Protection and Sustainable UseProtection and Sustainable Useof the Dinaric Karst Aquifer Systemof the Dinaric Karst Aquifer System

Holger Treidel, UNESCO‐IHPHolger Treidel, UNESCO‐IHPNeno Kukuric, IGRACNeno Kukuric, IGRAC

– a GEF-UNDP-UNESCO project

• facilitate the equitable and sustainable utilization of the transboundary watertransboundary water resources of the Dinaric Karst Aquifer System,Karst Aquifer System, and

• protect the unique p qgroundwater dependent ecosystems that h t i th Di icharacterize the Dinaric

Karst region of the Balkan peninsulaBalkan peninsula.

– a GEF-UNDP-UNESCO project

• Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia g ,and Montenegro

• Slovenia, Greece and Italy

• Regional and i t ti l tinternational partners

• 2010-2014PCU h t d b t• PCU hosted by water agency in Trebinje, BiH

– the tools

• SCIENCE- Improving the understanding of the d f it i t l t t&

• COOPERATIONresource and of its environmental status.

- Establishing cooperation mechanisms among countries.

- Facilitating the harmonization of policies g pand priority reforms. Communication dissemination and- Communication, dissemination and replication of activities.

Transboundary Diagnostic A l i (TDA)Analysis (TDA)

Identification of:Identification of:• priority issues of transboundary concern• environmental and socio economic• environmental and socio-economic

impacts• underlying/root causes• underlying/root causes• analysis of governance

TDA is a• scientific and technical fact-finding

l ianalysis• objective assessment and not a

negotiated documentnegotiated document• agreed upon by the countries

Information exchangeg

Interministerial CommitteesInterministerial Committees at national level:

• Relevant governmental• Relevant governmental institutions

Consultation and Information Exchange gBody

• Establishing cooperation mechanism among countries sharing the aquifer

Strategic Action Programme (SAP)(SAP)

b d th TDA• based on the TDA• negotiated policy document• establishes clear priorities for action to resolve

the priority transboundary waters problems• identifies policy, legal and institutional reforms

and investments needed to address the priority t b d t bltransboundary waters problems

• The preparation of a SAP is a cooperative k k h ld i hprocess among key stakeholders in the

countries of the region.

Stakeholder involvement

• Perceived issues of transboundary concern• Perceived issues of transboundary concern

International Consultation and Exchange BodyInternational Consultation and Exchange Body

(ii) establishing

International Consultation and Exchange BodyInternational Consultation and Exchange Body

(ii) establishing cooperation

mechanisms among countries sharing

TransboundaryDiagnostic Analysis

InterministerialCommittees

TransboundaryDiagnostic Analysis

(i) improving the understanding of the

gthe aquifer

(iii) facilitating harmonization of

resource and of its environmental status

policies and priority reforms

Stakeholder Participation, Consultation and Communication

Progress to date

P j t C di ti U it d GIS U it• Project Coordination Unit and GIS Unit• National Execution Units and focal points• National and regional experts• Steering Committee• Scientific Advisory Board

• Data collection for• Data collection for Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis

• Stakeholder Analysis• Stakeholder Analysis

Global Objective

f tt ti f th i t ti l it• focus attention of the international community on the huge but vulnerable water resources contained in karst aquiferscontained in karst aquifers

• Replication of experiences in other Karst areas

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