About Priority Area 4

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Priority Area 4 “To maintain and restore the quality of waters” is coordinated by the Ministry of Environment of the Slovak Republic and the General Directorate of Water Management of Hungary with the involvement of a wide network of key players.

The Water Quality Priority Area 4 (PA4) has four major objectives to follow during its work. First, PA4 makes important steps to achieve the management objectives set out in the Danube River Basin Management Plan. Second, PA4 aims to reduce the nutrient levels in the Danube River to allow the recovery of the Black Sea ecosystems to conditions similar to 1960s. Third, PA4 elaborates a Danube Delta Analysis Report as a step towards completion of the Delta management Plan. And fourth Secure viable populations of Danube sturgeon species.

Slovak Coordination
Ministry of Environment of the Slovak Republic

Danka Thalmeinerová
Priority Area Coordinator

Hungarian Coordination
General Directorate of Water Management

Márton Pesel
Priority Area Coordinator

General information about EUSDR (EU Strategy for the Danube Region) can be found at the EUSDR central webpage.