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21^st EURO-INBO International Conference

Documents

• Programme of the Conference
• Presentation on water governance in Spain
• Presentation on water governance in Jucar Basin
• Presentation on non-point pollution in Hungary
• Presentation of CIHEAM
• Presentation on diffuse pollution in Estonia
• Presentation on non-point pollution by FENACORE
• Presentation on diffuse pollution in Guadalquivir Basin
• Presentation on NonPointPollution by The Nature Conservancy
• Presentation on WFD implementation in the Jucar Basin
• Presentation on river continuity by ECRR
• Presentation on WFD implementation in Finland
• Presentation on WFD implementation in Germany
• Presentation on WFD implementation in Martinique
• Presentation on WFD implementation in Portugal
• Presentation on adaptation to climate change in Flanders
• Presentation on adaptation to climate change in Guadalquivir Basin
• Presentation on adaptation to climate change in Ireland
• Presentation on adaptation to climate change in Italy
• Presentation on adaptation to climate change in Malta
• Presentation on role of stakeholders in Armenia
• Presentation on role of stakeholders in Tajo Basin
• Presentation FENARIVE
• Presentation on role of stakeholders in Finland
• Presentation on role of stakeholders in Wallonie
• Presentation on role of stakeholders in Norway
• Presentation on transboundary cooperation in Dniester River
• Presentation on transboundary cooperation in Hungary
• Presentation on transboundary cooperation in the Danube
• Presentation on the Water Convention by UNECE
• Presentation on transboundary cooperation in Spain

Links

• Webpage of the event

Images

The 2023 Europe-INBO International Conference was held in Valencia, Spain, from 16^th to 19^th October at the invitation of the Júcar River Basin Authority (CHJ), and in partnership with :

• The Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge of Spain (MITECO),
• The French Biodiversity Agency (OFB)
• The Mediterranean Network of Basin Organizations (MENBO).

The Conference was held at the Príncipe Felipe Science Museum in the City of Arts and Sciences of Valencia, Spain. It gathered 150 participants, from 24 countries, including representatives from EU Member States, national and regional water directorates and administrations, hydrographic district authorities and basin organizations and more broadly stakeholders involved in basin management and in the implementation of the Water Framework Directive (WFD), its “daughter Directives” and other related policies, directives and regulations.

It is to be highlighted that this 21^st meeting commemorated the 20^th Anniversary of the establishment of the Euro-INBO Group. Since the Mediterranean Network of Basin Organizations (MENBO) also celebrated its 20^th anniversary and the statutory sessions of its General Assembly, basin management actors from both shores of the Mediterranean Sea were also invited to take part in the exchanges between practitioners of the management of the water resources of lakes, rivers and aquifers.

The Programme of this Conference was made up of several working sessions that addressed the following topics:

1. Water and Agriculture: control of diffused pollution.
2. New challenges for the implementation of the Water Framework Directive in relation to other European water directives.
3. Adaptation to climate change: Integrating reuse to face droughts and water scarcity.
4. The role of the different actors involved in the implementation of the Water Framework Directive.
5. International and transboundary cooperation.

Alongside these topics, an opening session on water governance in Spain, a Workshop on river management in the context of climate change, and a specific session on Innovative Water Governance, were held on 18^th October.