The Slovenian second workshop of the project was hosted by the spa resort of Radenci, located in the Mura river pilor area. 15 participants were present in the event which took place on May 19th, 2022. 

During the first part, the conceptual background was presented, as well as the results of the first stakeholders workshop. The second part was dedicated to working with the Mental Modeller tool and working with different scenarios in order to identify different pressures impacting ecosystem services and water quality. 

The pressures identified to have the biggest and most important impact on water quality were:
- Invasive alien species,
- Human built infrastructure,
- Pesticides,
- Storms/ extreme natural events,
- Solid waste (plastics, dredging waste).

During the discussion, the stakeholders agreed that invasive alien species pressure can be reduced up to -0,3 in the future if all stakeholders (land owners, public institutions, others) take active part in removal of invasive alien species (mainly plants in pilot area Mura River) and replanting with indigenous tree species. Some activities addressing this pressure are already under way.

Pressure for human built infrastructure will in future probably slightly increase (+0,1) since the development of tourism and road infrastructure is expected. Nevertheless, stakeholders agreed that inside the pilot area, no major changes are to be expected.

Stakeholders agreed that pressure from use of pesticides should be in the future decreased. A value of -0,2 was estimated. There were no stakeholders from the agricultural sector present at the workshop to debate this value, however.

Stakeholders agreed that due to climate change pressure from storms/extreme events will in future increase. A value of +0,2 was agreed. 

In the past years, positive progress has been made in reducing the pressure from solid waste disposal. Stakeholders agreed that this pressure can be in future reduced with around -0,2. 

Drought events were the only pressure the participants agreed on not to change, as In Slovenia there are no hydropower plants on the Mura river, so amount of water that reaches the Slovenian pilot area is largely dependent by Austrian actions. 

Agreed concept for water quality improvement in Mura River

Stakeholders agreed that the three most needed measures to improve water quality of the Mura River are:
- Use of autochthonous plants and trees (in case of forests),
- Establishment of buffer zones,
- Restoration of the natural flow regime.

All three measures are very much connected and are supporting each-other in terms of increasing the overall resilience of the pilot area Mura. All measures are directed towards strengthening biodiversity, self-cleaning capabilities of the river and reducing climate change risk on local level. The time needed to implement these actions is somewhere between 15-20 years.