JOINTISZA - National-level stakeholder involvement in the framework of the JOINTISZA project
27-07-2018
The public involvement within the framework of the JOINTISZA project is an important element. Different levels and steps of involvement were planned and described in the original project proposal. The direct involvement of SHs started with a training for the project experts. A 2-day training (seminar) on stakeholder involvement was developed for the planning experts, and organized back to back with the 1st project management unit meeting. The event was held in Szolnok, back in June 2017, with more than 50 participants. Within this the Shared Vison Planning methodology was also presented.
This event was followed by national level follow-up meetings with the project partners, as well as national level stakeholder meetings, interviews and other events, organized between July 2017 and June 2018. The goal of the national-level SH involvement was to establish a list of stakeholders of the 5 countries for further steps and to recieve general comments of the stakeholders on basin wide importance problems of the Tisza River and the 1st ITRBMP.
The project partners performed more than 10 national level follow-up meetings, 15 stakeholder group meetings and 11 individual stakeholder interviews were done. More than 400 stakeholders participated on these events basin wide. These SHs were educated through dissemation materials and presentations about the relevant significant water management issues of the Tisza river and the 1st ITRBMP. More than 500 SHs in two countries were targeted with online questionnaires. Most of the involved SHs sent or expressed suggestions or comments related to the Tisza river basin management in general, or to the ITRBMP. We compiled a list of more than 200 active stakeholders who wants to contribute to the further steps.
Following this first level stakeholder involvement, other involvement events will be organized in order to receive comments on the new draft elements of the 2nd ITRBMP.
