6th EWA Annual Brussels Conference
                     Implementing the River Basin Management Plans:
                          State of Reporting and Expectations


 

Brussels, Belgium, 5 November 2010

     
     

 

Supported by:


The European Commission


LIFE + programme of the EU

Kindly hosted by:


The Representation
of the Free State of Bavaria to the EU

 
Download the Conference Announcement and the Programme
PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME

 
 
08:30 Registration and Welcome Coffee
 
Opening Session
09:00 Opening Session
Representative of the Representation of the Free State of Bavaria to the EU

09:05 Welcome Address
Dr Jean Phlippe Torterotot, EWA President

09:10 Keynote Speech: First Outcomes of the Reporting Process
Jorge Rodriguez Romero, DG Environment, European Commission

 
   
Session 1: Implementation of the RBMP
09:50 River Basin Management Plans of the Central Apennines District
Ing. Giorgio Cesari and Ing. Remo Pelillo,
Tiber River Basin Authority, Italy
 
 
10:15 Implementation of the River Basin Management Plans in Catalonia
Lorenzo R. Galbiati, Catalan Water Agency, Spain
 

10:40 Coffee Break
   
Session 2: Integrating Problematic Sections
into the River Basin Management Plans
11:10 Water Management and Agriculture
Thomas Dworak, ECOLOGIC
11:35
River Continuity
Getting the Salmon Back to its Breeding Grounds – Experiences from the Upper Rhine Region
Dr. Joachim Bley, Ministry of Environment, Nature Conservation and Transport  Baden-Württemberg, Germany

12:00

Lunch Break

 

 

 


Session 3: Horizontal Measures for Improvement of the Plan's Effectiveness

13:00 WFD Reporting as a Basis for Assessing the State of European Waters
Peter Kristensen, Europe Environment Agency
13:25 Costs Effectiveness of Measures
Sarah Hernandez, ONEMA
13:50

Public Participation 
Irene Lucius, WWF International, Danube-Carpathian Programme
 

14:15 Coffee Break

15:45

Panel Discussion: "Enabling Factors for Successful Implementation of the River Basin Management Plans"
Moderation by Dr Jean Philippe Torterotot and to include all speakers
15:30 Closing Remarks

 End of the conference around 16:00
 
 
 
 
               
 

  Contact:

  Conference coordinator
  Mrs Boryana Dimitrova
   
dimitrova@ewa-online.eu
  +49 2242 872 189

  Registration and     
  administration
 
Mrs Alice Wilhelm
  
alice.wilhelm@ewa-online.eu
  +49 2242 872 168


  Sponsorship and media:
  Mrs Mona Lorvik
  
lorvik@ewa-online.eu  
  +49 (0) 2242 872 225