Europe - UNEP
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APPENDIX 3. RIPARIAN COUNTRY<br />
COLLABORATIONS<br />
DANUBE<br />
UNDP/GEF Danube regional project (DRP)<br />
The DPR aims to reinforce regional cooperation of the Danube countries and support development of national<br />
policies and legislation and the definition of priority actions for pollution control in order to ensure<br />
common approach to protection of international waters, sustainable management of natural resources and<br />
biodiversity. The DPR is implementing 22 project components in total.<br />
Participating countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova,<br />
Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Serbia and Montenegro, Ukraine Date: 2001-2006<br />
Level/Type of Collaboration: Official/Environmental program<br />
Principal Issue: Water quality, joint management<br />
Source: http://www.undp-drp.org/jart/projects/unodp/intro2.html<br />
GEF IW project: Strategic Partnership for Nutrient Reduction in the Danube River and Black Sea - World<br />
Bank-GEF Nutrient Reduction Investment Fund: Tranche 3.<br />
The World Bank-GEF Investment Fund (IF) is the investment arm of the GEF Strategic Partnership on the<br />
Black Sea/Danube Basin which also funds two regional projects, the Black Sea Ecosystem Recovery Project<br />
for the Black Sea littoral countries and the Danube Regional Project in the Danube Basin, both focusing<br />
mainly on capacity building activities.<br />
Participating countries: Belarus, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Georgia, Hungary,<br />
Moldova, Romania, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Turkey, Ukraine<br />
Date: Approved in 2003<br />
Level/Type of Collaboration: Official/Environmental program<br />
Principal Issue: Water quality, joint management<br />
Source: http://www.gefonline.org/projectDetails.cfm?projID=2044<br />
GEF IW project: Danube/Black Sea Strategic Partnership - Nutrient Reduction Investment Fund: Tranche 2<br />
The GEF World Bank Investment Fund (IF) is the investment arm of the GEF Strategic Partnership on the Black<br />
Sea/Danube Basin which also funds two regional projects, one in Black Sea littoral countries and one in the<br />
Danube Basin, focusing on capacity building activities.<br />
Participating countries: Belarus, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Georgia, Hungary,<br />
Moldova, Russia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Turkey, Ukraine, Romania Date: Approved in 2002<br />
Level/Type of Collaboration: Official/Environmental program<br />
Principal Issue: Water quality, joint management<br />
Source: See http://www.gefonline.org/projectDetails.cfm?projID=1661<br />
GEF IW project: Transfer of Environmentally-sound Technology (TEST) to Reduce Transboundary Pollution<br />
in the Danube River Basin<br />
The project’s objective is to build capacity in existing cleaner production institutions to apply the UNIDO test<br />
procedure. The project will demonstrate ways to reduce pollution while remaining financially viable. The<br />
project includes the transfer of this technology to 20 pilot enterprises that are contributing to transboundary<br />
pollution, primarily nutrients, in the Danube River basin and Black Sea.<br />
160 — Hydropolitical Vulnerability and Resilience along International Waters: <strong>Europe</strong>
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