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Countries of Eastern Europe, Caucasus of Central Asia: Strengthening data administration on two transboundary river basins

Paul Haener — 2013-03-15T16:36:00Z

This project financed by the FFEM (French Global Environment Facility) was initiated with/by the “Working Group on Monitoring and Assessment” of the UNECE Convention of the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes, with the overall aim to study “how water data management could be reinforced in order to facilitate transboundary basins water management and joint assessments“

Activities were launched on 2 pilot transboundary basins:

- On the Aral Sea basin in collaboration with EC-IFAS (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan)

- On the Dniester basin (Moldova, Ukraine) in collaboration with the UNECE Dniester III project

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- Support to the diagnostic of the present situation related to water data management at national and regional level

- Pilot activities enhancing data management through the development of new data sharing scenario, tools, procedures

and at regional level (EECCA) , they include the production, presentation and dissemination of guidances for reinforcing water data management base on the results obtained on the 2 pilot transboundary basins .

Main outputs of the diagnostic phase at basin level:

1/ National workshops in 6 countries with participation of the main national data producers, and restitution in regional meetings

2/ Online database of actors producing/using water related data/information

3/ On line catalogue of data sources (metadata) updated with/by the data producers

4/ Data flow diagrams describing “who exchanges what with whom?” (developed with/by the partners during the workshops)

5/ Survey and analysis of the needs of the partners concerning water data management

First outputs of pilot activities reinforcing data management at basin level:1/ Prototype of a regional hydrological bulletin on the Syrdarya basin

2/ On line interactive water scheme on the KZ part of the Syrdarya giving access on the last water level/flow collected/sent by the partners (Hydromet, KazVodhoz, Emergency service)

3/ Support to conceptual study of national water information systems in Tajikistan

4/ On line web mapping of surface water quality index on the Dniester basin, index automatically processed and updated by the partners in Moldova (Hydromet) and Ukraine (BUVR) – (draft results)

5/ First water Web Processing Services generating new geographic information useful for water management on the Dniester basin ( calculation of upstream basin/upstream river/downstream river up to one point) in Moldova and Ukraine

All results available and visible on the project web site http://www.aquacoope.org/ffem-eecca

March 22nd - World Water day 2013: "Water Cooperation"

laurence — 2013-01-12T15:40:00Z

March 22nd

International World Water Day is held annually on 22 March as a means of focusing attention on the importance of freshwater and advocating for the sustainable management of freshwater resources.

An international day to celebrate freshwater was recommended at the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED). The United Nations General Assembly responded by designating 22 March 1993 as the first World Water Day.

In 2013

Each year, World Water Day highlights a specific aspect of freshwater.
How can the world work more closely together to overcome these present challenges, and ensure that access to freshwater, a human right, is available to all? This year's theme is dedicated to the theme of cooperation around water.

Information :

Official World water day website : www.worldwaterday.org
IOWater's references on Water Cooperation

Happy new year !

Didier Delage — 2012-12-21T11:49:17Z

IOW send you its best wishes for this new year, which is the International year of Water Cooperation. This theme, precious to IOW, was chosen by UN to raise awareness of the increasing water demand and scarcity of a ood quality resource challenges.

For over 20 years, IOW work at different geographical scales for institutional, legal and technical solutions, adapted to the most varied contexts, on all continents, especially in transboundary basins. In continuation of its action, IOW will be involved to make 2013 a year of progress for a better water access to all.

See online : UN Water site

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laurence — 2012-09-21T12:08:14Z

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The French national training center for water professions

laurence — 2012-09-21T12:06:58Z

IOW: Spreading the word about OGC standards in the water world

Didier Delage — 2012-09-05T14:21:15Z

International Office for Water (IOW) has been setting up open information systems and data exchange standards in water related domains for years. IOW's main standardization activity is the support it provides to the French water community via the Sandre secretariat. IOW teams support other initiatives such as Water Information System for Europe (WISE) and the INSPIRE data specification process.

This experience leaded it to be member of the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC), an international industry consortium of 467 companies, government agencies and universities participating in a consensus process to develop publicly available interface standards.

As an OGC member, OIEau is also involved in the Hydrology Domain Working Group, which is co-chaired by the OGC and the World Meteorology Organization's Commission on Hydrology.

A new leaflet presents the the IOW's activities

Didier Delage — 2012-03-01T14:23:11Z

7500 m² of technical equipment and educational equipment, 300 training modules available, an ability to broadcast and share information regionally, nationally and across borders, a source of proposals for institutional and legal solutions tailored to the most diverse institutional contexts on all continents, an adviser for national and regional stakeholders in improving the governance of their services: this is what provides the IOW to help you preserving and making available water resources.

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Improving governance of public drinking water supply and sanitation utilities

laurence — 2012-01-24T12:52:17Z

Examples of application of legal, economic, organizational, technical, teaching skills of IOW..., serving the national and local authorities and public or private operators of water utilities in France, Europe and around the world.

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Professionnal training catalogue : List of training programmes

laurence — 2012-01-24T12:29:07Z

See online : Water training center website

European regulations

Didier Delage — 2012-01-12T17:13:18Z

Main texts:

Water Framework Directive

Directive 2000/60/EC of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy (and Directive 2008/32/EC of 11 March 2008 amending Directive 2000/60/EC)

Other Directives

Council Directive 75/440/EEC of 16 June 1975 concerning the quality required of surface water intended for the abstraction of drinking water
Council Directive 76/160/EEC of 8 December 1975 concerning the quality of bathing water
Council Directive 80/68/EEC of 17 December 1979 on the protection of groundwater against pollution caused by certain dangerous substances
Council Directive 86/278/EEC of 12 June 1986 on the protection of the environment, and in particular of the soil, when sewage sludge is used in agriculture
Council Directive 91/271/EEC of 21 May 1991 concerning urban waste-water treatment
Council Directive 91/676/EEC of 12 December 1991 concerning the protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources
Council Directive 98/83/EC of 3 November 1998 on the quality of water intended for human consumption
Directive 2006/11/EC of 15 February 2006 on pollution caused by certain dangerous substances discharged into the aquatic environmen
Directive 2006/113/EC of 12 December 2006 on the quality required of shellfish waters
Directive 2008/56/EC of 17 June 2008 establishing a framework for community action in the field of marine environmental policy (Marine Strategy Framework Directive)
Directive 2008/105/EC of 16 December 2008 on environmental quality standards in the field of water policy
Directive 2009/54/EC of 18 June 2009 on the exploitation and marketing of natural mineral waters
Commission Directive 2009/90/EC of 31 July 2009 laying down, pursuant to Directive 2000/60/EC, technical specifications for chemical analysis and monitoring of water status