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of Basin INBO From 1994, INBO involves on a voluntary basis all basin organizations around the world in order to promote : Exchange of their field experiences for reinforcing IWRM implementation at basin level Evaluation of all different approaches and dissemination of best practices Circulation of information and training programs for staff of basin organizations as well as for the different stakeholders involved in water management Elaboration of an Annual Newsletter with update information from Basins Handbooks for Integrated Resources Management in Basins Participation to High level Events : World Water Forum, RIO + 20,

of Basin Organisations Basin, entrusted by relevant public administrations with integrated water resources management at the level of river basins, either national, federal or transboundary, the Governmental administrations interested in applying integrated and sustainable water resources management principles: organization at the level of river basins, associating local authorities, representatives of users, promoting specific budgetary resources by applying the user-polluter-pays principle. bi and multilateral co-operation agencies supporting activities related to integrated and sustainable water resources management at the level of river basins.

INTERNATIONAL NETWORK OF BASIN ORGANIZATIONS Created in 1994 to facilitate operational exchanges between BO INBO s REGIONAL NETWORKS North American of Basin (NANBO) Latin American of Basin (LANBO) Brazilian of Basin (BNBO) EUROPE-INBO Group for WFD Mediterranean of Basin (MENBO) African of Basin (ANBO) EECCA of Basin Central and Eastern European of Basin (CEENBO) of Asian River Basin (NARBO) 192 FULL MEMBERS or PERMANENT OBSERVERS in 71 COUNTRIES

The «EUROPE INBO» Group The "EUROPE-INBO" group of basin organizations for the implementation of the Water Framework Directive was created in Valencia, Spain, in November 2003; it gathers European member organizations and observers from INBO. EUROPE-INBO mobilizes European Basin and District Authorities through regular meetings, to exchange on their practical approach and experience, identify operational problems, share difficulties and successes. The work of the «EUROPE-INBO» group aims at enriching the WFD Common Implementation Strategy with analyses coming directly from field practitioners. INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR VALENCIA (SPAIN) 11 / 12 NOVEMBER 2003

Since 2003, Annual Plenary Assemblies on implementation of Water Framework Directive in the National and Transboundary River Basin Districts. http://www.riob.org/tag/europe-inbo?lang=en 2003, Valencia (ES), 2004 Krakow (PL), 2005 Namur (BE), 2006 Megève (FR), 2007 Roma (IT), 2008 Sibiu (RO), 2009 Stockholm (SE), 2010 Megève (FR), 2011 Porto (PT), 2012 Istanbul (TR), 2013 Plovdiv (BG) tbc

" EUROPE INBO 2013", PLOVDIV The meeting focused on the major current topics on the implementation of the Framework Directive (WFD) in the National and Transboundary River Basin Districts. One of the key issues has been: The preparation of thh 2 nd River Basin Management Plan and their necessary coordination with other Directives (FD, MSFD) Debates also covered : Funding of programme of measures New approach to river restoration, ecological flows Water governance in Transboundary basins EU neighbouring countries

" EUROPE INBO 2013", PLOVDIV Examples of recommendations Ensure that the measures of the 2nd RBMP and 1st FRMP make full use of green infrastructures and Natural Water Retention Measures, as they are potential tools for ensuring synergies between the two Directives and sustaining the ecosystems. The assessment of the environmental and resource costs (ERC) in the context of the costrecovery analysis is still a major issue for Member States and requires clarification of the operational methodological elements or examples. The participants wished that the "one out all out" or limiting factor principle be developed through sub-indicators so that the citizens and their elected representatives may testify of the results of the WFD implementation and accompanying efforts.

