6th EWA Annual Brussels Conference
                     Implementing the River Basin Management Plans:
                          State of Reporting and Expectations


 

Brussels, Belgium, 5 November 2010

     
     

 

Supported by:


The European Commission


LIFE + programme of the EU

Kindly hosted by:


The Representation
of the Free State of Bavaria to the EU

 

PROCEEDINGS

 
 
      Opening Session
    Welcome Address
Dr Jean Philippe Torterotot, EWA President

    Keynote Speech: First Outcomes of the Reporting Process
Jorge Rodriguez Romero, DG Environment, European Commission
 
     
Session 1: Implementation of the RBMP
    River Basin Management Plans of the Central Apennines District
Ing. Giorgio Cesari and Ing. Remo Pelillo,
Tiber River Basin Authority, Italy
    Implementation of the River Basin Management Plans in Catalonia
Lorenzo R. Galbiati, Catalan Water Agency, Spain
     
Session 2: Integrating Problematic Sections
into the River Basin Management Plans
    Water Management and Agriculture
Thomas Dworak, ECOLOGIC
   
River Continuity
Getting the Salmon Back to its Breeding Grounds – Experiences from the Upper Rhine Region
Dr. Joachim Bley, Ministry of Environment, Nature Conservation and Transport  Baden-Württemberg, Germany
     
   

 
Session 3: Horizontal Measures for Improvement of the Plan's Effectiveness

    WFD Reporting as a Basis for Assessing the State of European Waters
Peter Kristensen, Europe Environment Agency
    Costs Effectiveness of Measures
Sarah Hernandez, ONEMA
   

Public Participation 
Irene Lucius (substituted by Sergy Moroz), WWF International, Danube-Carpathian Programme