TRANSBOUNDARY COOPERATION AND SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF THE DNIESTR RIVER

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TRANSBOUNDARY COOPERATION AND SUSTAINABLE
MANAGEMENT OF THE DNIESTR RIVER
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Project objective

• Facilitate development of cooperation between
  the Dniestr riparian states on the management of
  the Dniestr river basin.
• Contribute to confidence building in the region
• To raise the international attention to the river
  basin, attract funding for selected priorities

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Background

• International law on transboundary water courses
• 1994 Agreement on Transboundary waters.
• 1993 Protocol on Cooperation between Ministries
  of Environment
• Draft convention proposed by Moldova.
• Strong NGO involvement
• International attention focusing on Donau, Dneper
  and Prut rivers.
• Transdniestrian problem

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Project partners

• National working Groups
• Ministries of Environment
• Hydro meteorological services
• State Water Committee/Concern
• Local authorities
• Civil society
• National experts
• OSCE and UNECE
• International and local experts

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Approach

• 5 bilateral meetings
• Expert input
• Report writing
• Result
• Agreed report on the state of the river basin,
  its problems and their solutions
• Agreed set of recommendations for future
  collaboration

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Progress to date

• First meeting in Chisinau 15 September 2004.
• Draft background paper
• Agreement on procedure
• Development of web site
• Second meeting in Kiev 21 November 2004
• Report drafting
• Begun consolidating recommendations
• Proceed with development of legal base in
  parallel
• Involvement of additional players
• Third meeting in Moldova March 2005