Water Family Meeting and Symposium on Water Equity in South-East Europe and the Mediterranean 28-29 March 2019 Palazzo Zorzi, Venice (Italy) - Miroslava Nenadić, Directorate for Water Management, Montenegro

1. WATER MANAGEMENT IN
MONTENEGRO
Montenegro
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural
Development
Miroslava Nenadić

2. What will be presented?
• Current water resource situation in Montenegro,
• Issues with water management in Montenegro,
• Work and effort of the governing body, aimed at improving the management of
water resources in Montenegro.
INTRO

3. CHARACTERISTICS OF WATER RESOURCES
• About Montenegro
– Location:
• South Eastern Europe, on the Adriatic Sea
– Borders with:
• West: Croatia and Bosnia &Herzegovina
• North: Serbia
• East: Kosovo * (1244) and Albania
– Area of 13k km²
– Population of 620k
*References to Kosovo shall be understood to be in the context of Security Council Resolution 1244 (1999)

4. CHARACTERISTICS OF WATER RESOURCES
• Montenegro River Basins
Danube River BasinAdriatic River Basin

5. CHARACTERISTICS OF WATER RESOURCES
• Key information:
– 95.3% of waterways is formed in
Montenegro
– Montenegro is part of Dinaric karst
region
– 92% of water supply is from
groundwater

6. LEGAL FRAMEWORK
• Law on Waters (OGD MNE 27/07…84/18)
• Law on changes and amendments on waters (in parliament
procedure)
• Law on water management financing (OG MNE No. 65/08, 74/10 i
40/11)
• Law on ratification of convention on the protection and use of
transboundary water courses and international lakes (OG MNE
No. 1/14)
• Law on ratification of agreements between the Government of
Montenegro and the Government of Croatia on relations in water
management (OG MNE No.1/08)
• Law on ratification of convention on Non-Navigational uses of
international water courses (OG MNE No. 6/13)

7. • Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
• Water Administration
• Ministry of Sustainable Development and Tourism
• Ministry of Health
• Ministry of Internal Affairs (Directorate for Emergency Situations)
• Institut of Hydrometeorology and Seismology
• Geological Survey of Montenegro
• Ministry of Economy
• Local Authority
• Public Enterprise for Coastal Zone Management
• Ministry of Transport and Maritime Affairs (Maritime Safety Department
and Port Management Administration)
• Administration for Inspection Affairs
• Institute for Public Health
INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK

8. KEY ACTIVITIES, EXPECTED AND ACHIEVED RESULTS
• Founding of Directorate for Water Management
• Some of ongoing projects:
– Strengthening Capacity for the Implementation of the
Water Framework Directive, IPA 2014
• Hydrogeological Research Program
– Preliminary Assessment of the Flood Risk and a
Hydraulic Model of the Bojana River
• Risky flood zones
– Drim River Basin project

9. COOPERATION WITH UNESCO
• DIKTAS Project
– Regional project, several SEE countries involved
– Undertaken to improve the management of Dinaric karst
groundwater
• DIKTAS SAP Project
– Continuation of DIKTAS project
• Drim Project
– Design and Testing Multipurpose Groundwater
Monitoring Network for Albania and Montenegro

10. CHALLENGES
• Monitoring
• Informing and education of
population
• Financing
• Improving administrative capacity
• Public participation

11. CONCLUSION

12. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!