Proposed components of regional workplan

1. EUROPEAN UNION WATER INITIATIVE PLUSEUROPEAN UNION WATER INITIATIVE PLUS
FOR THE EASTERN PARTNERSHIPFOR THE EASTERN PARTNERSHIP
PROPOSED COMPONENTS OF REGIONAL WORKPLANPROPOSED COMPONENTS OF REGIONAL WORKPLAN

2. Basins involved by different EUWI+ activities:
Dniepr (Belarus, Ukraine)
Dniestr (Moldova, Ukraine)
Khrami-Debed (Armenia, Georgia)
Kura (Azerbaijan, Georgia)
Neman (Belarus, Lithuania)
Pripyat (Belarus, Ukraine)
Prut (Moldova, Romania, Ukraine)
Western Dvina/Daugava (Belarus, Latvia)
Transboundary cooperation, 1/2

3. Support to different types of activities, depending on
needs expressed by countries:
bilateral meetings (Dniestr, Khrami-Debed, Kura,
Neman, Western Dvina/Daugava)
joint transboundary bodies (Kura)
preparation of bilateral agreements (Khrami-Debed,
Kura)
basin assessments (Alazani-Iori, Pripyat)
umbrella basin plans (Prut)
Coordination with other donor projects: ongoing or
planned GEF projects (Kura, Dniestr, Neman)
Transboundary cooperation, 2/2

4.  Trainings at regional or subregional level:
- environmental/ecological flow methodologies
- application of water allocation plans
- development of national water strategies
- monitoring of the progress with Sustainable
Development Goal 6 (SDG-6)
- implementation of the Protocol on Water and Health and
reporting
- Use of economic instruments in managing water
resources
 Support to participation at working groups of ICPDR
(International Commission for the Protection of the Danube
River) – Moldova, Ukraine
Capacity building and regional
thematic events

5.  Development and annually updating the communication
strategy for IWRM
 Support to implementation of the communication
strategy:
• Production of information and promotional materials
• Promoting activities (communication campaigns, school information
sessions, conferences, round tables and other events
• Communication of both Result 1 and Result 2
• Organisation of exchanges and events
 Capacity building for communication on IWRM
Communication and Visibility:
Activities

6.  Website: exchange platform and information website;
 Information materials: Leaflets on the national components
printed and distributed among stakeholders during public
events
 Press releases, press briefings or meetings with journalists;
 Project Newsletter;
 Social media and networks;
 Seminars/workshops;
 Participation in relevant public events and activities.
Main communication tools

7. Flyers
Banners
Brochures
Press releases
Reports
Example of outputs of
communication/visibility activities
EU Water Initiative (EUWI) for Eastern Partnership:
New Project to accelerate Water Policy Reforms in
EU’s neighbourhood zone
The Eastern Partnership (EaP) is a joint political initiative launched at
the Prague Summit on May 7, 2009. Its aim is to deepen and strengthen
the economic, travel and other strategic relations between the
European Union and its six Eastern neighbours: Armenia, Azerbaijan,
Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine.
In recent years, the countries of the former USSR have demonstrated willingness to align their water policies
and practices with the general principles and specific requirements of the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD
2000/60/EC), as well as other thematic and sectoral water directives and the UN Multilateral Environmental
Agreements (MEAs).
It is in this context that the European Union
Water Initiative Plus for Eastern Partnership
Countries (EUWI+) was initiated by the
Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and
Enlargement Negotiations (DG NEAR) of the
European Commission for a period of 4 years
(2016-2020).
This regional project is aimed at the Eastern
Neighbourhood partners: the 3 countries with
an in force EU Association Agreements for
Partnership and Cooperation (Ukraine,
Moldova and Georgia) and the three most
advanced countries on the integration of the Water Framework Directive (Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Belarus).
The project is coordinated with the various cooperation initiatives in the field of water and is based on the
results and lessons learned from the regional projects carried out by the EU in EaP countries in the field of
water, especially Environmental Protection of International River Basins (EPIRB), 2012-2016.
This work is carried out under the auspices of UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and Organisation
for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) that lead the National Water Policy Dialogues (NDPs) as
well as the Austrian Federal Environment Agency (UBA), leader of the consortium of Member States (Austria,
France, and Croatia). In this project, UBA is in charge of surface and groundwater monitoring and laboratory
accreditation support. The International Office for Water, a French partner, unites on behalf of the Ministry of
the Environment, Energy and the Sea the various public and private partners in the water sector in order to
transfer Know-how in the development and implementation of River Basin Management Plans (RBMPs),
including stakeholder participation mechanisms at each scale (basin, national, international) and shared data
management.

8. Project web site and information
Platform: euwipluseast.eu