Implementation of the river basin management plan in selected river sub-basins in Slovakia

ongoing

Sound water management is one of emerging challenges that cannot be resolved without an integrated approach. The project will contribute to the implementation of the 3rd RBMP for the Danube (2021-2027) in Slovakia through implementation of measures to eliminate hydromorphological pressures. It addresses ecological targets of the Water Framework Directive and Habitats Directive via management of protected areas, sustainable forest, land management, fishery management and active measures to support natural reproduction of native fish species. The goal of the project is to transpose the identified solutions of the new Water Policy Conception (2021-2030 with prospects till 2050) through an integrated cooperation of public bodies and stakeholders and to connect the (often) contradictory interests within the use of ecosystem services towards an integrated river basin management in the pilot sub-basins. Proposed actions comprise an expertise in several scientific disciplines such as hydrology, hydraulics, morphology, biology, water quality and engineering. This project will demonstrate integrated water resources management at a variety of scales, promoting and utilizing collaborative management and applying the demonstrated best practice examples to wider solutions on a countrywide level.