by the four countries
– New Strategy on Implementation of the FASRB
– Action Plan for the Period 2011-2015
• Full conformity with the EU standards
– EU directives (WFD, Flood Directive, INSPIRE, RIS)
– EU strategies (EU Strategy for the Danube Region, EU 2020 Strategy)
• Cooperation (EU, Danube, Sava levels), public participation and stakeholder involvement
• High-level commitment of the Parties
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Added value
• Key features of the approach
– Cohesive, providing conditions for:• Cooperation of the countries after the conflict• Implementation of joint, basin-wide projects• Harmonization of national regulation, methodologies, procedures, …
– Integrated (whole basin; sustainability and development)
– Transparent (public participation)
– Aligned with the EU and UNECE regulation (EU Directives, UNECE Water Convention, ...)
– Subregional (results complementary to those obtained on a regional scale)
– Pragmatic and practical (offering concrete “products” to the Parties)
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Key challenges
• Differences between the countries
– Status with respect to EU & eligibility for approaching funds
– Level of economic development (financial resources)
– Organizational structure in decision-making process
– Environmental awareness of the public
• Financing priority projects / strategic studies, establishment of integrated systems
• Resolving conflicts of interests of different users of water (within a country / between countries / climate change)
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Contact information
International Sava River Basin Commission
Kneza Branimira 29
10000 Zagreb
Croatia
www.savacommission.org