evaluation of the study visit - Mekong River Commission

1. Accidental Pollution Control EG
2. Flood Management EG
3. Information Management and Geographical Information Systems EG
4. Monitoring and Assessment EG
5. Pressures and Measures EG
6. Public Participation EG
7. River Basin Management EG
8. Ad-hoc Strategic Expert Group EG
MRC Study Visit to the Danube River Basin 2012
In addition and on demand, Task Groups (TG) can be established. Those Task Groups include at the
moment: Hydromorphology TG, Economics TG, Groundwater TG, and Nutrient TG.
Figure 1: Organisation structure of the ICPDR.
The active involvement of the public is a core principle in sustainable water management for the
ICPDR. This basic fact was recognised when the Danube River Protection Convention was developed
and signed in 1994 ICPDR observer ships are granted according to agreed rules. As of today, 22
organisations hold observer ship status and cooperate actively with the ICPDR
ICPDR key cooperation tasks
(i) Implementation of the DRPC. It is both a forum to allow its contracting parties to coordinate the
implementation of the DRPC and a platform to review the progress they make. The key
objectives of the ICPDR include the following:
� Ensure sustainable water management
� Ensure conservation, improvement and rational use of surface waters and ground water
� Control pollution and reduce inputs of nutrients and hazardous substances
� Control floods and ice hazards.
(ii) Coordinated implementation of the Water Framework Directive since 2000. All countries
cooperating under the DRPC decided to make all efforts to implement the Directive throughout
the whole basin. The Non EU Member States also committed themselves to implement the WFD
within the frame of the DRPC.
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