Comparative table based on the assessment report on RBM Planning EU Water Initiative plus for Eastern Partnership (EUWI+East) Regional Capacity building Workshop on Strategic and Mid-term Planning for Water Management Minsk, Belarus, 25 april 2018

1. Item 3. The role of RBMPs for integrating national strategy implementation at river basin district scale
Challenges for RBM Planning development and implementation based on WFD principles in EaP countries
Comparative table based on the assessment report on RBM Planning
ID Criteria Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Georgia Moldova Ukraine
0 Area (order of magnitude
in km²)
29,740 km² 86,600 km² 207,600 km² 69,700 km² 33,850 km² 603,550 km²
0 Population (order of
magnitude in millions)
3 M inh. 9.9 M inh. 9.5 M inh. 4.9 M inh. 3.5 M inh. 45 M inh.
0 Total renewable water
m3
resources per
inhabitant per year
2,580
m3
/inhabitant/year
4,120
m3
/inhabitant/year
6,100
m3
/inhabitant/year
14,160
m3
/inhabitant/year
3,010
m3
/inhabitant/year
3,910
m3
/inhabitant/year
0 Agreement with
European Union
Comprehensive
and Enhanced
Partnership
Agreement
Enhanced trade
provisions of the
Partnership and
Cooperation
Agreement in
process
Association
Agreement
Association
Agreement
Association
Agreement
1 RBMP in Law Included in Water
Code 2002
(Water Basin
Management
Plan)
Not included in
Water code 1999
Included in Water
Code 2014
Not included in
Water code 1997
Included in Water
Law 2011
Included in Water
Code 2014
1 Number of Hydrographic
Districts defined in the
law (and average area)
6 (4,960 km²) Not defined in law 5 (41,520 km²) Not defined in law 2 (16,920 km²) 9 (67,060 km²)
1 RBMPs developed 3/6 + 2 under
prep. with EUWI+
1 under prep./7 1/5 + 1 under pr. 1/6 + 2 under pr. 2/2 + 1 under im 4/9 + 1 under pr.
1 New RBMPs EUWI+
(number / km²)
2 / 8,800 km² 1 / 18,480 km² 1 / 52,700 km² 2 / 19,140 km² 1 / 14,700 km² 1 / 296,320 km²
1 In charge of RBMPs
elaboration
Water Resources
Management
Agency
MENR
Environmental
Policy Department
Ministry of Natural
Resources and
Environmental
Protection
Minprirody
MEPA with NEA Apele Moldove,
MARDE
State Agency for
Water Resources-
Basin Administration
for Water Resources
(BUVR)

2. Item 3. The role of RBMPs for integrating national strategy implementation at river basin district scale
Challenges for RBM Planning development and implementation based on WFD principles in EaP countries
ID Criteria Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Georgia Moldova Ukraine
1 Dedicated RBMP team
for RBMP development
and implementation
monitoring to be
supported by EUWI+
Yes, to be
strengthened and
acquire more
ownership
No, to be prefigured
in a multi-
disciplinary working
group?
Yes CRICUWR
research institute
No, to be
prefigured in a
multi-disciplinary
working group?
Yes, to be
strengthened and
acquire more
ownership
Yes, to be
strengthened and
acquire more
ownership
1 Thematic leaders defined To be defined Defined Defined Defined Defined Defined
1 RBMP National
guidelines
RBMP outline
adopted by Order
of the
Government
Technical Code of
Good Practice
(TKP)
Outline same as
WFD-Annex 7
Outline same as WFD-
Annex 7
1 In charge of RBMPs
approval
Governmental
Resolution
To be defined Oblasts executive
committees after
Basin Council’s
advice
To be defined Government
approval after
Basin Council’s
advice
Cabinet of Ministers
after Basin Council’s
advice
3 National /basin Water
Information System
State Water
Cadastre existing
but not on line
State water
cadaster mentioned
in water code but
not existing
State water
cadaster
mentioned in
water code but
not integrated and
not on line
“state system of
record keeping on
water and water
use” indicated in
the water law but
not existing
SIRA under
development
State water cadaster
mentioned in water
code
GEOPORTAL in place
4 RBMP implementation To be
strengthened
To be strengthened To be
strengthened
To be
strengthened
To be
strengthened
To be strengthened
5 Basin councils Water Code 2014 Water Law 2011 Ministry of Ecology
and Natural Resources
MENR Order 2017 "On
Approval of the Model
Regulation on Basin
Councils"
5 Stakeholders’
involvement
To be developed To be developed To be developed To be developed To be developed To be developed