The two EWGs convened to discuss activities related to Task 1, including the Action Plan, Task 2 regarding the RBM Planning Guide, and the Draft Report pertaining to Task 3, which focuses on monitoring issues. Members of both EWGs and the project team jointly established deadlines for submitting comments, suggestions, and revisions of the […]
During this training session, relevant issues and questions concerning the application of Article 4 of the WFD were thoroughly addressed. The primary focus was on exemptions, such as extensions of deadlines or less stringent objectives, and the necessary conditions for granting them. Approaches to assessing disproportionality were also discussed, along with finding solutions to various […]
Third Water Information System Expert Working Group (WIS EWG) meeting organised in Tarcin on 30 November 2023 Organized back to back to the 2nd Training on Reporting to the EU under the WFD, due to the strong synergies between the reporting schemes and WIS, the 3rd Water Information System Expert Working Group held its […]
Second Training on Reporting to the EU under the Water Framework Directive / River Basin Management Plan held in Tarcin on 29 November 2023. The discussion during the meeting focused on the reporting schemes and guidance on the reporting on different activities related to the preparation of the RBMP, such as at the typology of […]
The 3nrd Quarterly Progress Report, covering period 01 August – 31 October 2023, was presented to the members of the Project Steering Committee at the meeting held in Sarajevo on 17 November 2023.
7th November 2023, the Expert Working Groups on River Basin Management (RBM), and on Monitoring (MON) have met for the third time at Bjelasnica, Hotel Nomad. The members of the two groups and the Project Team have discussed the first deliverables of the RBMP project, specifically the GAP Report – full Report and Summary Report, […]
The main instrument introduced by the Water Framework Directive is the obligation to achieve environmental objectives from Art 4 ODV of the WFD, which also establish provision on how to introduce a ban or exemptions under different conditions. On the second day of project’s work in Trebinje, the focus of discussion and knowledge transfer is […]
Drafts of 8 methodologies (out of total 16 planned under Task 1) were presented at today’s workshop in Trebinje, developed by the experts engaged in the project in consultation with representatives of the beneficiary institutions responsible for water management in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The preparation of RBMPs that follow a harmonized methodology will help […]
Bosnia and Herzegovina – the Land of Rivers
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World Rivers Day is celebrated on the fourth Sunday of every September and is an opportunity to remind ourselves of the multiple importance of rivers, to increase public awareness and encourage better river management around the world. The rivers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 262 of them, belong to the Black Sea and Adriatic basins. The […]