Management Plans for the Danube River Basin published

Vienna, 16 December 2015. Defining the water management priorities for the Danube Basin until 2021, the ICPDR has published the Danube River Basin Management Plan Update 2015 and the Flood Risk Management Plan for the Danube River Basin today.

The ICPDR’s Danube River Basin Management Plan - Update  2015 (DRBM Plan) and the 1st Danube Flood Risk Management Plan (DFRM Plan) were adopted. These two plans set the water management priorities for the Danube River Basin until 2021.

The DRBM Plan aims to further protect and enhance the status of all waters, to prevent their deterioration and to ensure the sustainable, long-term use of water resources. It includes latest assessments on significant pressures, water status and a programme of measures jointly agreed by the Danube countries for the period 2015 until 2021. It establishes and strengthens several integrative principles for river basin management, including economic approaches and integration with other sector policies like energy, transport and adaptation to climate change.

The DFRM Plan represents another milestone in the ICPDR’s work towards sustainable flood risk management. It addresses all aspects of flood risk management focusing on prevention, protection and preparedness, includes measures for achieving the established objectives and calls for solidarity among all ICPDR Contracting Parties.

Both management plans were elaborated with involvement of stakeholders and the public. For the next six years, the work of the ICPDR will be streamlined with the implementation of the plans and the measures contained therein.

EU Grant Agreement 07.0203/2014/691950/SUB/ENV.C1
This activity was co-funded by the LIFE Programme of the European Union.

Downloads

• Danube River Basin District Managment Plan - Update 2015 (3.7 MB)
• DRBM Plan Update 2015 - Annexes (9.72 MB)
• DRBM Plan Update 2015 - Maps (37.73 MB)
  Complete set of thematic maps supplementing the Danube River Basin District Management Plan - Update 2015.
• 1st Flood Risk Management Plan for the Danube River Basin District (7.01 MB)
  1st DRB Flood Risk Management Plan, including Annex 1 (Flood hazard and flood risk maps)
• 1st DFRMP - Annex 2-5 (4.04 MB)
  Annexes 2-5 of the 1st Danube Flood Risk Managment Plan: Overview of Measures, List of competent authorities, Bilateral agreements, Resource Document "Economics and the Floods Directive"
• Information Brochure on ICPDR Management Plans 2015 (6.67 MB)
  Accessible information on the Danube River Basin Management Plan Update 2015 and the 1st DRBD Flood Risk Management Plan. The layout requires the brochure to be flipped in the printed version.
• Danube Declaration 2016 (214.47 KB)
  Adopted at the ICPDR Ministerial Meeting on 9 February 2016: Water Management in the Danube River Basin: Integration and Solidarity in the most international river basin of the world

Related

• » Maps of the Danube River Basin District Management Plan 2015
• » Maps of the Danube Flood Risk Management Plan 2015
• » National River Basin Management Plans - Update 2015
  Here you find links to the national River Basin Management Plans of ICPDR contracting parties that concern territory in the Danube River Basin.
• » National Flood Risk Management Plans
  Here you find links to the national Flood Risk Management Plans of ICPDR contracting parties that concern territory in the Danube River Basin.
• » Public consultation on 2015 management plans
  The ICPDR supports the active involvement of stakeholders and civil society on all levels of its work. The most important work plans of the ICPDR are the Danube River Basin Management Plan and the Flood Risk Management Plan. Both were developed with a range of public consultation measures.