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The WaTer ConvenTion: 20 years of successful water coo
Lake Maggiore returns to an oligotrophic state thanks to measures
recommended by the Swiss-Italian Commission in 1984
The Convention on Cooperation for the Protection and
Sustainable Use of the River Danube (AT, BA, BG, HR, CZ, DE,
HU, MD, ME, RO, RS, SK, SI, UA, EU) establishes the International
Commission for the Protection of the Danube River
The Central Asian States
agreement (KZ, KG, TJ,
TM, UZ) establishes the
Interstate Commission
for Water Coordination
of Central Asia
Discharge Rule of
Lake Saimaa and
river Vuoksi
(FI-RU),1989
Germany-Poland, Russian
Federation-Ukraine and
Kazakhstan-Russian
Federation agreements
Mesta/Nestos (BG, GR), Czech RepublicGermany and Mongolia-Russian
Federation agreements
Convention on the International
Commission for the Protection of
the Oder (CZ, DE, PL)
1995
Croatia-Slovenia, Bosnia and
Herzegovina-Croatia and PolandUkraine agreements
1994
1993
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Joint Expert Group established under
Industrial Accidents and Water Conventions
China
MoU
suppo
2004
The new Franco-Swiss
Genevese aquifer
agreement is signed
Albania-Greece and LithuaniaPoland agreements
Iran-Turkmenistan and
Croatia-Montenegro
agreements
Chu-Talas Commission
(KZ-KG) established
3
200
2005
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7
Protocol on Civil Liability
signed at the 5th
“Environment for Europe”
Ministerial Conference
as a response to the Baia
Mare accident
Dam safety project starts in Central Asia
Safety Guidelines and Good Practices
for Pipelines, developed jointly with
the Industrial Accidents Convention
Start of the National Policy Dialogues
(NPDs) on IWRM under the EU Water
Initiative in Armenia, the Republic of
Moldova and Ukraine
Benefits of co-operation
Gains from co-operation can
First Assessment
of Transboundary
Rivers, Lakes and
Groundwaters
presented at the 6th
“Environment for
Europe” Ministerial
Conference
Start of the activities
on climate change
adaptation
The Internation
Lake Geneva ad
China-Russian Federation agreement
2008
Strategies on Monitoring and
Assessment adopted
Model Provisions on Transboundary
Flood Management adopted
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Agreement on
Development o
Recommendations on Payments
for Ecosystem Services in Integrated
Water Resources Management
(IWRM) adopted
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