GWP CEE Leaflet
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The Global Water Partnership in Central and Eastern Europe (GWP CEE) works with 12 country partnerships in the region to promote integrated water resources management and support sustainable development through initiatives like stakeholder dialogues, case studies, and guidance on issues like floods and sanitation. GWP CEE is part of the broader Global Water Partnership network established in 1996 to foster integrated management of water and related resources at all levels through multi-sectoral cooperation.
GWP CEE Leaflet
- 1. Global Water Partnership Central and Eastern Europe A water secure world - the mission of the Global Water Partnership is to support the sustainable development and management of water resources at all levels.
- 2. The region of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), covered by GWP, has a total area of over 2.03 million km2 and is mostly located in the Baltic Sea and the Black Sea basins. Rivers in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland discharge their flows to the Eastern Baltic Sea. The second group of countries – Bulgaria, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Moldova, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine - is located in the Danube, Dniester and Dnieper River basins which flows into the Black Sea. Water resources in the CEE region are important for the development of its countries, providing water for consumption, sanitation, irrigation, industrial use, navigation, fishing, recreation, and other purposes. Ecosystems depending on water form the backbone of the region’s biodiversity including lakes, river basins, wetlands, coastal areas and groundwater. Throughout the region, many water ecosystems have suffered from degradation or are threatened by pollution, overuse of surface and groundwater and habitat loss. The application of integrated approaches to water management, use and development, which meets the demands of the population, and satisfies the needs of water ecosystems, remains a key challenge. Countries of Central and Eastern Europe have a long history of water management and water related legislation dating back to the end of the 18th century. The traditional fragmented or so- called sector approach has its limitations in the sense that it does not support mutual cooperation, communication and common solutions with stakeholders and the participation of the public. In addition to purely technical solutions for the protection and use of water resources, authorities should apply modern management principles including landscape planning, communication and conflict resolution. This integrated approach can only be implemented through consultation and the exchange of experiences and expertise of all involved parties. Programmes and action GWP Central and Eastern Europe consists of twelve country water partnerships that provide an inclusive and neutral platform for stakeholders. With the enlargement of the European Union in January 2007, ten countries in the region are EU members. This opens up the opportunity for new joint Global Water Partnership Central and Eastern Europe
- 3. ventures within the union. The country water partnerships also act as IWRM facilitators in the non-EU countries. The programme objective is to support countries with integrated approaches to more sustainable water resources development, management and use. Over the next years, GWP Central and Eastern Europe in line with its 2009-2013 Strategy plans to undertake several initiatives including increased multi- sectoral dialogues, and raising political will for adoption of integrated water resources management (IWRM) principles. Dialogues GWP CEE supports countries of the region in the development and implementation of sound water resource management practices. Its principal work is to organize national and regional dialogues and synthesize their results into regional reports. In 2006-2007, Country Water Partnerships organised a series of IWRM National Policy Dialogues. They reflected priorities on the national level ranging from river basin planning, sustainable sanitation, water governance and cross sectoral cooperation. As to the outcomes, the dialogues led to common declarations with governments, changes in legislation and strengthening cooperation with major stakeholders. Ukrainian participants proposed that IWRM Implementation Strategy should become a part of National Environmental Strategy. In Romania, for example, a Common Declaration considers IWRM as overarching aim to which European Union water related directives contribute and create synergic effects. Tool Box The GWP ToolBox is a free and open database with a library of case studies and references to support broad audiences in implementing IWRM principles. To facilitate knowledge sharing in the area of water management, GWP provides the IWRM ToolBox, an online database with a library of case studies and references. In GWP CEE the ToolBox focuses on the documentation of successful case studies, capacity building and knowledge management. In frame of ToolBox, GWP CEE experts shared experience on sustainable sanitation with Central Asia and Caucasus during a joint meeting in Kiev in May 2008. Since 2008, Corvinus University in Budapest has been using ToolBox as a part of its international ERASMUS programme. Visit the ToolBox here: www.gwptoolbox.org. Public Participation There has been a steady increase in interest for public participation, as well as recognition for it on different governance levels, in a wide range of sectors and contexts, including environmental management. To respond to this, GWP established the Public Participation Task Force covering Eastern Baltic region
- 4. and the Danube River basin. In 2008, the Task Force organised international Danube Day celebrations during Zaragosa Water and Sustainable Development Expo. Sustainable Sanitation Another task force has focused on Sustainable Sanitation. It seeks alternative and decentralized solution to sanitation services in IWRM context for rural population, constituting 20–40% of the total population in CEE countries. As a first step, a group of experts prepared a regional book, Sustainable Sanitation in Central and Eastern Europe: Addressing the Needs of Small and Medium-Size Settlements, providing a comprehensive overview of the sanitation state in CEE countries, methodological guidance to open waste water planning process and case studies of successful implementation of alternative approaches in sanitation in the region and in Sweden and Germany. The study has revealed that 20 million of Europeans, especially in new member states, are lacking access to sanitation services. Floods Management Since 2003, there has been an ongoing study on flash floods under the auspices of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO)- GWP Associated Programme on Floods Management. A manual, Guidance on Flash Flood Management-Recent Experiences from Central and Eastern Europe, has been published that provides easily accessible guidance on flash flood management to mayors, provincial administrators and the National Meteorological and Hydrological Service. This will help improve the efficiency of the professional centres to forecast and
