Nexus Assessment of the Drina River Basin Concept Note of the Phase II Nexus Assessment Report

Nexus Assessment of the Drina River Basin Concept Note of the Phase II Nexus Assessment Report Background on the work on the water-food-energy-ecosystems nexus on the Sava and the Drina, and the Drina River Basin Concept Note of the Phase II Nexus Assessment Report Annukka Lipponen, UNECE Consultation on Montenegro - online Wednesday 26 February 2021, 9:30–14:00 Nexus dialogue in the Drina: from i. [...] Desk study of flow regulation and environmental flows, review of the situation in the Drina, identifying examples of formal cooperation arrangements and good practices, and determining future formalization options for improving the flow regime; -> establishment of an Expert Group on flow regulation and environmental flows, which first meeting was held 11-12 June 2019 in Zagreb, hosted by the Inter. [...] Energy choices will have a major impact on the Drina water resources (uses of water in the future, multiple actors involved in flow regulation, sedimentation, impact on biodiversity and communities, etc.). [...] Drina II Nexus Assessment Technical Report - Structure • A summary • Technical/re • Legal/Gover • List of of the Drina source nance possible Nexus focused focused nexus Participatory • Sustainable • Flow projects and Process Energy regulation related (towards Deployment modalities investments Nexus (modelling (formalizatio Strategy/Roa of energy- n options) in dmap fo the water the Drina Drina RB). [...] Lipponen: presented at RE Hard Talks in Bosnia content presented to Permanent and Herzegovina and Serbia (2018 Expert Group on River Basin and 2019) Management of ISRBC Background Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Annex Towards a Drina Nexus Roadmap/Strategy • A high-level political document with a substantive background/rationale • Integrates the recommendations issued from the Drina II Nexus Assessment, Drina.