Joint Stakeholder Seminar – 11-12 September 2013
Macroregional conference summary 091213.docx
DAY 1. Wednesday 11/09/2013
High level session
CHAIR: Balázs Medgyesy Government Commissioner of the EU Danube Strategy
HE Tamás Németh, FM, General Secretary of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences Nemeth Taman presentation
HE Enikő Győri, Minister of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
HE Zoltán Illés, Minister of State, Ministry of Rural Development
HE Ing. Vojtech Ferencz, State Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Slovak Republic
Normunds Popens, European Commission, Deputy Director General of the Directorate General Regional & Urban Policy
Marianne Wenning, Director, European Commission, Directorate General Environment
HE Ermina Salkičevic- Dizdarević, Deputy Minister Bosnia and Herzegovina, President International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River
Wolfgang Klug, Bavarian State Ministry of the Environment and Public Health
Olimpia Negru, Priority Area Coordinator Priority Area 5 Romania
Session 1. The policy context
CHAIR: HE Ermina Salkičevic- Dizdarević, President International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River
a) Transboundary cooperativaon
Science and innovation supporting macroregional development agenda, Former Vice-Chancellor of Austria Dr. Erhard Busek, Chairman of the Institute for the Danube Region and Central Europe (IDM), Austria
The Danube basin cooperation Ivan Zavadsky, Executive Secretary, International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River
The ASEM cooperation mechanisms Peng Qinghui,
Assistant to Secretary General, ASEM Water Resources Research and Development Center, China
The experiences of the UNECE concerning transboundary water cooperation Dr. Annukka Lipponen,
Environmental Affairs Officer, secretariat of the Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)
Water protection and human rights in the Danube basin, Marcel Szabó,
Deputy Commissioner for Fundamental Rights
Macro regional co-operation in relation to water issues: the experiences of the REC, Marta Szigeti Bonifert,
Executive Director, Regional Environmental Centre
Szigeti Bonifest Marta presentation
b) Water Framework Directive, Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive, Floods Directive: setting the scene Marianne Wenning,
Director European Commission, Water Marine Environment & Chemicals Directorate D,
c) Context of EU water policies and the EUSDR, Péter Kovács,
State Secretary, Ministry of Rural Development, Hungary
Session 2. Challenges and integrated measures
CHAIR: András Báldi, General Director of the Centre for Ecological Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Sharing waters, integrated river basin and international watercourse management
(i) Sediment issues and consequences in the Danube river – Józsa J., H. Habersack (Budapest University of Technology and Economics – University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences – Water Research Institute, VUVH, Slovakia)
(ii) The Water Blueprint hydro-economic assessment for European regions
(European Commission Joint research Centre, – Dr. Ad de Roo, Italy)
(iii) Longitudinal continuity for international watercourses –
Cr. Sandu, Gúti G. (International Association for Danube Research – MTA Ecological Research)
Cristina Sandu-Gabor Guti presentation
(iv) Complex and innovative monitoring system for river basins –
Kovács Zs. – Török A., (Pannon Egyetem – OKI)
Kovacs Zsofia-Torok Andrea presentation
(v) Compatibility of environmental requirements and sectoral water needs including navigation, agricultural domestic and industrial water use –
R.Mair, I. Liska (International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River)
(vi) Transboundary water management in Sava River Basin focusing on sediment and biodiversity issues –
Dejan Komatina, Secretary of the International Sava River Basin Commission Secretariat (Slovenia and Sava Commission Countries)
DAY 2. Thursday 12/09/2013
CHAIR: Olimpia Negru, Priority Area Coordinator PA5 Romania
(b) Complex flood and drought management
(i) The Hungarian-Ukrainian joint Upper-Tisa flood management development program, hydrologic and hydraulic modeling –
Lajos Illés-Zoltán Tóth-János Szabó (VIZITERV Environ Kft.-ELCOM Kft.-Hydroinform Kft.)
Illes Lajos-Toth Zoltan presentation
(ii) Experiences of current flood events
1. Hydro-meteorological antecedents of 2013 flood – Ákos Horváth (Hungarian Meteorological Service) and András Csík (Hungarian Hydrological Forecasting Service of General Directorate of Water Management, Hungary)
Horvath Akos-Csik Andraspresentation
2. The contribution of science to the operative flood management – Prof. János Józsa (Budapest University of Technology and Economics)
3. Training of flood managers – Zoltán Melicz, (Eötvös József College, Baja)
(iii) The contribution and opportunities of the EU Danube Region Strategy in relation to the Flood and Drought Management – Péter Bakonyi and Olimpia Negru (PA5 coordinators)
Bakonyi Peter-Olimpia Negru presentation
AM CHAIR: Florian Ballnus, Priority Area Coordinator PA6 Bavaria
(c) Drinking water protection in changing climate
(i) CC WaterS: a model for water supply management measures – G. Kuschnig (Vienna Waterworks)
(ii) CC WARE: mitigating vulnerability of water resources in a changing climate – L. Perger, I. Bogárdi (NeKI- Eötvös Loránd University)
Bogardi Istvan-Perger Laszlo presentation
(d) Sanitation and waste water treatment improvements
(i) Deployment and upgrade of urban waste water treatment in the context of the River Basin Management – Cs. Haranghy (Water Works of Budapest)
(ii) Integrated solutions for waste water treatment in small settlements and rural areas – A. Clement (Budapest University of Technology and Economics)
(e) Climate adaptation focusing on ecosystem protection and cross cutting issues
(i) Regional climate modelling and coordinated policy responses – S. Szalai (Szent István University)
(f) Implementation of economic instruments
(i) Combine objectives of efficiency, fairness and cost recovery – G. Ungvári (Corvinus University of Budapest)
(ii) Translate ecosystem services into social benefits – Simonffy Z. (Budapest University of Technology and Economics)
