SEMINAR 16 -18 november 2011 ljubljana
Forging Targets and Solutions
for Rivers and Water Ecosystem Restoration
Collaborate with us to set the agenda at the 6th World Water Forum!

Sign up now for theopportunity
to influence thetargets of the 6th
World Water Forumof March 2012,
for the greater
European region.
Help to develop new knowledge
and know-how on rivers hydromorphology, restoration andprotection of water ecosystems.
Visit www.ecrr.org regularly to stay
up to date with the latest news, andfor registration.
Free admission is made possibleby the World Water Forum, ONEMA,RESTORE, EU Life+, ECRR, and theInstitute for Water of the Republic ofSlovenia.

Organising committee:• European Centre for River Restoration(ECRR) (Lead partner).
For more info visit www.ecrr.org.
• European Water Association (EWA).
For more info visit www.ewaonline.de.
• Institute for Water of the Republic ofSlovenia (IzVRS). For more info visit
www.izvrs.si/index_eng.html.
• The French National Agency for Water
and Aquatic Environments (ONEMA).
For more info visit www.onema.fr.
• RESTORE, Partnership for sharing
knowledge and good practice on River
Restoration in Europe (Environment
Agency, Wetlands International, SYKE,DLG, RRC, CIRF). For more info visit
www.restorerivers.eu or email
restore@environment-agency.gov.uk
The RESTORE project is madepossible with thecontribution of the LIFE+
financial instrument of theEuropean Community.

Why you cannot afford to miss this:• Inspiring solutions - by examining
river restoration practices and also how
this might be delivered or supported
through land use planning, tourism andeducation.
• Invaluable networking - the ideal
platform to meet and share ideas withlike-minded professionals.
• Leading intelligence - share your viewon river restoration with the leading
experts from around Europe andbeyond.
• Find out about RESTORE: the newLIFE+ project for sharing knowledge
and promoting good practice on riverrestoration in Europe.
This seminar is a preparatory meeting forthe 6th World Water Forum, for the greater
European region1. The goal is to build
capacity by working on new knowledge
for the protection and restoration of rivers
and other water ecosystems. This goal will
be achieved by formulating targets and aconcrete plan of action focused
1 This European region comprises: the European Union, theCandidate countries to the European Union, Norway andSwitzerland, the Balkans, Eastern Europe, Belarus, Moldova,Ukraine, the Russian Federation, the Caucasus, Armenia,
Azerbaijan, Georgia.

on 4 main topics:
1. Promote integration of aquatic
ecosystems conservation in land (use)planning and other territorial policies,
2. Reach consensus on river restoration
good practices as a means to supportdelivery of European policy goals.
3. Reinforce public education onwater ecosystems and resources
preservation and restoration,
4. Improve the link between tourism
development and quality of waterecosystems.
This is for you if you are a: policy maker,planner, engineer, land and catchment
planner, river restoration organisation andnetwork, river manager, representativefrom stake holders like hydro-power, landowner/famer, navigation organisation andanybody else who wants to pull in thesubject.

SEE NEXT PAGE FOR TENTATIVEPROGRAMECRRNEWS - 3/2011
SEMINAR 16 -18 november 2011 ljubljana
WWF6 Draft targets

Tentative program

1. ... projects use knowledge fromgood practices of local land – useplanning and land-bank instruments
for ecosystem conservation / riverrestoration.
2. Delivery of European policy
objectives at local to basin scale isunderpinned by shared knowledge
and understanding of good practice
approaches to river restoration, basedon stakeholder owned problem analysis
and action plans, in … cases.
3. Lessons learned from social perception
studies and questionnaires/polls testing
the knowledge of the public will be
communicated in … river basins.
4. ... examples of integrated land andwater management planning projects
that take into account tourism
development will be reported on theForum solutions website.

Day 1:

12:00	Registration, information fair
13:00 - 13:30
Plenary opening session
13.30 - 16.30
Workshops
To identify main problems and solutions regarding the4 main topics.
It is vital that information on good practice is developedand shared to support the implementation of the EC Water
Framework Directive and other key European Directives to help
address the decline in river habitat. Sharing will be done in sucha way that policy makers, practitioners and stakeholders canrelate this to their policy drivers and the related measures thatthey require, can access information that is contextually relevantto them, can understand the challenges and opportunities thatriver restoration presents and can as necessary engage withthose that have practical experience to share.
16:30 - 18.00
Info fair
Organisations present their activities, achievements and resultswith respect to the 4 main topics at stands, with posters, films,
brochures, etc.
Whether you are interested in national, basin wide or EU
policies... We intend to look at a wide range of themes
associated with river restoration and catchment management.
Please contact us at info@ecrr.org if you have information you
would like to share.
18:00	Network event hosted by RESTORE
Exchange experiences and interact informally with your peers at
the RESTORE network event. (see textbox).
Day 2

RESTORE will address the lackof opportunities for sharing riverrestoration good practice andknowledge by creating:• an online knowledge management
database of case studies;• a website supporting informationsuch as European good practise;• 36 events in over 10 countries;• field visits• a major international conference.
If you or your organisation is involved
in river restoration or you are looking
to know more about river restoration
we hope to meet you. If you would
like to showcase your work within ourdatabase and perhaps be identified as
European good practise, please bringexamples of your work.

November 16

November 17

9:00 - 11:30

Key-note address
To summarize main problems and solutions regarding the4 main topics.
The summaries from the working groups from the previous
day will be presented and integrated to further specify the draft
targets.
12:00
Field trip
A unique opportunity to visit a state of the art restoration projectin Slovenia (TBD).
19:30	Official joint dinner
Day 3

November 18

9:00

Plenary closing session
Recap and summary of the main targets and solutions per topic.
Outline remaining preparations towards WWF6.
13:00	End of seminar

Secretariat: DLG Government Service for Land and Water Management, P.O.Box 20021,
3502 LA Utrecht, The Netherlands | www.ecrr.org. Executive secretary Mr. Hil R. Kuypers.