evaluation of the study visit - Mekong River Commission

MRC Study Visit to the Danube River Basin 2012
4.5.3 Addressed MRC Learning Points
The discussions of the delegates of the Study Visit with the Slovakian Ministry representatives and
the hydropower plant owners focused on how to manage large-scale infrastructure projects in an
international context. Thereby the following learning points have been addressed:
European Water Framework Directive (EU WFD)
� National implementation of the EU WFD in Sloavakia;
� Challenges on how to implement the WFD under heavily modified conditions;
Preparation and implementation of the Danube River Basin Management Plan
� Inter-linkage of the national River Basin Management Plans with the international Danube River
Basin Management Plan;
� Implementation of the EU WFD and the respective development of the DRBM Plan seen from a
contracting state’s perspective.
Transboundary issues and conflict management
� Outline of Slovakian cooperation mechanisms with its neighbouring countries;
� Discussion of the legal case with Hungary in the case of the Gabčíkovo dam.
4.6 Danube Study Visit Item 6
Meeting with the Hungarian water managers and officials
(Budapest, Hungary)
30 March 2012
4.6.1 Presentations and experts
Staff of the Hungarian Water Management authorities presented on key national water resources
management issues as well as on international cooperation issues. Also the issue of accidental
pollution was addressed. Finally insights on the international monitoring network between the
Danube River Basin countries under the ICPDR cooperation and the Hungarian early warning systems
for floods were given. In this respect, the following presentations were given:
� Introductory lecture on the Hungarian water management with special attention to the EU WFD
implementation – Zsuzsa Steindl (Hungarian Ministry of Rural Development)
� River basin management planning: experience at the national and international levels –
Gabriella Jelinek / Agnes Tahy (National Institute for Environment)
� Sub-basin level cooperation in the Tisza river basin and bilateral cooperation/cooperation with
neighbouring countries necessary to achieve commonly agreed goals at river basin level –
Andrea Zagyva (Hungarian Ministry of Rural Development)
� Accidental risk prevention, control and response measures: examples and lessons of the Ajka
red mud accident – Gábor Hasznos (Hungarian Ministry of Rural Development)
� Introduction of the activities of VITUKI – Ferenc László (VITUKI)
� Overview on the international monitoring network within Danube basin countries under the
ICPDR cooperation: TransNational Monitoring Network (TNMN) and on the operation of the
Accident Emergency Warning System (AEWS) – Ferenc László (VITUKI)
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