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Successful Biannual Danube Forecasting Forum (DAFF) Enhances Flood Forecasting
On October 10th and 11th, the much-anticipated biannual Danube Forecasting Forum (DAFF) took place in Budapest, Hungary. Organized in collaboration with the International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River (ICPDR) and the EU Joint Research Center (EU JRC), this event brought together stakeholders from the 13 countries along the Danube and members of the Danube Youth Council (DYC) under EUSDR PA5.
Preliminary Flood Risk Assessment (PFRA)
In accordance with Article 4 of the EU Floods Directive (FD), the first milestone in the FD basin-wide implementation is undertaking a preliminary flood risk assessment (PFRA), as well as identifying those areas for which it has been concluded that potential significant flood risks exist or might be considered likely to occur, so-called Areas of Potential Significant Flood Risk (APSFR), as in accordance with FD Article 5.
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.-
We Pass: Explained (low resolution) (9.37 MB)
A brochure explaining the findings and activities (2018 – 2021) under We Pass: Facilitating Fish Migration and Conservation at the Iron Gates. (Lower Resolution version) -
We Pass: Explained (15.01 MB)
A brochure explaining the findings and activities (2018 – 2021) under We Pass: Facilitating Fish Migration and Conservation at the Iron Gates. -
Preliminary Flood Risk Assessment in the Danube River Basin 2018 (1.86 MB)
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Map of Areas of Potential Significant Flood Risk in DRB - Update 2019 (7.86 MB)
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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... ICPDR's We Pass Project Holds its 1st Stakeholder Workshop
On Thursday 12 December 2019, We Pass – an EU-funded project with the ICPDR aiming to facilitate fish migration and habitat conservation in the Danube River Basin – held its first stakeholder workshop on the banks of the Danube River in Vienna, Austria.
WE PASS - Facilitating Fish Migration and Conservation at the Iron Gates
We Pass was an initiative aiming to facilitate fish migration in the Danube River Basin, set up by the ICPDR, Jaroslav Černi Institute, DDNI, CDM SMITH, OAK Consultants, and the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research. The focus was on the preservation and reestablishment of endangered fish species migration routes in the Danube River, its tributaries, and specifically at the Iron Gates.