Hidrológiai Közlöny, 2016 (96. évfolyam)
2016 / 3. szám - HISTORICAL SNAPSHOT - Ijjas István: Good Practices for Integrated Water Resources Management in EU and Hungary
14 Hungarian Journal of Hydrology Vol. 96. No. 3. 2016. Table 1. Approaches to integrated water resources management (Source: Ijjas 2014a) Type of IWRM Fully integrated water resources management IWRM for WFD objectives IWRM for national objectives Types of objectives Mandatory environmental objectives Non-mandatory social and economic objectives Objectives Common European environmental objectives. Good status of all surface and ground waters; good status of protected areas European, national, regional, and local social and economic objectives: sustainable water use/water services Legal background EU Water Policy; EU WFD; related directives National policies, strategies, action plans and laws. EU policies, strategies, action plans; EU Flood Risk Management Directive; international agreements Types of planning River Basin Management Plans under the EU WFD National, regional, and local plans including coordination of sector plans (rural development, spatial planning, drought management plans, climate adaptation, and flood risk management plans) Deadlines for achieving objectives 2015, 2021, 2027; mandatory No common deadlines; not mandatory Planning guidance EU CIS guidance documents - more than 30 guidance documents covering various aspect of WFD International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River (ICPDR) guidance documents National/intemational guidance documents, handbooks, manuals GWP toolbox for guidance on IWRM ICPDR manuals for sustainable navigation and sustainable hydropower production Planning outputs Programmes of measures to achieve environmental objectives Programmes of measures to achieve the social and economic objectives Monitoring objectives Monitoring environmental indicators Monitoring indicators for water use and water services Target groups Ecosystems (good status); citizens (human security - good health) Citizens/stakeholders; interest groups Public participation Mandatory Optional; mandatory for so called “interested parties” - direct water users ADOPTING IWRM - WHERE ARE WE? This paper reviewed progress across the EU and Hungary towards adopting IWRM and the good practices putting its principles into practice. As the EU Membership, over the past decade progress has been made in Hungary and in the EU towards improving water quality and meeting the WFD requirements. In the water sector, the environment and water quality requirements of the WFD dominated water resources planning and management. The WFD sets clear guidelines in production, review and updating of the river basin management plans for the achievement of the environmental objectives, but it lacks guidelines for the planning of measures for the achievement of social and economic objectives. For an effective RBMP it is necessary to develop the management and planning practices and the practices of integration, linking social and economic development with the protection of natural ecosystems. National and international guidelines should be developed to achieve the environmental, social and economic objectives. REFERENCES Dégen, /. (1974). Development of the Tisza River and co-operation between the countries in the Tisza Valley (in Hungarian) Vízügyi Közlemények, 1974. No.2. EC (2013). Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on the Implementation of the Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC) - River Basin Management Plans EC (2012a). Guidance document on inland waterway transport and Natura2000 - Sustainable inland waterway development and management in the context of the EU Birds and Habitats Directives, http://ec.europa.eu/environment/nature/natura2000/mana gement/docs/I WT_BH D_Guidelines.pdf EC (2012b). Blueprint to safeguard European waters, http://ec.europa.eu/environment/water/blueprint/index_en.ht m EC (2010). European Union Strategy for the Danube Region, Action Plan, SEC(2010) 1489, www.danube- region.eu EC (2000). Establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy, Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000 GWP (2015). Integrated water resources management in Central and Eastern Europe: IWRM vs EU Water Framework Directive, Global Water Partnership Technical Focus Paper, www.gwp.org GWP (2012). Integrated Water Resources Management ToolBox GWP (2003). Sharing knowledge for equitable, efficient and sustainable water resources management, Integrated Water Resources Management ToolBox ICPDR (2016). Water Management in the Danube River Basin: Integration and solidarity in the most international river basin of the world. Danube Declaration adopted at the ICPDR Ministerial Meeting 9 February 2016. www.icpdr.org ICPDR (2015a). The Danube River Basin Management Plan 2015-2021. www.icpdr.org ICPDR (2015b). The Danube Flood Risk Management Plan 2015-2021. www.icpdr.org ICPDR (2014). 20 Years ICPDR, Danube Watch Special. www.icpdr.org
