WECF Dniester River Basin Management project

First workshops and training sessions in Moldova and Ukraine

04.04.2008 | Chantal van den Bossche

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From March 3-5 the partners of the 3 year Dniester River Bain Management project met in Chisinau for the annual planning meeting. The project aims at involving civil society and local communities in environmental management of 4 tributary rivers of the cross-border Dniester river. The challenges faced by Moldova and Ukraine, are pollution of the river from untreated waste-water, solid waste, industrial waste, cooling water as well as erosion from (illegal) wood logging along the river banks. The project connects with the international efforts of Moldova, Ukraine and the OCSE for better cooperation in addressing these challenges.

The partners in the 3-year project are the lead NGOs, Eco-Tiras, Ecospectr, Black Sea Women’s Club and their 6 local partner NGOs.

The project is financed by the MATRA programme of the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

From March 31 to April 2 Black Sea Women’s Club organised the first stakeholder meeting, in the Lipa River Basin, a tributary to the Dniester river. During 2 days, 16 NGOs were trained on interactive moderation and facilitation skills, followed by a high level meeting with representatives of different stakeholders of the river basin. 30 representatives of local authorities, schools, NGOs and a number of interested individuals took part in the meeting. They identified key problems of their river basin, and worked in working groups to plan the project activities to find solutions to these problems in the framework of the project.

Contact

  • Svetlana Slesarenonk, Black Sea Women’s Club slesarenok (at) ukr.net
  • Ilya Trombitsky, Eco-Tiras, ilyatrom (at) hotmail.com
  • Ivan Ignatiev, Ecospectr, ecospectrum (at) mail.ru
  • Sabine Brueckmann, WECF, Sabine.Brueckmann (at) wecf.eu

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