Strategies for monitoring and assessment of transboundary rivers, lakes and groundwaters

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Strategies for monitoring and assessment of
transboundary rivers, lakes and groundwaters

• Lea Kauppi
• Director General, Finnish Environment Institute

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Background Strategies for monitoring and
assessment

• Are based on the
• Guidelines on Monitoring and Assessment of
  Transboundary Groundwaters, Rivers and Lakes
• Experience from pilot projects (EECCA)
• Results of workshops, training courses etc.
  (CWC-Tbilisi05)
• Include only strategic aspects
• Technical aspects in the report of CWC workshop

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Goals (1/2) Strategies for monitoring and
assessment

• Explain the key principles of and approaches to
  monitoring and assessment of transboundary
  watercourses
• Highlight areas of interest to policy and
  decision makers
• Provide ground rules for joint bodies and
  cooperation between riparian countries
• Stress the underlying legal, administrative and
  financial aspects of monitoring and assessment
• Discuss constraints and opportunities for
  cooperation

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Goals (2/2) Strategies for monitoring and
assessment

• Highlight important concepts of monitoring and
  assessment
• Should be tailored to the specificities of the
  river basin
• A phased approach should be used when setting up
  systems
• Emphazise institutional arrangements
• Promote integrated basin approach
• Address extreme events, climate change effects
  and human health requirements
• Take into account the EU WFD requirements

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Drafting groupStrategies for monitoring and
assessment

• Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE)
• British Geological Survey
• Dutch Institute for Inland Water Management and
  Waste Water treatment
• ECORES (Azerbaijan)
• UNECE secretariat