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Integrating Land and Water Management in the
Tisza River Basin

26 - 27 April 2010, Szolnok, Hungary



Programme

Please click here to download the current workshop programme [pdf, 271 KB].

A 1-day Tisza Group EG meeting will be held after the workshop

 


Proposed duration:

Monday, 26 April 2010, 9.00 - 19.00

Tuesday, 27 April 2010, 9.00 - 12.30

Location: Garden Hotel, Szolnok Tiszaliget

 

Themes of the working group discussions:

1. Theme 1: Land-Use
Addressing on:

  • Wetlands (quantity/flood mitigation /quality/multiple benefits, recommendations for assessing current data sets)
  • Agriculture and forestry pressures on the water environment;
  • Accidental pollution – specifically from mining and other industry

2. Theme 2: Flood

Focus on HYMO pressures from flood protection

3. Theme 3: Water scarcity

including water pricing policy in agriculture and other measures highlighting good practices on addressing scarcity

The presentations and the background documents will address the current situation and assist in the discussions towards identifying appropriate measures to address integration. All theme discussions will integrate climate change related impacts awareness raising and economic instruments during the compilation of measures.

 

Expected outcomes of the working group discussions:

1. Catalogue of measures towards integrated management


2. Indication of measures relevant for the TRB in line with the integration management objectives


3. Future issues to be addressed that will further improve ecosystem status through integration

 

Proposed Partner Organisations:

• Hungarian Ministry of Environment and Water
• ICPDR
• European Commission, DG Environment
• UNEP Vienna – Interim Secretariat of the Carpathian Convention (‘UNEP’ – in this discussion document)
• UNDP
• UNDP/GEF Tisza MSP

 

 



 Workshop co-organized by Hungary, ICPDR, UNDP-GEF, UNEP and the EC DG Environment.



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