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Danube Watch 1/2019 - Presidency 2019: Exploring New Partnerships Strengthening Water Security and Securing the Future
Hungary takes over ICPDR Presidency for 2019 from Germany
(Press Release) VIENNA, 31 January – Residence of His Excellency the Ambassador of Germany to The Permanent Mission of the Federal Republic of Germany to the United Nations Vienna and to other International Organizations. As Hungary takes over the annual Presidency of the International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River (ICPDR) today, incoming President Péter Kovács has set the main priorities for his term: finding ways to support the activities of the ICPDR, strengthening water security in the Danube Basin, implementing the Water Framework Directive (WFD) and the Flood Directive (FD), as well as further strengthening the integrated approach of ICPDR and the basin-wide exchange of experiences.
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Staff Regulations of the ICPDR (93.49 KB)
Document No.: IC/005. -
Job description of the Secretariat (97.31 KB)
Main Functions and Job Descriptions of the Permanent Secretariat of the ICPDR. Document No.: IC/004 -
ToR ad-hoc Strategic EG (156.22 KB)
Terms of Reference of the ad-hoc Strategic Expert Group, IC/108 2005 Observers
In keeping with commitments to engaging the public, the ICPDR maintains close relationship with some 24 organisations – representing a variety of public interests – defined by the DRPC as “Observers”.
Expert Groups
Expert Groups (EGs) are the backbone of the operation and the success of the ICPDR. They are composed of national experts from the Contracting Parties and representatives from ICPDR observer organisations. Eight different Expert Groups deal with a variety of issues and make recommendations to the ICPDR.
AEWS - Accident Emergency Warning System
The Accident Emergency Warning System (AEWS) of the Danube River Basin is activated whenever there is a risk of transboundary water pollution, or threshold danger levels of certain hazardous substances are exceeded.