Europe - UNEP
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DNIESTER<br />
OSCE / UNECE project: Transboundary Cooperation and Sustainable Management of the Dniester River<br />
The project has been launched to enhance regional cooperation between the Dniester riparian states,<br />
Ukraine, and Moldova, including its Transdniestrian region. The project also aims to draw international<br />
attention to the problems in the river basin.<br />
Participating countries: Moldova, Ukraine Date: May 2004-October 2005<br />
Level/Type of Collaboration: Official/Environmental program<br />
Principal Issue: Water quality, joint management<br />
Source: http://www.dniester.org/<br />
Eco-TIRAS project (in partnership with Polish and Ukrainian NGOs): the Dniester-Odra project, a joint<br />
project for Dniester<br />
The project entailed a co-operation of NGOs, local and state authorities for the protection of large <strong>Europe</strong>an<br />
rivers, which had the aim to transfer know how of integrated transboundary river basin management from the<br />
Odra to the Dniester River.<br />
Participating countries: Moldova, Poland, Ukraine Date: 2004<br />
Level/Type of Collaboration: Official/Environmental program<br />
Principal Issue: Water quality, joint management<br />
Source: http://www.eco-tiras.org/news.htm<br />
Eco-TIRAS<br />
TIRAS, , the International Environmental Association of River Keepers<br />
Created by environmental NGOs of the Dniester River basin, shared by Moldova and Ukraine, to help and<br />
advice authorities and population to manage the river in sustainable way, using Integrated River Basin<br />
Management Approach.<br />
Participating countries: Moldova, Ukraine Date: October 10, 1999<br />
Level/Type of Collaboration: Non-official/International initiative<br />
Principal Issue: Water quality<br />
Source: http://www.eco-tiras.org/news.htm<br />
DON - SEVERSKY-DONETZ SUBBASIN<br />
TACIS project: Pilot Project on Transboundary Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment in Order to<br />
Implement Provisions of International Legal Regulations<br />
This project, funded by the <strong>Europe</strong>an Commission Tacis Inter-State 1999 Programme, is concerned with the<br />
monitoring of transboundary waters in four international rivers: the Kura, the Seversky-Donetz, the Tobol and<br />
the Pripyat.<br />
Participating countries: Russia, Ukraine Date: 2002-2004<br />
Level/Type of Collaboration: Official/Environmental program<br />
Principal Issue: Water quality, joint management<br />
Source: http://www.jointrivers.org/eng/<br />
ELBE<br />
EU-P<br />
-Project “Integrated Management of Wetlands” (WETLANDS)<br />
The goal of this project is the reclamation, the conservation, as well as the balanced, sustainable, and<br />
economic use of wetlands. The term wetlands is used in a broad sense, and includes lakes, banks and<br />
floodplains of rivers, coastal waters, lagoons, and swamps.<br />
Participating countries: Germany, Italy, Poland Date: 1998-2001<br />
Level/Type of Collaboration: Official/Environmental program<br />
Principal Issue: Water quality, joint management<br />
Source: http://www.regione.emilia-romagna.it/wetlands/indexengl.htm<br />
164 — Hydropolitical Vulnerability and Resilience along International Waters: <strong>Europe</strong>