Water resources

1998 – Carried out jointly with Euronatura (Portugal), the objectives of this project were to design and promote a sustainable management model which, under the principle of basin unity, would favour transboundary cooperation, inter-institutional coordination in each of the States and the participation of civil society. The project was funded by the Tinker Foundation (USA) and the Fundaçao Luso-Americana para o Desenvolvimento (FLAD), with the support of the Rei Afonso Henriques Foundation, New York University School of Law, the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) and the Center for International Water Affairs (Colorado State University).

1999 – Project funded by DG Environment (European Commission), the Ministry of Environment, the AGBAR Foundation and the Biodiversity Foundation.

This project consisted of the organisation and preparation of a workshop for professionals and decision-makers, the preparation of a document on the negotiation process of this Directive and the edition and publication of the book “The Implementation of the Water Framework Directive in Spain: Challenges and Opportunities” reflecting the results of the workshop which focused on analysing the implications for Spain of the then proposed Water Framework Directive as well as practical strategies to ensure its effective implementation.

2002 – This was a second phase of the Ondina project and its objective was the promotion of mechanisms for the sustainable management of shared water resources between Spain and Portugal and the implementation of the WFD and the 1998 Portuguese-Spanish Convention on the sustainable management of shared basins. The project was funded by DG Environment (European Commission), the Tinker Foundation of the USA and the Fundação Luso-Americana para o Desenvolvimento (FLAD) of Portugal. Three workshops were held in the basins of the Duero (Zamora), Tagus (Castelo Branco) and Guadiana (Mérida). One of the results was the publication of two booklets on “The Water Framework Directive and the Spanish-Portuguese Agreement: repercussions for the Iberian basins” and the “Legal and Institutional Framework for Public Participation in the Iberian Basins”.

2006 – This project consisted of analysing the conformity of the Water Law Initiative of the Mexican State of Zacatecas with the Mexican Water Law, as well as drafting proposals and recommendations to be introduced in the former. To this end, IIDMA staff travelled to Zacatecas to hold interviews with the team of the Secretary of Agricultural Development of the State of Zacatecas and representatives of the main stakeholder groups.

2008 – This project carried out four studies on the legal-institutional framework of the aforementioned countries and included an analysis of the main stakeholders in these countries. This was part of the work carried out by the Conference of Ibero-American Water Managing Directors.

2008 – Assistance to the Expo Zaragoza 2008 in the elaboration of documents on international