László Dobi & Olimpia Negru Priority Area Coordinators

Content 09/12/2013Vienna, 6th SG Meeting May-June 2013 flood (Flood Action Plan initiative) 6, 13 June 2013, Budapest (Meeting of Scientific Committee of Central Flood Management Board) 2 Aug 2013, Prague (Flood Action Plan discussion) Oct 2013, Stuttgart, Munich (Flood Action Plan discussion) 27 Nov 2013, Vienna (Flood Action Plan discussion) 02 June 2013, Hungary (HU-UA Flood Protection Programme) June 2013, Sarajevo (ICPDR StWG Meeting) 21 June 2013, Stuttgart (Follow up of programming proc.) 26 June 2013, Bucharest (Danube Transnational Programming Task Force) Sept 2013, Budapest (Danube Trans-boundary Water Issues Conference) 16 Sept 2013, Budapest (NCP Meeting) 3-4 Oct 2013, Bratislava (ICPDR FP EG Meeting) 8-11 Oct 2013, Budapest (Budapest Water Summit) 9-11 Oct 2013, Budapest (Danube Transnational Programming Task Force) Oct 2013, Bucharest (EUSDR Annual Forum) Nov 2013, Baden (ICPDR Workshop)

HU-UA Flood Protection Programme 09/12/2013Vienna, 6th SG Meeting 30 May 2013, Budapest; 5 th SG Meeting  LoR Harmonized flood protection plan (uniform protection) Optimized design of flood retention reservoirs Improved forecasting (high res. meteorologial radar) Master Plan 2 June 2013, Baktalórántháza  Plenipotentiaries signed the agreement

ICPDR Standing WG Meeting June 2013, Sarajevo 09/12/2013Vienna, 6th SG Meeting The EUSDR and ICPDR (Pillar II presentation) Resolutions (1/2) EUSDR The Standing Working Group a) takes note of the ongoing discussions of linking the forthcoming funding programs with macro regional strategies, i.e. the EU Danube Strategy; b) highlights the importance of the ICPDR activities/projects to achieve the targets defined within the Danube Strategy, moreover in Pillar B and the Priority Areas 4, 5 and 6; c) highlights the significant role of EU funding programmes, in particular the forthcoming Danube Transnational Cooperation Programme, for the further strategic development of the water management in the Danube Region; d) asks the European Commission and relevant Committees working on the elaboration of the forthcoming funding programmes to provide special status to priority projects agreed by the ICPDR contracting parties.

Follow up of programming process 21 June 2013, Stuttgart 09/12/2013Vienna, 6th SG Meeting "Embedding the EU Strategy for the Danube Region (EUSDR) in European Structural and Investment Funds programmes“ High level political meeting Political support Workshop 1: Infrastructure investments, including energy and environmental dimension Mr Medgyesy: “During the Annual Forum, a panel should be dedicated to the floods”

Danube Transnational Programming Task Force 26 June 2013, Bucharest 09/12/2013Vienna, 6th SG Meeting Mr Medgyesy: “During the Annual Forum, a panel should be dedicated to the floods”

Conference on Danube Trans-boundary Water Issues Sept 2013, Budapest 09/12/2013Vienna, 6th SG Meeting Pillar II Annual Stakeholder Seminar Science and the EUSDR High political level DG REGIO, DG ENV, President of the HAS, Deputy Ministers, State Ministers and Secretaries Major international organisations (UNECE, EC, ICPDR, IDM, REC, Sava Commission, ASEM, VUVH, JRC etc.) 270 registered participants Scientific approach HU-UA flood risk management programme Sediment (cross-cutting issue) On-line monitoring of WQ and early warning system Problems of bank filtered resources

NCP Meeting 16 Sept 2013, Budapest Flood Action Programme presented to NCPs 09/12/2013Vienna, 6th SG Meeting

ICPDR FP EG Meeting 3-4 Oct 2013, Bratislava Flood Action Programme presented Agreement on distribution of work 09/12/2013Vienna, 6th SG Meeting PA5 SGFP EG Survey of needsReport on 2013 Flood Lessons Learnt Political, legal, financialTechnical issues

Budapest Water Summit 8-11 Oct 2013, Budapest Trans-boundary cooperation of Ukraine and Hungary in integrated watershed management in frame of the Danube Region Strategy (HU-UA Flood Protection Programme) presented by Mr Balázs Medgyesy and Mr Vasyl Stashuk Mr Balázs Medgyesy, Government Commissioner of Danube Region Strategy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Hungary Mr Vasyl Stashuk, Chairman of State Agency of Water Resources, Ukraine 09/12/2013Vienna, 6th SG Meeting

Danube Transnational Programming Task Force 9-11 Oct 2013, Budapest 09/12/2013Vienna, 6th SG Meeting Flood issues should be financed by the Danube Transnational Programme

EUSDR Annual Forum Oct 2013, Bucharest 09/12/2013Vienna, 6th SG Meeting Main event of the year Over 800 registration High political level and support Pillar II presentation (Green Danube Workshop) PA4, PA5 and PA6 PAC presentations on their activities PA5  “ The contribution and opportunities of the EUSDR in relation to the basin wide flood management ” (Flood Action Plan) Johannes Hahn + PA4, PA5 NCPs and PACs meeting More efforts needed Demarcation of ICPDR and PA4-PA5 activities

ICPDR Workshop Nov 2013, Baden 09/12/2013Vienna, 6th SG Meeting Discussion on the future of ICPDR Overview of current trends Identification of major challenges Key areas with need for adaptations Concrete action-proposals for specific issues Demarcation of ICPDR and PA4-PA5 activities Heads of Delegations agreed on Developing one, harmonized standpoint Executive Secretary of ICPDR, NCPs of SK, HU, RO

Thank you for your attention! 09/12/2013Vienna, 6th SG Meeting