Links between the EU Water Initiative

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• Links between the EU Water Initiatives National
  Policy Dialogues and the Ad Hoc Project
  Facilitation Mechanism under the Protocol on
  Water and Health

Dr Rainer E. Enderlein Regional expert, UNECE,
Geneva
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Background National Policy Dialogues are
carried out within the EECCA component of the EU
Water Initiative The EUWI was launched by all
EU Member States and the European Commission at
the World Summit on Sustainable
Development National Policy Dialogues are the
main operational instrument of the EUWI
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National Policy Dialogues on IWRM with UNECE as
strategic partner of four EECCA countries
Moldova
Ukraine
Armenia
Kyrgyzstan
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• Implementing an IWRM process is a question of
  getting three pillars right (GWP, 2004)
• moving towards an enabling environment
  (policies, strategies and legislation for
  sustainable water resources management,
• putting in place the institutional framework
  (to implement the policies, strategies and
  legislation),
• setting up the management instruments (required
  by the institutions to do their job)

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NPD on IWRM in Armenia A specific platform for
drawing up and implementing policy packages on
IWRM, including financing, in a pilot river
basin, based on the Water Framework
Directive and the UNECE Water Convention
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NPD on IWRM in Kyrgyzstan Start up in early June
2008
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NPD on IWRM in Moldova A specific platform for
drawing up and implementing policy packages on
Wastewater discharges new regulations
River basin management authorities and river
basin councils Safe drinking water supply
and adequate sanitation
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NPD on IWRM in Ukraine A specific platform for
drawing up and implementing policy packages on
Adaptation of water management to climate
change Safe drinking water supply and
adequate sanitation under changing climates
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Steering Group   Ministries of environment and
the State committees/agencies for water
management, including their subsidiary bodies  
Ministries of agriculture, health, economy,
justice and finance   Parliamentary bodies for
environment, national academies of science  
Municipalities National and local
non-governmental organizations, Regional
Environmental Centres, Global Water
Partnership/national offices
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Outputs of the National Policy Dialogues policy
packages Draft pieces of legislation (e.g.
governmental or ministerial regulations)
  Recommendations and good practice documents
  Analysis of institutional/management
structures   Water management plans and water
safety plans   Assessments of the effectiveness
of measures undertaken
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Financing NPD on IWRM (1)
NPD as a policy process
Core funding EC
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Financing NPD on IWRM (2)
Additional funding
Private sector
Estonia
NPD as a policy process
Core funding EC
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Steering Group   Ministries of environment and
the State committees/agencies for water
management, including their subsidiary bodies  
Ministries of agriculture, health, economy,
justice and finance   Parliamentary bodies for
environment, national academies of science  
Municipalities National and local
non-governmental organizations, Regional
Environmental Centres, Global Water
Partnership/national offices
Technical projects jointly identified and TOR
agreed
NPD as a policy process
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Submission to EUWI WG and/or EU Member States
donors meeting
Technical projects jointly identified and TOR
agreed
NPD as a policy process
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Submission to AHPFM
Submission to EUWI WG and/or EU Member States
donors meeting
Technical projects jointly identified and TOR
agreed
NPD as a policy process