1. Preparing a River Basin Management Plan What are the open questions?
Simon Henneberg
River Basin Commission Weser

2. Contents
State of play
Next steps
Questions

3. State of play
Next steps
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4. State of play
Next steps
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5. State of play
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6. Next Steps State of play Next steps Questions
Final assessment of water bodies
Supra regional environmental objectives
Top down – bottom up Process defining the appropriate objectives and measures
Catalogue of measures with regard to cost effectiveness
River basin management plan
Public participation
Questions

7. Final assessment State of play Next steps Intercalibration Questions
Environmental quality standards
Effects of measures on biological components

8. River basin wide environmental objectives
State of play
Next steps
reduction of nutrients and chloride
enhancement of river continuity for long distance migratory fish
Questions

9. Top Down – Bottom Up State of play Next steps Questions
Top down is important
to set a frame,
to choose priorities and have a strategy,
to save money
Bottom up is necessary
Depending on money, possibilities and initiatives
No strategy
Feasibility of measures

10. Catalogue of measures State of play Next steps
We need a catalogue of intelligent measures
Means of financing
We need funding from other policies like agriculture, traffic, …
Cost effectiveness analysis
Questions

11. River Basin Management Plan
State of play
Next steps
Measures in the river basin have to be reported
Measures in the water bodies have to be implemented
Different scales on what measures have to be planned, discussed and designated
Questions

12. Public participation State of play Next steps Early involvement
Different scales of public participation
Capacity building for stakeholders
Questions