RESEAU INTERNATIONAL DES ORGANISMES DE BASSIN
INTERNATIONAL NETWORK OF BASIN ORGANIZATIONS
RED INTERNACIONAL DE ORGANISMOS DE CUENCA

Cérémonie d'ouverture/Opening ceremony

● Discours (185Ko) de Mme Madeleine JOUYE DE GRANDMAISON
Présidente du RIOB - Présidente du Comité de Bassin de La Martinique

Transmission de la présidence du groupe « EURO-RIOB » pour 2005- 2006 de M. M. OSTOJSKI à M. J.M. WAUTHIER, de Wallonie/
Transfer of the presidency of « EURO-INBO » group for 2005-2006 from Mr. M. OSTOJSKI to Mr. J.M. WAUTHIER, Walloon Region

Présentation de la problématique et des institutions de l’eau en Wallonie/ Presentation of the water problems and institutions of the Walloon region

● La Région wallonne face aux enjeux de la directive 2000/60 (2Mo) du Parlement européen et du Conseil établissant un cadre pour une politique communautaire dans le domaine de l'Eau
M. C. DELBEUCK, Directeur Général des ressources Naturelles et de l’environnement de Wallonie

La Directive Cadre Européenne sur L’eau/The European Water Framework Directive

● Communication of Mr. Patrick MURPHY, European Commission (1,3Mo)

Rappel des objectifs du groupe " Euro-RIOB"/Reminder of the " Euro-INBO " group’s objectives

Communication (3,3 Mo) de Mr DONZIER, Secrétaire Technique Permanent du RIOB

Le RIOB entre au Goupe de Coordination Stratégique pour l'application de la DCE /
INBO has entered the the Strategic Co-ordination Group for the WFD Common Implementation Strategy

Exposés introductifs/Introductive addresses

● « Modeling (5Mo) as a supporting tool for water management »
M. J. SMITZ, AQUAPOLE - Université de Liège
● « La concertation citoyenne exemple de la Semois (4,7Mo) , affluent de la Meuse » (Summary 244Ko)
M. P. VANDER BORGHT, Professeur à l’Université de Liège - Site d’Arlon

Atelier 1 : « La mise ne oeuvre de la directive cadre dans les bassin transfrontaliers »/
Workshop 1 : « Implementation of the framework directive
in transboundary river basins »

1ere Table ronde / 1st Round table
● Commission Internationale de l’Escaut (2Mo) (CIE)
M. Damien YSERBYT, Président de la Commission Internationale de l’Escaut
● District hydrographique de la Meuse (941Ko) - Une approche coordonnée/River basin district Meuse (941Ko)- A coordinated approach
M. Alain LEFEBVRE, Président de la Commission Internationale de la Meuse
● Communication (742Ko) of M. Fritz HOLZWARTH, President of the International Commission for the Protection of the Rhine
● Les résultats de l’état des lieux dans le secteur de travail Moselle-Sarre (1,7Mo) / Outcomes of the initial river basin caracterisation in the working sector Mosel - Saar (1,7Mo)
M. Patrick WEINGERTNER, représentant des Commissions Internationales pour la protection de la Moselle et de la Sarre
● Vers une gestion intégrée transfrontalière du district hydrographique de l’Escaut (1,3Mo)
Mme Véronique VAN DEN LANDENBERG, Scaldit, Agence flamande de l’Environnement
● Présentation de RIWA Maas/Meuse (1,5Mo)
M. Job A. VERHEIJDEN, RIWA Meuse

2nde Table ronde / 2nd Round table
h Plan de gestion « faîtier » (541ko) pour les Districts Hydrographiques Internationaux (DHI)
M. Jean-Claude VIAL, Directeur Adjoint de l’Eau (France)
● Mme Marta MOREN, MMA (Espagne)
● “Water and participation.- International experiences” The Albufeira (341Ko) agreement
M. Juan LOPEZ MARTOS, MMA (Espagne)
● Implementation of the Water Framework Directive in the Danube (5,2Mo) River Basin - Romanian approach
Mme Ane-Marie CIUREA, Ministère de l’Environnement (Roumanie)
● Integrated Water Management of the Mesta/Nestos (313Ko) River Basin
Mme Galina BALUSHEVA, Bassin de MESTA-NESTOS (Grèce/Bulgarie)
● Tranboundary river basin management of the Körös / Crisuri (835Ko) river
Mme Daniela RADULESCU et M. Laszlo KOTHAY,
● Mme Elpida KOLOKYTHA et M. Yannis MYLOPOULOS,

