PA4 activities, plans and projects Balázs Horváth EUSDR PA4 PAC Hungary
The targets of PA 4 1. Achieve the management objectives set out in the Danube River Basin Management Plan; 2. Reduce the nutrient levels in the Danube River to allow the recovery of the Black Sea ecosystems to conditions similar to 1960s; 3. Elaborate a Danube Delta Analysis Report as a step towards completion of the Delta management Plan; 4. Elaborate, adopt and implement sub-basin management plans, such as Sava, Tisza and Prut subbasins 5. Secure viable populations of Danube sturgeon species
PA4 DTP project 2017-2019 Partners: HU SK ASP: ICPDR WP1:Management, Publicity, Communication Reporting, Meetings, Dissemination WP2: Policy development Closer links with macro- reg strategies, WS organization: water and agriculture, Guidance document on sustainable agriculture to reduce nutrient pollution from diffuse sources in the DRB. WP3: Cooperation, coordination Strategic and funding cooperation: EUSDR PAs, EU/int. organizations, funding instruments WP4: Strategic projects Strategic development of projects (5)
Focus on the following topics A1, A2 A4, A5 A8, A9 A9 strengthening sub-basin activities, facilitate the efficiency of waste water treatment in the basin (specific focus on non-eu countries), challenges in relation to hazardous substances, and substances that are problematic for Danube Regions, better integration of agriculture sector in water management (strengthening cooperation with agri sector), updated solutions in the assessment of new sustainable human development activities towards the Danube Region development (in accordance with the Article 4.7 of the WFD 2000/60/EC), river continuity interruption (reintroduction of sturgeon species in the Danube and its tributaries and sediment issues).
Project focus A12 The PA4 team -in line with the PA4 Roadmap- will assist in project generation, partner search and identifying funding opportunities for PA4 stakeholders, including organizing and attending at funding workshops, conferences and project preparatory meetings for water projects. A4, A5 The PA4 team will continue focusing on WFD and UWWTD items, urban waste water issues also in Non-EU countries, further aiming to set up successful project consortia for the upcoming calls and beyond.
PA4 activities Administration of the new contract with DTP for coordination of PA4 for the period 2017-2019 (HU LP, SK PP, ICPDR - ASP) 16/17 October 2017-14SG meeting, Budapest 17 October 2017 Stakeholder Seminar - Pillar B 19 October 2017 two workshops in the frame of the 6th Annual Forum in Budapest: workshop on Funding opportunities for Pillar II of the EUSDR Water management thematic pole workshops 27 February 2018 - Trilateral Meeting, Bratislava 18 April 2018-15th PA4 Steering Committee meeting, Budapest 19 April 2018 - First macro-regional strategies workshop on water, Budapest
First macro-regional strategies workshop on water Idea of EUSDR PA4 and was organized jointly by EUSDR PA4 and Interact on 19 April 2018 in Budapest All 4 macro-regional strategies participated and presented their water related activities and approaches (EUSDR PA4, 5, 6, Baltic, Alpine, Ion-Adriatic) + DG ENV, EG REGIO Interesting to see the different approaches / priorities of the strategies Roundtable discussion identified similar and different approaches on funding, stakeholder involvement and policy impact of activities and identified themes that could be subject to further cooperation Agreement on the usefulness of further common work more detailed study will be elaborated based on the results of the workshop still this year and then a kind of task force established next year
PA4 participation in events 28-29 November 2017 - International Workshop on Wastewater Management in the Danube River Basin in Bucharest, Romania (by ICPDR-World-Bank, IAWD, JRC) 7 December 2017 - participation at EU TAIEX Funding Opportunities for the Water Sector in Brussels, workshop organized by DG Environment, DG NEAR, DG REGIO 27-29 March 2018- Sofia, 10. BULAQUA Investment Challenges for the Water Supply & Sanitation Sector Innovative Solutions and Financial Strategies 27 March 2018, EUSDR PA6 SG meeting Budapest 28 March, 2018 EUSDR PA6 Danube Ecological Corridor Seminar Budapest 27-28 March 2018 participation on the ICPDR Climate Change Adaptation Workshop Belgrade, Serbia 2-3 May 2018 Danube Water Conference organized by the Danube Water Program (IAWD and World Bank) with funding from the Austrian Government 4-5 June 2018-9th Annual Forum of Baltic Strategy, Tallinn, Estonia panel discussion on cooperation of MRS
