The document summarizes the proceedings of the 1st Working Group meeting on Cres held on April 8, 2015. Participants from universities, institutions, and companies discussed projects related to water and drought management in the Adriatic Sea impacted by climate change. Primoz Banovec presented the basics of EU funding opportunities, particularly the EU MED program. The working group proposed including in the project proposal: protecting Lake Vrana from climate change and monitoring underground conditions; assessing water abstraction from the lake; modernizing water supply networks; evaluating waste water treatment and reuse; and protecting small water retentions. The group agreed to include all proposed activities in the initial project proposal draft. A meeting was also held with the Mayor of Cres who pledged

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Water and Drought Management and in
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1th Meeting of Cres projet WG, 8 April
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Starting the activity different
To listen and to respect each other ideas !!

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1th Working group meeting on Cres, 8 April 2015
Participants from universities, institutions, professional
association, companies:
Primož Banovec - University of Ljubljana, Višnja Hinić-
Rijeka, Anja Potokar-Limnos Ljubljana, Igor Rizvić-
Youth Council Cres, Teufik Rizvić-GEO-TEO Cres, Josip
Rubinić-University of Rijeka, Bojan Zmaić- Croatian
Water Pollution Control Society Zagreb, Martina
Zupan, GWP CEE and GWP Slovenija
Bratislava/LjubljanaScope of the meeting:
Information on the projects related to the water and drought management in the
Adriatic sea and islands affected by climate change, proposals of participants and
their capability to participate in the various segments of the program, presentation
of the basics rules of EU tenders, more specifically the EU MED program, which will
be announced on 15 June 2015.

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Primož Banovec presented the basics rules of EU tenders, what to include
that the application has a chance to be accepted for funding. More
specifically he presented the main features of the EU MED program, which
will announce a call on 15 June 2015. Eligible countries are the EU Member
States: France, Greece, Croatia, Italy, Slovenia, and Spain. The program
includes four types of sites which pose significant challenges in resource
management and development and economic problems: coastal, urban, rural
areas, islands.
The overall objective of the MED Programme is to promote sustainable
growth in the Mediterranean area by fostering innovative concepts and
practices and a reasonable use of resources and by supporting social
integration through an integrated and territorially based cooperation
approach.

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For the Cres project the most appropriate is the priority 3 in the MED program,
which is about the protection and promotion of the Mediterranean natural
and cultural resources, and includes pressures, climate change, islands and
urban development.
After the introductory presentation of the MED program the participants
presented the needs of the island, which should be included in the project:
• Protection of Lake Vrana, with respect to climate change and monitoring of
the condition in the underground, which would enable active management
system for timely warning of the risk for salinisation of the lake.
• To check the permissible quantity of water abstraction from lake without the
risk of sea water intrusion. To assess possible impact of climate change as well
as of increased consumption, especially during the tourist season.

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• Water supply network modernization, planning water tanks of sufficient
volumes, reflection on the waste water management
• Evaluate the possibility to use the treated waste water as a resource and
on the other hand to assess the impact of discharging poorly treated waste
water into the environment (ground or sea).
• To assess the best waste water treatment and possible reuse, also as a
• Protection and revitalization of small retentions (in Croatian “vaške
lokve”) for the needs of the animals, fire safety in the areas without water
supply, irrigatio source of plant nutrients.n. To assess the possible impact
of climate change on the small retentions ecosystem.

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• Additional cleaning of the drainage water from the road released from the
separators in the influence area of the Lake Vrana in the constructed wetland and
using treated water as a resource.
• It is very important to involve the local communities to the project preparation
process as soon as possible. There is a big difference between the way of
development of Cres and Lošinj and it is necessary to find acceptable solution for
both local communities.
• Primož Banovec prepared the first draft of the project proposal, and the
participants agreed it is possible to include all proposed activities. The basic idea
of the project proposal is to make the water balance of the island. The island is a
bounded unit and it is possible to prepare the water balance, although certain
problem represents the not yet well known exchange of water between the sea
and land.

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Meeting at the local comunity
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On Thursday, 09/04/2015 we met the mayor of
the city Cres Mr. Kristijan Jurjako and his co-
workers. They promised full support to the
project, which is estimated to be important for
the island.
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They asked us to send a Letter of Intent to
them. We all agreed that it is necessary to
involve the mayor of the city Mali Lošinj and the
mayor of the Primorje Goransko County. Both
meetings will be organized as soon as possible
and will be attended by the delegation of
working group members.

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Thank you for your attention!
Vrana Lake Small retention- (“Vaška lokva”)

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Thank you for your attention!
Vrana Lake Small retention- (“Vaška lokva”)