One day monitoring workshop 13 November 2013 Back-to-back to EUROPE-INBO 2013 Gathering of basin organisations involved in WFD implementation Prospective and sharing of experiences Exchange on explanatory elements of monitoring strategies of Member States A kind of peer review on WFD implementation Outcomes recommendations regarding monitoring programmes based on shared experiences identification of main points and orientations for definition and implementation of monitoring programmes long-term and emerging subjects, R&D topics Dissemination of outcomes report of the outcomes to the EURO-INBO conference dissemination of the outcomes to the SCG and ECO-STAT group publication Contacts: monitoringworkshop2013@riob.org

MENBO; Mediterranean of Basin Organisations MENBO was established as a regional network of INBO in November 2002. Permanent Technical Secretariat : Jucar Hydrographic Confederation Current organisations members of MENBO come from: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cyprus, France, Greece, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Macedonia, Morocco, Palestine, Portugal, Romania, Spain and Turkey. OBJECTIVES Strengthen the relations between members that share a common Mediterranean water culture Develop collective activities and the exchange of experiences about IWRM in the region Promote searching for solutions for regional needs http://www.remoc.org/

CEENBO CEENBO was established as a regional network of INBO in February 2002, in Sinaia, Romania. Permanent Technical Secretariat : Apele Romane National Administration Presidency: Bulgaria, East Aegean Basin Directorate since 2011 Full Members and observers: Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus, Russia, Uzbekistan, Montenegru Objectives of CEENBO Transfer of knowledge regarding the EU Water Directives implementation to the Balkan and Black Sea countries Facilitate integration for Balkan countries, providing support in harmonisation of legislation, organisational aspects Proposal for a help desk of exchanging experience to neighbouring countries for understanding the EU process http://www.ceenbo.org/

Making use of existing/past experiences Institutional Twinnings as instrument for WFD implementation involving expertise from River Basin Organisations

The Twin Basin project, supported by the European Union, sponsored twinning agreements between basin organizations for exchanges between their staff In 4 years, the project has obtained very interesting results: 41 financially supported twinning agreements, more than 100 missions for the exchange of experience, involving 70 Basin from 42 countries.

INBO Academy Distance training program on river restoration Organised in Spanish in coordination with CIREF (Iberian Centre for River Restoration), and ECRR (European Centre for River Restoration) Courses of 4-5 sessions of 2 hours each week, wrap up roundtable with all lecturers at the end Designed for Basin management staff, consultants,university students

A more active role for EUROPE-INBO, CEENBO, MENBO in the 2013-2015 CIS Acting as a relay of information from CIS works to Basin authorities Large dissemination of new strategies and guidance documents Better coordination between CIS works and s activities: participation of COM to annual Conferences, dedicated workshops such as for the worshop on Monitoring programmes/ Europe INBO November 2013 Animating the networks and mobilising Basin authorities Organising the know-each-other between Basin Authorities (website, database of thematic contacts ) Sharing of lessons learnt from the field and reporting to SCG Participation to guidance drafting, providing key studies from basins Accompanying Peer reviews processes Developing distance training through INBO-Academy Links with other initiatives (Climate Change PRBs, )

A more active role for EUROPE-INBO, CEENBO, MENBO in the 2013-2015 CIS 2014 Topics Use of monitoring results How to use the results Complement 1OAO approach Communication=> Stakeholders, citizens, decision makers Continuation of works already done in the 2013 workshop thanks to electronic exchanges Invitation to SCG Members and RBAs to comment, provide contacts and examples or case studies monitoringresults2014@riob.org

A more active role for EUROPE-INBO, CEENBO, MENBO in the 2013-2015 CIS 2014 Topics Restoration and NWRM Preparation of a dedicated workshop on 12 November 2014 in Bucharest during the EUROPE-INBO Conference Potential themes addressed: Theme 1: Better integration of European directives and policies through river restoration measures and NWRMs Theme 2: River basin approach for river restoration and NWRMs projects: a way to link WFD objectives achievement, flood risk reduction and spatial planning Theme 3: Better engagement with Local communities in ecosystem restoration projects Invitation to SCG Members and RBAs to comment on the note, propose speakers or participants, join the SC Within 4 weeks. nwrmrestorationworkshop2014@riob.org

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