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Transboundary Cooperation for Healthy Rivers: ICPDR Welcomes New Declaration as Model for Danube Basin Collaboration
The ICPDR applauds the recent signing of the"goMURra" Declaration by Austrian Water Minister Norbert Totschnig and Slovenian Minister for Natural Resources Jože Novak. The declaration, signed on 11 November 2025 at the UNESCO 5-Country Biosphere Reserve, marks a significant step forward in transboundary water management and ecological restoration in the Danube River Basin.
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Pollution Management Expert Group
The Pollution Management Expert Group (PM EG) deals with pollution-related pressures, identifies the drivers behind them, and recommends measures to address pollution sources.
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Public Participation Expert Group
The Public Participation Expert Group (PP EG) deals with ICPDR activities concerning public information and consultation, outreach and awareness raising, as well as environmental education.
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ToR PP EG (266.49 KB)
Terms of Reference of the Public Participation Expert Group (PP EG) of the ICPDR, IC-107 rev3-final 2021 -
ToR PM EG (270.1 KB)
Terms of Reference of the Pressures and Measures Expert Group (PM EG), IC-105 rev3-final 2016 -
Donauschutzkonvention (DRPC in German) (104.95 KB)
Übereinkommen über die Zusammenarbeit zum Schutz und zur vertränglichen Nutzung der Donau (Donauschutzübereinkommen) -
Danube River Protection Convention (132.06 KB)
Convention on cooperation for the protection and sustainable use of the Danube river. Signed in 1994 in Sofia and in force since 1998. -
Danube River Protection Convention
The Danube River Protection Convention forms the overall legal instrument for co-operation on transboundary water management in the Danube River Basin. The Convention was signed on June 29 1994 in Sofia (Bulgaria) and came into force in 1998. It aims to ensure that surface waters and groundwater within the Danube River Basin are managed and used sustainably and equitably.
