Workshop on

DEVELOPING REGIONAL COOPERATION FOR SHARED KARST AQUIFER MANAGEMENT IN SEE

 

27-28 June 2008

Thessaloniki, Greece

 

 

Day 1: Friday 27 June 2008

 

09:15 – 09:45           Registration

09:45 – 10:15        Welcome and Opening statements

                                 Mr. Jacques Ganoulis -  Welcoming note, aims and expected output, PDF format 2.576 KB, PPS format 20.973 KB.

 

Session 1:  Evaluation of existing water governance regarding shared karst aquifers in SEE region

 

10:15 – 10:30        Overview of existing situation – Jacques Ganoulis, PDF format 673 KB, PPS format 9.70 KB.

 

10:30 – 11:00      Country reforms on legal, institutional and technical issues

                      5 minute Country presentations from

Slovenia, PDF format 335 KB, PPS format 2.8408 KB,

.Serbia, PDF format 972 KB, ,

Croatia, PDF format 344 KB, PPS format 2.829 KB.,

Bosnia & Herzegovina, PDF format 470 KB, PPS format 12.692 KB.,

AlbaniaPDF format 5.238 KB, PPS format 29.942 KB.

 

11:00 – 11:30                  Coffee Break

 

11:30 – 12:00        Country reforms on legal, institutional and technical issues

                               5 minute Country presentations from

Romania, PDF format 250 KB, PPS format 198 KB,

.Bulgaria, PDF format 266 KB, PPS format 1.120 KB.,

Turkey, PDF format 104 KB, PPS format 96 KB.,

Greece, PDF format 3.029 KB, PPS format 17.582 KB.

12:00 – 12:30           Discussion

 

Session 2:  Monitoring data, groundwater models and case studies from SEE 

12: 30 – 12:45      Challenges and Conflicts for Managing Transboundary Karst Aquifers: Examples and Case Studies in the Dinaric region –

Ognjen Bonacci PDF format 2.086 KB, PPS format 20.573 KB

 

12:45 – 13:15       Monitoring data and existing information

                               5 minute Country presentations from

Slovenia, PDF format 518 KB, PPS format 756 KB,

.Serbia, PDF format 3.810 KB, ,

Croatia, PDF format 564 KB, PPS format 7.016 KB.,

Bosnia & Herzegovina, PDF format 492 KB, PPS format 279 KB.,

Albania PDF format 522 KB, PPS format 27.891 KB.

 

13:15 – 13:30         Discussion

 

13: 30 – 15:00                    Lunch break

 

Session 2:  Monitoring data, groundwater models and case studies from SEE (continued)

15:00 – 15:30      Monitoring data and existing information

                              5 minute Country presentations from

Romania, PDF format 396 KB, PPS format 1.741 KB,

.Bulgaria, PDF format 600 KB, PPS format 3.031 KB.,

Turkey, PDF format 427 0 KB, PPS format 4.040 KB.,

Greece, PDF format 3.029 KB, PPS format 17.582 KB.

15:30 – 16:00      Discussion

 

16:00 – 17:00        Open discussion on sessions 1-2

 

 

Day 2: Saturday 28 June 2008

 

Session 3: Enhancing regional cooperation towards the joint management of shared karst aquifers in SEE

 

 

09:00 – 09:45      INWEB’s suggestions – Jacques Ganoulis

 

 

10:45 – 11:15                  Coffee break

 

Session 4: Towards the future: from a reliable common knowledge base to the effective groundwater resources management in the Balkan countries – Roundtable discussion

 

09:45 – 10:45     Discussion of the proposed suggestions

11:15 – 13:00       Coordination and institutional support

                  Improving regional water governance

                  Dissemination and enhancing political willingness

                  The way forward: Draft action plan

                              Concluding remarks

                              Recommendations

 

 

13:00                   End of workshop