RESEAU INTERNATIONAL DES ORGANISMES DE BASSIN
INTERNATIONAL NETWORK OF BASIN ORGANISATIONSRED INTERNACIONAL DE ORGANISMOS DE CUENCA

The objective of INBO-Academy is to support the skills development of Basin Organisations staff;
aside with the conferences organised by or with INBO, where peers-to-peers exchanges are at thecore of our practices, INBO will propose training courses either in close cooperation with its members,
for transferring good practices among BOs worldwide, or in close cooperation with external partners,
more specialised on one concern or another.
INBO-Academy will mostly propose eLearning courses, either live thanks to web-based seminars, orstandalone courses available from the website, or disseminated on CD Rom.
This approach is justified by our willingness to increase the flexibility of training practices : somecourses will be run at predefined time (live sessions, with a direct contact with the lecturer/expert andcolleagues), and others will be available 24/7, with an asynchronous link with the expert (s).

The typical “Classroom”

You, with a headset (better) or theloudspeakers of your PC with a microphoneYour computerconnected to Internet
Your office, or your home,or wherever you want

The best available Experts, and your colleagues,
worldwide, together in your office
Typically we propose 2-hour session, for fitting as well as possible to the (busy) agenda of ouraudience – several sessions can be combined in homogeneous modules (from 1 up to 4 sessions),
being performed within 2 up to 4 weeks.
And several modules can be sum up for a certificate (to be developed later).

INBO-Academy and ECRR – the European Centre for River Restoration (www.ecrr.org), join
their forces to propose to Basin Organisations management staff a course at a distance :Introductory Course on River Restoration for decision-makers
The European picture of river functions and conflicts is quite variable from one country toanother; as a consequence, priorities can differ. Nevertheless, under the ECRR (EuropeanCentre for River Restoration) umbrella, there is a common view on RR, which should target
the restoration of entire ecosystems and their processes, in which, as in undisturbed nature,dynamism is a key feature, expressed as the self-sustaining capacity of river and stream
ecosystems, and their ability to respond to imposed external environmental changes (e.g.
climate change). River dynamics can be used as the central process of restoration andcreate future trajectories of ecosystem and its self-maintained recovery.
Between 1998 and 2005, Europe suffered over 100 major damaging floods. Flood alleviation
measures must be based on an integrated implementation and planning of project resulted ina better protection against floods and contributed to the natural development and/orhydrological connectivity of floodplains.
Linkages and feedbacks between hydrology, geomorphology and ecology along rivercorridors have provided knowledge that has influenced the way the rivers are managed
today.
River restoration is an effective tool to implement EU Directive, and chiefly the Water
Framework Directive; on the other hand, existing legislation gives good opportunities toimplement river restoration measures.

This “Introductory course” is the first of a Series of lectures, to give to BOs staff the keys tounderstand how to use ecological approach for reaching the Good Ecological Status or
Potential of their water bodies, and to fight against floods.

The aim of this first course is to test the interest of INBO members both for the topic, and theway the lecture is delivered : the course will be run from April 9th, 2010, during 4 weeks (one2 hour-session per week at a distance) incl. one conclusive session.

Audience :River basin managers or decision makers from basin organisations, involved in the definition
and implementation of measures,Consultancies willing to expand their competencies.
People already involved in RR would not take advantage of this course – ECRR and theirnational components already propose in-depth courses for practitioners.
Language :The language for this introductory course is English.
Participants who feel not comfortable with English, and then prefer French or Spanish shouldrefer to the organisers – a special course could be organised if a sufficient number ofparticipants request it.
Cost :
The course is offered for FREE by INBO and ECRR, but the attendance is subject toregistration, and a self-commitment to attend the sessions (except in case of force majeure,of course).
Dates :
Session 1 : Friday, April 9, 2010, from 12 to 2pm (Central European time)
Session 2 : Friday, April 16, 2010, from 12 to 2pm (Central European time)
Session 3 : Friday, April 23, 2010, from 12 to 2pm (Central European time)
Session 4 : Friday, April 30, 2010, from 12 to 2pm (Central European time)
Potential participants for who those dates don’t fit (not European time, not Friday) should
contact the organisers to discuss possible extra dates.

Contact :This course is run by
CIRF, Centro Italiano per la Riqualificazione Fluviale (Italian Centre for River Restoration),
Office International de l’Eau, INBO Permanent Technical Secretary.
Registration and organisation :Content of the course :Programme :See attachment

Gilles NEVEU (OIEau) g.neveu@oieau.fr
Bruna GUMIERO (CIRF) bruna.gumiero@unibo.it

BASICS OF ECOLOGICAL RIVER RESTORATION:
Essential tool to implement “Good Ecological Status”
An operational introductory e Learning course
This course is run by
CIRF, Centro Italiano per la Riqualificazione Fluviale (Italian Centre for River Restoration),
Office International de l’Eau, INBO Permanent Technical Secretary.
Aim: provide participants with an integrated view of Ecological River Restoration and how
they could use RR to achieve GES.
Audience:

River Basin Managers
Consultancies

SESSION 1 : Friday, April 9, 2010 – from 12 am to 2 pm
An introduction on River Restoration and Good Ecological Status (GES) by ECRR
To be hold by Bart Fokkens, ECRR president
Programme:
First 20 mn
Introduction to River Restoration in Europe
Why is restoration needed
What are the main principles of (ecological River Restoration)
What is the state of the art of River restoration / how did it develop
Second 20 mn
The European Water Framework Directive(WFD) and River Restoration
Good ecological status and good ecological potential
European Eco-regions and WFD in relation to Integrated River basin management (IRBM)WFD Plans of measures in relation to the River Restoration measures
Third 20 mn
Policy drivers for River Restoration
Climate change adaption measures
Flood prevention
Renewable energy
Fisheries
European Ecological networks

SESSION 2 : Friday, April 16, 2010 – from 12 am to 2 pm
Water quality: a basin scale strategy to achieve GES
To be hold by Philip Weller, Executive Secretary of ICPDR (International Commission forthe protection of the Danube River) - He will present his daily experience within ICPDR.
Programme:
First 20 mn
Analysing and evaluating the ecological conditions of a large riverbasin - the experience in the Danube River
Second 20 mn
Developing restoration strategies across borders - preparing a RiverBasin Management Plan under the EU water framework Directive.
Third 20 mn
Challenges in implementing restoration actions on a large basin scale - cooperation in theDanube River Basin.

SESSION 3: Friday, April 23, 2010 – from 12 am to 2 pm
Hydrogeomorphology and RR: interaction with Good Ecological Status.
To be hold by Dr Hervé Piegay, Research Director at CNRS (Lyon, France),
geomorphologist - He will present his own experience with local river basin Authority (RhoneRiver a medium size alpine basin).
Programme:
First 20 mn
Definition of hydromorphology and associated concepts (hydrosystem, process-responses,continuum, channel adjustment, trajectory…), linkage between human pressures,hydrogeomorphology, ecological responses.
Second 20 mn
Introduction of physical restoration, Classification of measures from local-scale to regional
scale, from the form recreation to the process integration.
Third 20 mn
Challenging issues and tools available for targeting, monitoring and designing restoration
actions; a few examples. i) Planning tools to evaluate hydromorphological alterations andtarget actions at the district scale, ii) monitoring issues, iii) modelling potential ecologicaleffects of physical improvements, uncertainties in applying physical restoration.

SESSION 4 : Friday, April 30, 2010 – from 12 am to 2 pm
Round table with all lecturers to develop the discussion on most interesting matters, andanswer to participants questions.
Wrap up session.