LATVIJAS VIDES, ĢEOLOĢIJAS UN METEOROLOĢIJAS AĢENTŪRA © LVĢMA 2005 Implementation of the WFD in Latvia TwinBasin Summit Rochehaut, Marina Castnikova & Kristina Fedorovica River Basin Management Department LEGMA, Latvia

LATVIJAS VIDES, ĢEOLOĢIJAS UN METEOROLOĢIJAS AĢENTŪRA © LVĢMA 2005 Institutional setting Legislation –The Law on Water Management Basic principles and requirements of the WFD –Several submitted rules Competent authorities –Ministry of Environment Supervision & development of relevant legislation –Environment State Inspectorate Control of the implementation of PoM –LEGMA (Latvian Environment, Geology and Meteorology Agency)

LATVIJAS VIDES, ĢEOLOĢIJAS UN METEOROLOĢIJAS AĢENTŪRA © LVĢMA 2005 LEGMA responsibilities Monitoring programmes –Development, implementation & coordination RBMP & Programme of measures –Development & update –Proposals concerning financial resources –Coordination of the implementation Public participation –Ensure public participation –Arrange the work of the Advisory Boards Co-operation with Competent Authorities in other states

LATVIJAS VIDES, ĢEOLOĢIJAS UN METEOROLOĢIJAS AĢENTŪRA © LVĢMA 2005 River Basin Districts All the districts are international

LATVIJAS VIDES, ĢEOLOĢIJAS UN METEOROLOĢIJAS AĢENTŪRA © LVĢMA 2005 Water bodies Surface water bodies (476)  262 Lakes  207 Rivers  1 Transitional  6 Coastal Groundwater bodies  16 WB

LATVIJAS VIDES, ĢEOLOĢIJAS UN METEOROLOĢIJAS AĢENTŪRA © LVĢMA 2005 Reports Article 3 Report ( ) –Administrative issues Article 5 Report ( ) Characterisation of the RBD IMPRESS analysis Economic analysis Report on Monitoring ( )

LATVIJAS VIDES, ĢEOLOĢIJAS UN METEOROLOĢIJAS AĢENTŪRA © LVĢMA 2005 Perfomance indicator (%) in memmber states regarding environment figures and economic analysis - WFD Article 5, based on Reports of memmber states * COM (2007) 128 final edition

LATVIJAS VIDES, ĢEOLOĢIJAS UN METEOROLOĢIJAS AĢENTŪRA © LVĢMA 2005 Experience from projects Daugava project (Sweden, ) –Draft river basin management plan and programme of measures for the Daugava RBD SENTER project (Netherlands, ) –Economic analysis (Article 5) ECOLAS project (Belgium, ) –Methodology for Cost-effectiveness analysis SALACA project (England, ) –Development of the management plan for Salaca River subbasin SYKE project (Finland, ) –Programme of measures for the Ludza River subbasin ELLE project (Latvian experts) –Identification and designation of HMWB

LATVIJAS VIDES, ĢEOLOĢIJAS UN METEOROLOĢIJAS AĢENTŪRA © LVĢMA 2005 Current activities Revision of the WB delineation –Borders –HMWB Elaboration of the RBMP –At the subbasin scale –Improvement of the work done Characterization IMPRESS analysis Risk assessment Economic analysis

LATVIJAS VIDES, ĢEOLOĢIJAS UN METEOROLOĢIJAS AĢENTŪRA © LVĢMA 2005 Current activities Testing of the CEA-tool in the Ludza River Subbasin –Programme of measures Participation in the EncoBalt project (Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia) –Assessment of the environment and resource costs –Testing of the Contingent Valuation Method (WTP) as the case study on the subbasin scale

LATVIJAS VIDES, ĢEOLOĢIJAS UN METEOROLOĢIJAS AĢENTŪRA © LVĢMA 2005 Current activities Public participation –Advisory Boards for each RBD Structure –6 representatives from Ministries –6 representatives from Development Boards of Planning regions –6 NGO representatives Review drafts of RBMP and relevant documents, provides recommendations –Informing and consulting of public Local seminars Via Internet

LATVIJAS VIDES, ĢEOLOĢIJAS UN METEOROLOĢIJAS AĢENTŪRA © LVĢMA 2005 Main problems Gaps in information –Not always available on appropriate scale –Not always suitable for GIS modeling –Some information is not collected Cooperation with neighbors that are not the EU members (Russia, Byelorussia) –Are not interested in cooperation Intercalibration with neighbors that are EU members (Lithuania, Estonia) –Harmonization of WB borders, typology of waters, classification of water quality is still not finished Cooperation between institutions Capacity and resources –e.g. Monitoring

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