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ICPDR - International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River
Working for the Danube River Basin and its People
ICPDR President 2010
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We hope that this website inspires anyone wishing to know more about the environmental issues affecting the Danube river basin. And that it is a good source for everyone interested in ensuring the sustainable development of the most international river basin in the world.
SUSTAINABLE WATERWAY PLANNING MANUAL PUBLISHED
PLATINA (the Platform for the implementation of Naiades) has launched an innovative manual presenting good practises in sustainable waterway planning. Please have a look!
OPEN POST: TECHNICAL EXPERT ON PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND COMMUNICATION
Compete for the position of a Technical Expert for Public Participation and Communication: be part of the team.
DANUBE DAY 2010:
Vienna, 25 June – 81 million people in all Danube countries are invited to ‘Get Active for the Rivers’ on 29 June as part of the celebrations for the 7th annual Danube Day. The main goal of this year’s celebration is to engage people and to emphasize...
MASSIVE FLOODS IN SUMMER 2010
This summer the Danube basin was repeatedly deluged by torrential rains causing massive floods. Across the basin people were forced from their homes, and many houses collapsed or were damaged due to floods or landslides after flood events. The ICPDR is actively working on...
FINANCING THE JOINT PROGRAMME OF MEASURES
A Funder's Consultation Meeting on the financing of measures under the Danube Joint Programme of Measures, convened by the ICPDR and the Government of the Republic of Serbia, has taken place in Belgrade 18-19 May.
DANUBE WATCH 1/2010
The new issue of Danube Watch is out. Click here to read the full magazine online!
MINISTERIAL MEETING 2010
Ministers and high-level representatives responsible for water management from the Danube River Basin countries Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Montenegro, the Republic of Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia,...
NEXT STEPS TOWARD ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY NAVIGATION
ZAGREB, March 10 - High-level officials of the ISRBC, ICPDR, DC, European Commission, state bodies and public institutions, dealing with navigation, environmental protection and sustainable development issues, from the Danube River Basin, as well as representatives of...
DANUBE RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT PLAN READY
The River Basin Management Plan has been adopted by the ICPDR on 10 December 2009 and is now available.
FLOOD ACTION PLANS
17 flood action plans for all sub-basins in the Danube catchment area were prepared in 2009. They provide the first comprehensive overview of actions aiming to reduce flood risks that was ever prepared in Danube River Basin.
SLOVENIA TAKES OVER PRESIDENCY 2010
VIENNA, 14 January – Slovenia takes over the Presidency of the International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River (ICPDR) for the year 2010 at a ceremony held at the Permanent Mission of Slovakia to the United Nations (Vienna) today.
JOINT STATEMENT: NAVIGATION & ECOLOGY
In October 2007, a "Joint Statement on Inland Navigation and Environmental Sustainability in the Danube River Basin" was concluded and very positively received by stakeholders. In January 2009 (Budapest) and March 2010 (Zagreb), the responsible government authorities and...
DANUBE BOX
Any child in the Danube Basin is able to name the closest river. But it might have difficulties to say where this river flows to. And it...
SUSTAINABLE WATERWAY PLANNING MANUAL PUBLISHED
PLATINA (the Platform for the implementation of Naiades) has launched an innovative manual presenting good practises in sustainable waterway planning. Please have a look!
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