3ème Table ronde / 3rd Round table
● Development of Training Related to Integrated Water Resources Management and Capacity Building in Central Asia region (1,2Mo)
Mr. Pulatkhon UMAROV, Interstate Coordination Commission of CA
● Spreading of the Lake Ohrid (1 Mo) experience
Mr. Dejan PANOVSKI, OHRID Lake Committee (Macedonia)
● Implementation of WFD in Serbia and Montenegro (2,2Mo)
Mr. Nikola MARJANOVIC, Water Director (Serbia & Montenegro)
● Transboundary water management of the Irtysh River Basin (1,4Mo)
Mr. Sergey KOSTAREV, IC Irtysh (Russia)
● Ecosystem approach in basin management in Central Asia: from theory to practice (on the example of Ili-Balkhash basin) - Summary (168Ko)
Mrs. Elena KREUZBERG CAREC (Kazakhstan)
● Transboundary Artesian Basin of Georgia (200Ko)
Prof. Guram Buachidze, Institute Hydrogeology, Georgia Aead

1ere Table ronde / 1st Round table
m Public participation strategy in the Júcar (1,5Mo) river basin authority
M. Teodoro ESTRELA, CH Jucar (Espagne)
m Testing of the Testing of the Public Participation in the Upper Vistula (1,8Mo) Pilot Basin
Mme Barbara CHAMMAS, RZGW Cracovie (Pologne)
m Public participation in implementation of the WFD in Poland (348Ko)
M. Lukasz LEGUTKO, Ministère Environnement (Pologne)
mBig Jump (5,7Mo) - Summary (545Ko)
M. Roberto EPPLE, ERN- Big Jump
mHungarian (3,1Mo) National report and the following implementation of WFD in 2005
M. Kalman PAPP, NDENW (Hongrie)
m Participation of the population in the definition of water policy - Latvia (1,3Mo)
Sigita SULCA - Latvian Environmental, Geology and Meteorology Agency
m Contrat de rivière Semois (4,1Mo) et participation - Résumé (254Ko)
P. Vander Borght et F. Rosillon - Université de Liège (Wallonie)

2nde Table ronde / 2nd Round table
m La gestion intégrée des eaux de montagne dans le Parc National du Grand Sasso (1,2Mo) d’Italie.
Mr. Walter MAZZITTI, Gran Sasso National Reserve Park (Italy)
m Integrated watershed management in Quebec (2,7Mo) : a collaborative approach centred on local solidarity - Summary
Mr. Pierre BARIL, Sub-Minister for Water (Quebec)
m WFD - Participation of the population in the definition of water policy inb Denmark (169Ko)
Mr. Verner Hastrup PETERSEN (Denmark)
m Mr. Igors ZUJEVS, Riga City Council (Latvia)
m La participation des populations à la politique de l’eau
La consultation du « grand public» dans l’application de la Directive Cadre Européenne sur l’Eau en France
Mr. Jean-Louis OLIVER, Water Academy (France)
m La consultation du public sur le bassin Seine-Normandie (1,5Mo)
Mr. Daniel MARCOVITCH, Seine-Normandy Basin Committee (France)
m La démarche du Comité de Bassin Rhin-Meuse (PPS - 3Mo)
Mr. Daniel DIETMANN, Rhine-Meuse Basin Committee (France)
m Mr. Jean CAMBON, President of SMEAG (France)
m La consultation du public sur les enjeux de l'eau en Martinique (PPS 3,1Mo)
Ms. Lise MOUTAMALLE, Departmental Water Office (The Martinique)
m Quality information and public participation under the WFD in Spain (2,9Mo)
Mrs. Graciela FERRER and Francesc LA ROCA, University of Valencia (Spain)

Présentation des rapports des deux ateliers de travail et autres sujets / Presentation of the reports of the two workshops and other subjects

è Atelier 1 - 2ème table ronde / Workshop 1 - 2nd Round table
Approches nationales des coopérations transfrontalières (114Ko) dans le cadrede la mise mise en oeuvre de la DCE - Daniel Daniel Assfeld Assfeld - Arnould Arnould Lef Lefébure bure
è Atelier 1 - 3ème Table ronde / Workshop 1 - 3d round table (100Ko) and summary (49Ko)

è Water Planning in the Czech Republic (959Ko) - RNDr. Petr Kubala, Povodí Vltavy, státní podnik
è Water Resource Management in Brazil (1,2Mo) : The Federal Perspective - Oscar Cordeiro Netto - Director of ANA - National Water Agency - Brazil

Préparation du 4eme forum mondial de l’eau Mexico - 16 - 22 mars 2006 / Preparation of the 4th world water forum Mexico - 16 - 22 march 2006

è 4th World Water Forum (PPS - 4,8Mo) - Mr. Orlando JAIMES MARTINEZ, Executive Secretary of the 4th World Water Forum of Mexico City
è European Region - The Road Ahead to WWF 4 (179Ko) - Mrs. Elisabeth CATTON, World Water Council

è The 2006 "Rendez-Vous" (382Ko)
Mr DONZIER, Secrétaire Technique Permanent du RIOB

