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Inspiring and Fruitful ICPDR Hydropower Workshop in Vienna
The ICPDR held a highly successful workshop titled "Sustainable Hydropower Development and Environmental Objectives – Framework, Challenges, and Ways Forward" on 4-5 June 2024 at the BOKU River Lab in Vienna. Building on workshops from 2017 and 2021, the event brought together experts from energy and environmental policy sectors, the hydropower industry, NGOs, and researchers.
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Other River Basin Organisations
Rivers are a natural resource that have been a focal point of transboundary governance for centuries. It is challenging to manage them for the benefit of riparian communities – especially if they are transboundary. This requires the development of a water infrastructure to harvest the socioeconomic benefits, while at the same time protecting the ecosystem for future generations.
River Basin Organizations (RBOs) have been established in many of the world’s basins to better coordinate different stakeholders’ actions and foster cooperation instead of conflict. Based on the experiences of several RBOs worldwide, several key characteristics for their effectiveness can be identified. -
Danube Watch 3/2021 - WACOM: Water Contingency Management in the Sava River Basin
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Shared Basin – Shared Destiny: Principles of Effective River Basin Management (2.74 MB)
River Basins by their very nature, impart a deep sense of common heritage, shared destiny and solidarity between citizens and nations along shared waters. This permeates not only through social and... -
Social and Economic Drivers for Hydropower Development in Danube Countries (4.82 MB)
A comprehensive analysis of energy-economic and social aspects that affect the further development of hydropower in Danube countries. -
Guiding Principles: Sustainable Hydropower Development - SLOVAK (2.26 MB)
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Guiding Principles: Sustainable Hydropower Development _BOSNIAN (908.78 KB)
Vodeći principi o održivom razvoju hidro-energije u slivu Dunava -
Guiding Principles: Sustainable Hydropower Development _UKRAINIAN (2.76 MB)
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Guiding Principles: Sustainable Hydropower Development - SLOVENE (936.22 KB)
Smernice za trajnostno hidroenergetsko rabo povodja Donave -
Sava Youth Parliament 2017
On 2-3 June 2017 the sixth Youth Parliament of the Sava River Basin competition was held in Belgrade (Serbia). The motto for this year’s competition was “The Impact of Climate Change on the Lives of the Sava River Basin”. 60 students and teachers from nine secondary schools from the Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia and Bosnia-Herzegovina attended. The Sava Commission is an observer of the ICPDR.
