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Danube River Basin Stakeholder Conference

28-29 June 2005, Budapest

Programme

Tuesday, 28 June 2005
9:00	Registration
10:00	Opening Welcome (Istvan Öri, ICPDR President 2005) Statement of conference purpose (Philip Weller, ICPDR Executive Secretary) Technical introduction to conference (Ecologic)
11:00	Block I: ICPDR & Public Participation ICPDR aims, structures, achievements (Philip Weller, ICPDR Executive Secretary) Public participation concept of the ICPDR (Jasmine Bachmann, ICPDR Technical Expert - Public Participation) Moderated discussion on possibilities for active involvement of stakeholders Moderation: R. Andreas Kraemer, Ecologic
12:30	Lunch (in the City Hall)
13:30	Block II: WFD implementation in the Danube basin Overview of the EU Water Framework Directive (Joachim D'Eugenio, European Commission) Results of the Danube Basin Analysis (WFD Roof Report 2004) (Ursula Schmedtje, ICPDR Technical Expert - River Basin Management) Statements from Stakeholders Moderation: R. Andreas Kraemer, Ecologic
14:45	Coffee Break
15:15	Parallel Work Sessions 1) Nutrient pollution 2) Hazardous substances 3) Hydromorphological changes (two sessions)
17:45	Closing of the Day 1
20:00	Evening reception in the Hungarian parliament on invitation of the Regional Environmental Centreand the ICPDR Presidency to celebrate the 15th Anniversary of the REC and the International Danube Day (June 29)
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Wednesday, 29 June 2005
9:00	Report-back from work sessions
	Moderated discussion in the plenary Moderation: Philip Weller, ICPDR Executive Secretary
10:30	Coffee Break
11:00	Block III: Action Programme on Sustainable Flood Protection in the Danube River Basin Presentation of the EU initiative on floods (Joachim D'Eugenio, European Commission) Overview of the Action Programme on Sustainable Flood Protection in the Danube River Basin (Igor Liska, ICPDR Technical Expert - Water Quality) Implementation of the Action Programme on Sustainable Flood Protection - next steps and future activities (Sandor Toth, Chairman of the ICPDR Flood Protection Expert Group) Statements from Stakeholders Moderated discussion Moderation: R. Andreas Kraemer, Ecologic
12:30	Conclusions and way forward (Conference Chair)
13:30	Closing of Conference
Afternoon	Lunch on a boat on the Danube on invitation of the ICPDR Presidency 2005, participation at the "Greeting of the Danube", organised by GWP Hungary on the occasion of the International Danube Day (until 15:00) Possibility to visit the Southern-Pest Waste Water Treatment Plant of Budapest (until 17:00)

Conference venue:

City Hall of Budapest in the 5th district
Váci u. 62-64
Budapest
Hungary

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On behalf of the International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River (IPCDR) and the Danube Day, this conference is organised by Ecologic in co-operation with the Global Water Patnership Hungary Foundation. Generous support from the European Commission, UNDP/GEF Danube Regional Project,and the Regional Environmental Center makes this event possible.

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