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Interim Report, No 3, 19 September 2011 – 18 March 2012
also covered three major lakes of the region (Shkodra, Prespa and Ohrid), and available data on this
specific sub-basin was used. The agenda items were the following:
1. Round table discussion on characterisation of RBDs in pre-candidate and candidate
countries;
2. Delineation of water bodies;
3. Pressures and impacts assessment: water abstraction, diffuse and point pollution;
4. Pressures and impacts assessment: flow regulation, morphological alterations and other;
5. Economic analysis of water use;
6. Introduction to the Drin river basin;
7. Exercise on Drin river basin district characterisation;
8. Experience of characterisation of RBDs in EU Member States.
For more details please see the enclosed workshop report (Annex 16).
• Participation of the Water Management sub-group SSTE Mr. Simonas Valatka in DABLAS
workshop on IRBM Planning and the WFD – How to Get Started The workshop was held
on 11-12 October 2011, in Belgrade. The expert commented the IRBM Guide, prepared by
the DABLAS and presented RENA Water Management sub-group and its activities to the
workshop participants.
• Preparation and delivery of the 3 rd regional workshop “Heavily modified water bodies and
new modifications”, Belgrade, Serbia (29 November – 01 December 2011).
The workshop was building on the results achieved during the second workshop on
characterisation of RBDs. Three major sessions were presented to participants: 1) Identification,
Designation and Objectives for HMWB and AWB. Experience of the host country; 2) Definition
of Good Ecological Potential and Exemptions to the Environmental Objectives, and 3) Experience
Exchange on the Heavily Modified and Artificial Water Bodies Designation in Member States.
For more details please see the enclosed workshop report (Annex 17).
• Delivery of the 2 nd Annual Meeting of WG 3 Water Management Sub-group Coordinators.
The meeting was organised in Belgrade, Serbia (01 December 2011). The main objective of the
meeting was to present the implemented activities since the 1 st Annual Meeting and to reach the
agreement on the planned activities in the upcoming period (confirmation of the selected topics,
dates and venues).
• Preparation and delivery of the 4 th regional training/workshop on Monitoring of Ecological
Status, Intercalibration and Coordination of Criteria for Good Status of Water Bodies. The
workshop was held in Shkodra, Albania (28 February – 1 March 2012).
The topic of ecological assessment and classification systems, and thus monitoring systems is one
of the most important and technically challenging parts of the implementation of the WFD. The
workshop consisted of the following sessions:
1. Monitoring programmes under the WFD;
2. Classification of ecological status and the intercalibration process;
3. Lessons learned from EU MS experiences.
The Participants site visit has been made to Shkodra lake and Drin river, after which Albanian
participants described the main pressures, quality elements and monitoring system for these water
bodies.
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