IIDMA contributes to the improvement of water management and quality by promoting laws and programs whose ultimate aim is the protection of this valuable resource.
The current focus of activities within this area are:
The main projects we have done in this field are:
2009
This project as part of the National Strategy for River Restoration, consisted of the development of a study which analyzes the legal instruments for the development of a project to restore rivers including a comparative legal analysis, the competence framework of the administrations involved, the administrative management of public land within riverside areas, the protection of public water domain, legal mechanisms to dispose of river lands under private property and other measures for river restoration.
2002
The project stemmed from the findings of the Ondina Project and it aimed to promote mechanisms for the sustainable management of shared river basins in Spain and Portugal as well as to the implementation of the EU Water Framework Directive and the 1998 Convention on Cooperation for the Protection and Sustainable Use of the Spanish and Portuguese Basins. Three participatory workshops were held in each of the three main river basins: Duero (Zamora), Tajo (Castelo Branco) and Guadiana (Mérida) gathering stakeholders from the two countries. The workshops gave stakeholders the opportunity to share concerns and needs and also to engage in a difficult but necessary dialogue. The results of the workshops were distributed and, as a result of the project, two booklets were published in June 2003.
1999
This project consisted in the organization and preparation of a seminar of experts and decision-makers and the editing and publication of a book “La Aplicación de la Directiva Marco del Agua en España: Retos y Oportunidades” with the results of the seminar, which addressed the implications for Spain of the then future entry into force of the WFD and the practical strategies to ensure its effective implementation. IIDMA prepared a paper on the negotiation process of the WFD and convened the seminar on 21-22 February 2000 in Madrid where the paper was presented. The Institute invited 70 key persons from the European Commission, the Spanish and Portuguese Administrations, NGOs, business, agriculture and academia who were seated in a circle facing each other to facilitate debate. Six topics were addressed through the presentation of papers by invitee speakers and their debate by participants and speakers afterwards. The papers and discussants views in addition to the paper prepared by the Institute were published in the book “La Aplicación de la Directiva Marco del Agua en España: Retos y Oportunidades” formally launched in a public event held in the Caixa Science Museum in September 2000. Funders: DG Environment, Fundación AGBAR, Fundación Biodiversidad.
2008
Support to the Expo Zaragoza 2008 candidature in the elaboration of a series of documents on international water policy.
2006
IIDMA attended the IV World Water Forum “Local Actions for a Global Challenge,” that took place in Mexico City.
2006
The project aimed to analyze the conformity of the State of Zacatecas (Mexico) Water Bill with the Mexico’s Water Law as well as to elaborate proposals and recommendations on differentiating elements to be introduced in that Bill. IIDMA’s team traveled to Zacatecas to held interviews with the staff from the Secretary for Farming Development of this State and main stakeholders.
2005
Members of IIDMA’s team took part in a project financed by the World Bank, advising the Water Directorate of the Serbian Republic and the Executive Water Office of the Republic of Montenegro Republic in the development of their respective laws on water.
2001
Support to DG Environment (European Commission) to develop its Communication Strategy on the EU Water Framework Directive.
2008
This project conducted four studies on the legal and institutional framework of the above mentioned countries. In addition, it also covered analysis and mapping of the main stakeholders of those countries. This work was within the work executed by the Conference of Directors General of Water for Latin America.
1998
The establishment of a cooperative regime for the sustainable management of water courses shared between Spain and Portugal (1998-1999). Its objectives were to provide new perspectives to current water management instruments in a transboundary framework which could contribute to mobilizing public action; raising awareness about the need to cooperate not only at the government level, but also between social actors from both sides of the border. This Project financed by The Tinker Foundation (EE.UU) and the Fundaçao Luso-Americana para o Desenvolvimento (FLAD), and the support of the Fundación Rei Afonso Henriques, New York University School of Law, Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) and Center for International Water Affaires (Colorado State University).
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