Date:
October 21st 2015 to October 24th 2015
The 13th conference of the "EUROPE-INBO" group, which took place in Thessaloniki, Greece, from 21 to 24 October 2015.
In the extension of the European Commission’s "Blueprint", the work of the 13th "EUROPE - INBO 2015" international conference in Thessaloniki was organized around four roundtables dedicated to current events in the practical implementation of the WFD and other European water-related directives. They allowed discussing the following issues:
- Measures of adaptation to the effects of climate change; "water" component of the COP21 in Paris in 2015; preparation of the 2nd European Water Framework Directive management plans (2016-2021);
- Water governance in Transboundary Basins;
- The financing of water policy and economic analyses;
- Local processes for the application of the Directives (tributaries, aquifers, bays….) and the participation of local stakeholders (Local Authorities, farmers, industrialists, hydropower sector, fishermen, inland waterways, fish farmers, NGOs, etc.), and public involvement.
