Hungary Tisza Cooperation

Tisza River Basintransboundary cooperation Péter Kovács State secretary for water, Hungary 2013.01.08-10, Zaragoza,Spain

HUNGARYIN THE DANUBE BASIN 2

Human activities damaged the Tisza River Basin 31, 4, 5, 6: iStockphoto; 2: redsludge.bm.hu; 3: wikipedia, GFDL

Danube River Protection Convention Legal frame for cooperation to assure protection of water and ecological resources and their sustainable use in the Danube River Basin. Signed: 29 June 1994, Sofia The main objectives of the Convention: - sustainable and equitable water management - conservation and rational use of surface and groundwater - contol of hazardous substances originating from accidents - control of floods and ice-hazards - reduction of pollution loads of Black sea 4

Stucture of co-operation ICPDR – Delegation of Contracting Parties ICPDR SecretaryRiver Basin Pressures and Monitoring andManagement Measures Working Assessment Flood ProtectionWorking Group Group Working Group Working Group (Ad Hoc) (Ad hoc) (Ad hoc) Strategic Tisza Expert Information and Public Relation EG EG Group GIS EG 5

• Assets – The Tisza River Basin • one of the most picturesque regions in Europe • blessed with rich biodiversity • it has unique freshwater ecosystems • percentage in the Danube River Basin is 19.5%• Problems to solve – Human influenced the region during recent centuries contributing to problems due to • Farming, forestry • Mining • River engineering 6

• Initiating cooperation in Tisza sub-basin scale – In the frame of the 7th Ordinary Meeting of the ICPDR (2004) counties adopted and signed the Tisza Memorandum of Understanding to • Develop the Tisza Analysis Report as a first step • Prepare the Integrated Tisza River Basin Management Plan • Implement the Program of Measures – In 2011 MoU renewed has been strengthened (Tisza Ministerial Meeting, 11 April 2011, Uzhgorod, Ukraine) 7

• Main pillars of the cooperation – The framework of the work is the ICPDR, the cooperation facilitated via ICPDR Secretariat – Work has been supported by all relevant ICPDR Expert Groups – Significant financing sources from • Countries of the Tisza River Basin (Ukraine, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, Serbia) • European Commission • UNDP • GEF • UNEP Carpathian Convention 8

What has been done 2004-2012 – ICPDR Tisza Group has been established within the framework of the ICPDR in 2004 – Experts delegated to the ICPDR Tisza Group from all countries of the Tisza River Basin + observers – ICPDR Tisza Group (within the framework of the ICPDR) developed the Tisza Analysis Report (2007) and Integrated Tisza River Basin Management Plan (2010) 9

Overview of the main achievements of ICPDR Tisza Group 10

Challenges to be addressed in the TRB• Water quality related pressures• Water quantity related pressures• Integration of water quality and quantity in the TRB• Implementation of the Tisza Program of Measures(2011 – ongoing) Mello/ICPDR 11

Pressures – water qualityNutrient Organic Hazardous Hydro-Pollution Pollution Substances morphological Pollution Alterations 12

Pressures – water quantityFloods Droughts Climate change 13

Measures to be addressed• Identify measures to reduce impacts from pressures (nutrient-, organic-, hazardous substance - pollution, engineering work)• Identify measures with positive impact on both water quality and quantity…. to reach good water status by 2015 alexei iarochevitch alexei iarochevitch diana heilmann 14

Implementation Implementation of the ITRBM Plan will be done in national level ICPDR Tisza Group will follow up on and monitor implementation of Tisza PoM and will report about the process in the 2012 report and will summarize achievements in the 2nd TRBM Plan in 2015 15

Ongoing activitiesRelevant project: EU Grant DRBMP-2012• Development of the Tisza case study on agriculture and water management as well as• Development of the Tisza case study on climate change adaptation Agenda Item: 7.2 16

Other relevant activities• Further development of Communication Strategy for Integrated Water Management in the Tisza River Basin• US "IGERT" Program in Watershed Science & Policy: 2013 Research Partnership in the Tisza River Basin• Cooperation with UNEP Carpathian Convention Agenda Item: 7.2 17

• Work still need to be done – The next step is to implement the Joint Tisza Programme of Measures to reach good status of the waters of the Tisza River Basin supporting the sustainable development of the region• Challenges – Integrating water quality and quantity in land and water planning will be essential. To achieve this success in the Tisza River Basin, countries must work together and with all other partners – Countries have committed themselves for the continuation of the work, but future financial basis still need to be secured 18

• Lessons learnt – The Tisza River Basin is a good example of coordinated successful co-financing, bringing together diverse countries for commonly agreed goals – The described Tisza activities also exemplify how the benefits of financial funds can be maximized having high level commitments as a basis of the transboundary work• Replication potential – Danube Delta sub basin – Prut River Basin – Other sub basins (?) 19

Thank you for your kind attention ! 20

Hungary Tisza Cooperation

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