è Submit for Local actions in the 4th world water forum preparatory process

è Des actions locales pour un défi global à travers l’expérience des contrats de rivière (3,2Mo) - P. Vander Borght et F. Rosillon - Université de Liège (Wallonie)

Point sur divers projets mobilisateurs européens ou internationaux / Progress report on various european or international initiator projects

è http://euro-wfd.inbo-news.org/ Ressource Center for WFD : prototype

è Le site ressource (99Ko) de la DCE - Mrs. Laurence GUEDET (France - IOWater)
è IW:LEARN : The GEF International Waters Learning Exchange and Resource Network (1,1Mo) - Mrs. Jessica TROELL (USA - IW LEARN)
è Capacity Building for Transboundary Water Resources Management in the South Eastern Europe Region (1,1Mo) - An IW:LEARN project - Mr. Dimitris FALOUTSOS (GWP Med - Greece)
è TwinBasin (240ko) : Promoting Twinning of River Basins for Developing Integrated Water Resources Management Practices - Mr. Alain BERNARD (TWINBASIN - INBO PTS)

Invitation

Dear Friends,

We will thus meet again in a month in Namur in the Walloon Region, on the occasion of:

The second international meeting

on the implementation

of the European Water Framework Directive   « EURO INBO 2005 »

On 29, 30 September and 1 st October 2005

IN NAMUR - WALLOON REGION - BELGIUM

At the NOVOTEL - WEPION Hotel

Representatives from 27 Countries are already registered to participate in this open meeting, firstly aiming at exchanging, actively and informally, real field experiences on the implementation of the Framework Directive.

Several Secretaries of State and Water Directors will participate in the meeting, that will also be honored by the presence of His Excellency, Mr. Benoît LUTGEN, Minister for Agriculture, Rural Areas and the Environment of the Walloon Region, and also of many people in charge of Basin Organizations of the Member or Candidate Countries of the European Union, Eastern Europe and Balkans and even of the Mediterranean, Africa or North America, also interested.

Our meeting fits in the European cycle of the preparation of the 4 th World Water Forum of MEXICO CITY in March 2006;

I remind you that it will be organized around two broad main and current working topics:

• Consultation of the « general public » for the implementation of the Framework Directive: the participation of the populations in the definition of water policy, responsibilities of the local elected officials and of the professional and association representatives, the « basin committees », etc.

  This topic should widely open the work of our assembly to your partners, elected officials, professional and association representatives, working in the field, who are cordially invited.

  The main issues dealt with could be:·

  • the contents and form of the consultation documents,
  • processes for public consultation and methods used,
  • the necessary budgets,
  • first answers received, examination and use, etc.
    
    
• The transboundary rivers and International River Basin Districts (IRBD).

  The main issues dealt with could be:·

  • results of the IRBD characterization,
  • respective roles of the International Commissions, of their Secretariats and Member States, cases of the Federal Countries,
  • preparation of the « Management Plans », processes, timetable, etc.,
  • reporting and data exchange between riparian Countries,
  • prevention of floods and droughts, etc.

Moreover, a general round table will be organized on Friday afternoon to deal with other practical issues related to the WFD implementation, such as, for example, the necessary economic studies, the taking into account of the hydropower installations and of waterways navigation, agricultural practices, reporting and the « WISE » system, etc.

There will be simultaneous translation into English and French.

Registration to the EURO-INBO meeting is free of charge.

Our work will obviously be in the continuity of the recommendations and decisions made by the Committee of the European Union’s Water Directors and by the Strategic Coordination Group led by the Commission and in which INBO has just been accepted..

The meeting will also allow the planning of the European Basin Organizations’ participation in the 4 th Water Forum of MEXICO CITY, on the topic of integrated water resources management, and obviously on the Water Framework Directive implementation in the fields which concern them.

An official dinner, to which you are invited of course, is planned on Thursday 29 September in the evening, under the presidency (to be confirmed) of his Royal Highness Prince Laurent of Belgium.

Saturday 1 st October will be devoted to technical visits in the Namur region, especially the visit of the Han caves of the Lesse valley, tributary of the Maas ( www.grotte-de-han.be ).

I remind to those who would wish to present a paper during the workshops that it would be useful that I receive their paper with a PowerPoint on inbo@wanadoo.fr, as soon as possible, if not already done so.

The interested late comers can still be welcomed to participate in our meeting, provided that they return the registration form by Fax or E-Mail, before                           12 September at the latest.

They must also send directly to the hotel of their choice the booking form that can be downloaded from the website: www.inbo-news.orgwhere any useful information is continuously available.

I remind to the concerned organizations that the meeting itself will be preceded, on Wednesday 28 September 2005 , by the Liaison Bureau of the Central and Eastern European Network of BasinOrganizations (CEENBO), by the Management Committee of the Mediterranean Network ofBasin Organizations (MENBO) and by an exceptional meeting of INBO World Liaison Bureau, held concurrently.

I am pleased to see you again in a month in the Walloon region,

Best regards.