Working Session 3 – Drawing-Up of an International RBMP Example: Danube River Basin District CIS-Workshop on River Basin Management Plans 8 – 9 May 2006, Bonn (DE) Birgit Vogel ICPDR, Vienna birgit.vogel@unvienna.org
State of play on international cooperation Definition of sub-basin and sub-unit report form
MODALITY OF COOPERATION BASIC FRAME DRBD DRB covers 18 states in Europe 817.000 km2 - 10% of Europe 81 mio inhabitants EU status of countries different EU MS EU Accession Countries Non EU Members Heterogenous socio-economic conditions Since 1998 Danube River Protection Convention as legal Framework Implementation of EU WFD highest priority