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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. Human Dynamics Consortium 31
Interim Report, No 3, 19 September 2011 – 18 March 2012 The workshop report is under preparation and will be submitted with the next Interim Report. Planned activities for the next interim reporting period • Preparation and delivery of 5 th regional workshop Role of National and International Financing Sources in Environmental Financing. Programmes of Measures in Accordance with the WFD. The workshop will be organised as joint event with the regional workshop under Investment Planning Sub-group in Montenegro (21-23 May 2012). Activity 3.3 EIA/SEA Sub-group Implemented activities during the third interim reporting period • Delivery of the 2 nd Annual Meeting of WG 3 EIA/SEA Sub-group Coordinators. The meeting was organised in Dubrovnik, Croatia (10 November 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 second training workshop on SEA and IPA programmes. The workshop was held in Dubrovnik, Croatia (08 – 09 November 2011). During the first regional workshop on EIA/SEA held in June 2011 in Istanbul, Turkey, the participants suggested that another topic "SEA for IPA programmes", as quite urgent for RENA countries, should be covered by RENA training in the nearest future. Thus the additional training was organised. It was focused on SEA practical application for IPA programmes considering their specifics. Participants went through all steps and analyses, to be usually performed in SEA and which are in line with the approach promoted by the Handbook on SEA for Cohesion Policy 2007 - 2013. For more details please see the enclosed workshop report (Annex 18). Planned activities for the next interim reporting period • Preparation and delivery of the third training workshop on EIA/SEA differences and common features in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina (24 – 26 April 2012). Activity 3.4 Multilateral Environmental Agreements Implemented activities during the second interim reporting period • In line with the decision made during the 2 nd Annual meeting of WG 1 Coordinators ( 24 November, 2012, Brussels, Belgium), this activity has been merged with the activity 1.6 Gap assessment and compliance check of the draft Legislation with the EU environmental acquis and Multilateral Environmental Agreements. • Compliance check review of Chapter IX Import and Expert of Waste (Art. 48-51) of the final Albanian Law No. 10 463 of 22.09.2011 on INTEGRATED WASTE MANAGEMENT, comparing the transposition with the requirements of the EU Waste Directive and the Basel Convention. Planned activities for the next interim reporting period • Upon request, compliance checks on the draft legislation of the beneficiary countries with the EU environmental acquis and Multilateral Environmental Agreements. Human Dynamics Consortium 32
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