ICPDR Tisza Group
ITRBM Plan
UNDP/GEF Tisza MSP
Stakeholder meeting
13 November 2009, Kosice, Slovakia
Marieke van Nood / European Commission
Diana Heilmann - ICPDR
Outline
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· ICPDR and Tisza Group
· The Tisza Analysis Report
· Towards the ITRBM Plan
UNDP/GEF Tisza MSP
The ICPDR
International Commission for
the Protection of the Danube
River (ICPDR):
frame for co-operation to
assure protection of water
Danube River Protection
and ecological resources
Convention
and their sustainable use in
the Danube River Basin.
signed: 29 June 1994, Sofia
entered into force: 22 October
1998
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ICPDR Tisza Group
MoU
7th Ordinary Meeting (2004) adopted the Tisza
Memorandum of Understanding
MoU signed by the five Tisza countries
Towards a
River Basin Management Plan
for the Tisza river supporting
sustainable development of the region
Tisza Expert Group was established
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The ICPDR Tisza Group
& UNDP/GEF Tisza Project
Development of strategies
towards the Integrated River Basin
Management Plan
Component 1
Iterative Process
Component 2
Feedback mechanism
Demonstration Projects
UNDP/GEF Tisza MSP
Outline
.
· ICPDR and Tisza Group
· The Tisza Analysis Report
· Towards the ITRBM Plan
UNDP/GEF Tisza MSP
The Tisza River basin at a glance
Tisza River Basin
Size: 157,186 km2
Length of the Tisza River: 966 km
The Tisza River Basin is the biggest
sub basin of the Danube River Basin,
and the longest tributary
The Tisza River Basin has nearly two
times larger catchment size and two
times more population with
significantly smaller amount of
avarage discharge compared to the
Sava River Basin
Ukraine, Romania, Slovakia, Hungary, Serbia
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Outcomes of the Tisza
Analysis Report - 1
key conclusion of the Tisza
Analysis Report 2007 is that
integration of water quality and
quantity in land and water
planning is an essential issue to
be considered in the ITRBM
Plan
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Outline
.
· ICPDR and Tisza Group
· The Tisza Analysis Report
· Towards the ITRBM Plan
UNDP/GEF Tisza MSP
Objectives
The Integrated Tisza River Basin Management Plan
objectives are twofold:
Discuss and manage water quality related significant water
management issues in line with the approach for the
Danube River Basin District;
Discuss and manage water quantity related management
issues (floods and excess water, drought and water
scarcity, climate change) in an integrated way by focusing
on measures that are contributing to reaching good water
quality by 2015.
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Significant Water
Management Issues
Based on the outcomes of the Tisza Analysis Report the Tisza
Group identified the following SWMIs :
Organic pollution
Nutrient pollution
Hazardous substances (special attention to mining and
related pollution)
Hydromorphological alterations
Groundwater (quality, quantity)
Integration of water quantity and quality aspects
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Integration - Key water
quantity issues
Key water quantity management related issues of integrated
water management are divided in the following three
categories:
A) Floods and Excess water
B) Droughts and Water scarcity
C) Climate change
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Integration - Key water
quantity pressures
The following priority pressures are identified:
Groundwater depletion
Increased irrigation
Hydromorphological pressures from flood protection measures
Accidental pollution due to flooding
Loss of wetlands
Impacts on climate change on low water flow
Solid waste
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Towards the ITRBM Plan
For the above listed priority integration pressures, the Tisza
countries identified visions and management objectives.
Next year, measures will be identified related to these
issues which will contribute to achieving the management
objectives
Information comes from
Tisza countries, e.g. national integration reports and
flood action plans
Danube GIS
Demonstration projects
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Thank you for your
attention!
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