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JOINTISZA Project E-Newsletter, Issue 1 | July 2017
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Welcome to the first official e-newsletter of the JOINTISZA project!
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This and subsequent issues will report on achieved results of the JOINTISZA project activities, while also serving as a gateway for learning more about the project.
The Tisza River is the longest tributary of the Danube, as well as the Danube Basin’s largest sub-basin. The region has outstanding natural ecological assets, and it is an important European resource with a significant number of protected areas and national parks. The countries sharing the Tisza River Basin have a long history of cooperation, one result of which was the preparation of the “First Integrated Tisza River Basin Management Plan”. While a good and important start, the plan also showed how much remained to be done to protect this important region from the threats of pollution, floods and droughts. An updated plan is needed to assess the progress made thus far, to evaluate objectives and achievements, and to plan further steps and measures that are needed to achieve good water status for the basin region.
The JOINTISZA project, co-funded by the European Union through the Danube Transnational Programme, combines the joint efforts of 17 partners from all the Tisza Basin countries. With a duration of 2.5 years and a budget of approximately EUR 2.2 million, the project’s activities focus on the interactions of two key aspects of water management — river basin management (RBM) and flood protection — while involving relevant stakeholders who play a pivotal role in the Tisza RBM planning process.
The main output of the JOINTISZA project will be an updated final draft of the Integrated Tisza RBM Plan (ITRBMP), which already includes primary aspects of the EU Floods Directive.
Read more about the project here: dtp.interreg-danube.eu/jointisza
Cover photo: Upper Tisza, Ukraine © Branislava Matic |
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The Tisza and the Danube: An Interlocking Story
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István Joó, Ministerial Commissioner for Water Diplomacy, Export and the Danube Region Strategy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary, talks about how to achieve the key objectives of the JOINTISZA project.
Read more
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TISZA VOICES: Shared watershed, common action
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Five representatives of JOINTISZA partners, one from each country of the Tisza River Basin, shared their thoughts during the project kick-off event on the importance of cooperation and on how to achieve the best results.
"What the JOINTISZA project is doing is combining the river basin management plan with those elements of the flood risk plan that have transboundary effects. It is a pilot for the whole Danube, and then we can see what the project results are and how we can use them” | Anemari Ciurea, National Administration “Romanian “Waters”, International Relations
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"What’s really needed now, and the purpose of this project, is to update the river basin management plan. The processes are in place, but we need new data, and we hope that the current cooperation will result later in a smooth, integrated implementation.” | Balázs Horváth, Head of the International Department at the General Directorate of Water Management of Hungary (OVF)
"Serbia is the most downstream country in the Tisza River Basin, so for us this type of cooperation is important because all the adverse effects from upstream countries, such as pollution and overuse, affect our water management capabilities at the national level.” | Branislava Matic, Jaroslav Cerni Institute for the Development of Water Resources
“If the management plan will establish and implement the programme of measures it could have positive effects on the aquatic environment, which is a main goal.” | Jarmila Makovinska, Water Research Institute, Slovak National Water Reference Laboratory
"We hope to be an integral part of the process, not merely an external member of the Tisza Basin with limited capacities, and to really contribute and be able to share in responsibilities.” | Olena Marushevska, Blue Rivers Environmental Consulting
Click here to read the interviews in their entirety.
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JOINTISZA Rewind
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- KICK-OFF MEETING: the “Kick-Off Meeting” and “First Stakeholder Event of the JOINTISZA Project” took place on March 1–2, 2017, in Szentendre, Hungary, at the Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe. The details are here.
- CAPITALISATION EVENT: the JOINTISZA and DanubeSediment projects co-organised the “Transnational Cooperation for Sustainable River Basin Management Conference”, which took place on April 11, 2017, at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics. Learn about the conference outcomes here.
- SHAPING FUTURE PROJECT ACTIVITIES: the JOINTISZA project organised a series of project management meetings and trainings to coincide with the international Danube Day. Find out more.
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If you are interested in the sustainable management of the Tisza River Basin, and if you would like to receive first-hand updates on new developments within the JOINTISZA project, then please join the JOINTISZA LinkedIn group! For details click here.
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The JOINTISZA E-Newsletter is available online here. Go to the bottom of the project homepage to obtain a free newsletter subscription.
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Contact
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JOINTISZA Project Manager
Balázs Horváth
Phone: +36 1 225 4400 extension 10330
E-mail: jointisza@ovf.hu
JOINTISZA Communication Manager
Imola Koszta
Phone: + 36 26 504 000
E-mail: ikoszta@rec.org
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