- 5. more successfully save properties and the lives of communities in flash floods prone areas. Governance GWP CEE has the following governance structure: Consulting Partners GWP membership is open to all organizations involved in water and water resource management. Currently the GWP CEE network has more than 139 member organizations called “Consulting Partners” in 12 countries of Central and Eastern Europe. Country Water Partnerships On the national level, Country Water Partnerships (CWP’s) bring Consulting Partners from various sectors and interest groups together to identify and discuss their common water problems. CWP’s are up and running in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine. CWP’s foster cross-sector, multi- stakeholder dialogues on water issues, facilitate the introduction of IWRM and serve as information centres. Regional Council The Council, headed by its Chair and representing the 12 Country Water Partnerships, is the highest decision making body of GWP CEE. Secretariat A small Secretariat is responsible for the coordination and implementation of regional workplan 2009-2013 and projects in close cooperation with the Council. The Secretariat is now based in Bratislava and is hosted by the Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute. GWP Network GWP CEE is a part of GWP that was founded in 1996 by the World Bank, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) to foster integrated water resource management (IWRM), and to ensure the coordinated development and management of water, land, and related resources by maximising economic and social welfare without compromising the sustainability of vital environmental systems. The network is open to all organisations involved in water resources management: developed and developing country government institutions, agencies of the United Nations, bi- and multi-lateral development banks, professional associations, research institutions, non-governmental organisations, and the private sector. The GWP network works in 13 regions: Southern Africa, Eastern Africa, Central
- 6. Africa, West Africa, the Mediterranean, Central and Eastern Europe, Caribbean, Central America, South America, Central Asia and the Caucasus, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and China. The GWP Secretariat is located in Stockholm, Sweden. The network is supported financially by Canada, Denmark, the European Commission, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States. The secretariat is based in Stockholm Sweden. The GWP network has more than 2000 partners in 70 countries in 13 regions. More information: www.gwpforum.org. Vision and Mission The Global Water Partnership’s vision is for a water secure world. Its mission is to support the sustainable development and management of water resources at all levels.
- 7. The GWP CEE region
- 8. GWP Bulgaria Ms. Galia Bardarska Hristo Belchev Str. 14, floor 1, app. 1, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria Phone/Fax: + 359 2 987 04 61 Mobile phone: +359 887 602 672 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.gwpbg.org GWP Czech Republic Mr. Mark Rieder T. G. Masaryk Water Research Institute, p.r.i. Podlabská 30/2582, 160 00 Praha 6, Czech Republic Phone: +420 220 197 200 Fax: +420 22431 0450 E-mail: [email protected] GWP Estonia Mr. Harry Liiv Ministry of the Environment of Estonia Narva mnt 7a, 15172 Tallinn, Estonia Phone: +372 62 62 850 Fax: +372 62 62 928 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.veeyhing.ee GWP Hungary Mr. János Fehér VITUKI Environmental and Water Management Research Institute Nonprofit Ltd. Kvassay Jenö út 1, H-1095 Budapest, Hungary Phone: +36 1 2158 160 (dial up ext. 2308) Fax: +36 1 2161 514 E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] Website: www.gwpmo.hu GWP Latvia Ms. Sandra Krivmane BO SIA “Daugavas Fonds” Lacplesa street 1, LV-5101 Aizkraukle, Latvia Phone: +371 7013 701 Fax: +371 7013 777 E-mail: [email protected] GWP Lithuania Mr. Bernardas Paukstys Public Establishment “Vandens namai” (Water House) Juozapaviciaus street 6/2, LT-09310 Vilnius, Lithuania Phone: +370 5 275 72 78 Fax: +370 5 275 72 78 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.vandensklubas.lt GWP Moldova Mr. Dumitru Drumea Center for Strategic Environmental Studies (ECOS) sos Hincesti 58, 2028 Chisinau, Moldova Phone: +373 22 723 567 E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] GWP Poland Mr. Tomasz Okruszko University of Life Sciences – SGGW 159 Nowoursynowska Str, 02-766 Warszaw, Poland Phone: +48 22 5935 300 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.gwppl.org GWP Romania Mr. Liviu-Nicolae Popescu Asociatia Parteneriatul Global al Apei din Romania “GWP-Romania” Alea Fizicienilor no 4, Bloc 3C, Ap 16, Sector 3, Cod 032113, Bucharest, Romania Phone +40 21 3480 947 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.gwp-romania.ro GWP Slovakia Mr. Peter Roncak GWP Slovakia Jeseniova 17, 833 15 Bratislava, Slovakia Phone: +421 905 619 107 E-mail: [email protected] GWP Slovenia Ms. Martina Zupan Limnos Company for Applied Ecology d.o.o. Podlimbarskega 31, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia Phone: +386 1 427 32 45 Fax: +386 1 505 73 86 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.gwpslovenija.org GWP Ukraine Mr. Andriy Demydenko Ukrainian Center of Environmental and Water Projects Prospekt Glushkova 42, 03187 Kiev, Ukraine Phone: +380 50 352 96 70 Fax: +380 44 526 36 15 E-mail: [email protected] GWP CEE Regional Secretariat: Milan Matuska, Regional Coordinator c/o Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute Jeseniova 17, 833 15 Bratislava, Slovakia Phone: +421 2 5941 5224 Fax: +421 2 5941 5273 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.gwpceeforum.org Country Water Partnerships: Imprint Publisher: GWP CEE Editor: Richard Müller Pictures: Hana Klinovska, Richard Müller Map: Ludovit Molnar Edition: December 2009