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The Drava River Vision Symposium will take place from 23rd to 25th September 2008 in Maribor, Slovenia.
You are kindly invited to read the invitation and the revised programme. In addition, you are invited to fill in the registration form and the hotel booking form. The Institute for Water of the Republic of Slovenia organizes the International Symposium “Drava River Vision” in Maribor, Slovenia, 2008. This event is planned as a meeting of water issues related professionals from the Drava River States Italy, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia and Hungary. Through targeted presentations and posters of states representatives as well as workshops, it shall improve transboundary cooperation and knowledge transfer as well as activate all regional development potentials in the field of river basin management. Water Framework Directive, Flood Directive proposal, Habitat Directive and Bird Directive will serve as the common European frame of the event. | | Topics of the Symposium are exchanges of best practices in national riparian states implementations of European legislation with emphasis on river basin management related processes and practices (Water Framework Directive and Flood Directive proposal), Natura 2000 requirements (Habitats Directive, Birds Directive) and their co-habiting with development factors (e.g. hydropower use). Possible solutions related to the recognized issues along the international course of the Drava River will be discussed and suggested during workshops. Planned and already implemented measures of the LIFE Project »Lebensader Obere Drau« on the upper run of the Drava River will serve as a motivation. In addition, outcomes of the Symposium will support cooperation and strenghtening of collaboration of the water engineers and other involved professionals in Drava River states. Goal of the Symposium is elaboration of common transboundary management goals in future development of the Drava River Basin. Work of the Symposium will result in European Drava River Deklaration of the Drava River riparian states on common understanding of future implementation of the Water Framework Directive, Flood Directive proposal, Habitats Directive and Birds Directive provisions. The Symposium is a part of LIFE Project »Lebensader Obere Drau« and will take place in Maribor, Slovenia, Conference Hall of Hotel Piramida, Ul. Heroja Šlandra 10, on 23 and 24 September 2008, finishing with a field trip on 25 September 2008. |
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