PA4 project preparation and implementation assistance WATERFOREVER project proposal preparation on enhancement of public awareness on water issues (e-learning) Fund for Regional Cooperation (EEA and Norway Grants) partners SK, HU, Iceland, ICPDR (+ RS, BiH, GWP, Sweden?) Preparation of a project on Environmental Assessment for Natural Resources Revitalization in Solotvyno through the preparation of a complex monitoring system (REVITAL I) and handing over to the HUSKROUA ENI CBC programme 2nd call New projects submitted to Interreg Central Europe 3rd call DEEPWATER, WETLANDMONITOR, Trimonitor, EARTH, Plastic Cup LoR is issued for the latter 3 projects and to LIFE IP MEDER project DTP 2nd call winning projects are among others SIMONA (sediment quality), Danube Floodplain, Measures (sturgeon; former Revistur), DAREFFORT (Danube HIS preparation) (start: 1 June 2018) Support to JOINTISZA + DanubeSediment implementation and capitalization
Calls in different stages: SMF, DTP, DSPF Seed Money Facility (SMF): Eligibility out of 2 PA4 proposals 1 failed Quality assessment going on MC decision for selection 17/18 July Project start September 2018 Danube Strategic Project Fund (DSPF): a winning project is: Danube Hazard Preparatory project for the programme 'Fighting hazardous substances pollution in the Danube River Basin DE, AT, HU, RO Danube Transnational Programme (DTP) 3rd call: under planning Scope and details to be decided by DTP MC (17/18 July) SO 2.1 budget overbooked by 1st & 2nd Call projects Potential reallocation from other SO of Priority 2??? Launch of the Call early 2019???
15 M EUR for this call for proposals, grant assistance at least 1 M EUR DEADLINE for submitting the project concept note 1 July 2018 2 steps call: 1. Concept notes deadline 1 July 2018 2. Notification of concept notes assessment 15 October 2018 3. Full proposal deadline 15 December 2018 4. Project selection decision - 1 March 2019 ELIGIBLE CONSORTIA Consist of at least three countries, including at least two from Beneficiary States (Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Open calls: EEA and Norway Grants Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia) - i.e. each project must include one lead partner and at least two Beneficiary States partners of which at least one must be from a Beneficiary State. Eligible beneficiary partner: any eligible entity established in Beneficiary States or Albania, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Russia, Serbia, Turkey and Ukraine; https://eeagrants.org/regionalcooperation
Upcoming PA4 and related events in 2018-2019 International Plastic waste round table in the frame of the Danube Day events, 28 June 2018, Budapest (JOINTISZA event joint organisation with PA5) PET CUP 4-15 Aug (JOINTISZA event joint organisation with PA5) PA4 Trilateral meeting, 6 September 2018, Budapest WFD Article 4.7 workshop see next slide ASEM seminar - 11-12 September 2018, Budapest (more details in PA5 presentation) 7th EUSDR Annual Forum 18-19 October, Sofia 16th PA4 SG meeting October / November 2018, Bratislava Workshop on sustainable agriculture, late 2018 / early 2019 (joint organisation with ICPDR) Follow-up of the first macro-regional strategies workshop on water in 2019
Planned workshop on WFD Article 4.7 Venue: Bratislava Date: 12 September 2018 DG ENV and JASPERS promised to participate and present Main issues to be discussed: - legislation; - pilot cases in the field of water courses management, hydropower, waterways and road transportation; - the biggest challenges experienced; EU Member States on the Danube Basin are kindly asked to provide contacts of possible presenters on behalf of their country Contact: Ms Andrea Vranovská, Ms Alena Kurecová (andrea.vranovska@vuvh.sk, alena.kurecova@vuvh.sk )
Planned workshop on WFD Article 4.7
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