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ECRR organised the seminar "Forging targets and Solutions for Rivers and Water Ecosystem Restoration" in Ljubljana, 16-18 November 2011.
The seminar presentations are now available!
This first event in the process of the 6th World Water Forum was a great success. Over a 100 participants from 27 countries attended the seminar. Participants came from everywhere between Uzbekistan and Portugal. In a highly interactive programme , participants discussed targets and solutions for better and more river restoration, inspired by key note speakers from wide ranging backgrounds.
The ECRR would like to express its gratitude to fellow organizers RESTORE, ONEMA, EWA, INBO, WI and, maybe above all, IzVRS, the Institute for Water of the Republic of Slovenia.
The ECRR will now focus on continue work on the preparations for the World Water Forum itself, March 2012 in Marseille. Also various directions for follow-up activities are explored, so check back on this site regularly to stay up to date.
The ECRR welcomes the Institute for Water of the Republic of Slovenia as the Slovenian national centre within the network
ECRR looks forward to continuing collaboration with the Institute, most notably within framework of the further activities within the WWF6 process.
You can find more information on the institute on their website.
Russian version of the proceedings book of the IVth ECRR International Conference on River Restoration.
From 18 -20 May 2011 the XI International Symposium "Clean Waters of Russia" was held in Ekaterinburg in the Russian Federation. During this conference Nadezhda Prokhorova, director of the Russian Research Institute for Integrated Water Management and Protection (RosNIIVKh) presented the Russian version of the proceedings book of the IVth ECRR International Conference on River Restoration. With this book the articles, reflecting the present state of the art of river restoration in Europe and beyond, are now also accessible for all who have a common knowledge of the Russian language, what might help to promote river restoration over more countries and amongst their river managers. The translation and editing was all done by RosNIIVKh staff. And the book was presented to ECRR Chairman, Bart Fokkens, who participated in the "Clean Water of Russia" on behalf of the European Regional Committee for the World Water Forum 2012 to be held in Marseille, France. A book could be ordered by sending an e-mail to wrm@wr.ru.
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Preparation 6th World Water Forum, Marseille, France
The WWF organising committee is preparing work for the 6th World Water Forum, to be held in Marseille, France in March 2012. The ECRR was asked to become, together with EWA and ONEMA, the lead partner for the theme: 'Protect and restore rivers and water ecosystems to reach a good ecological status of European water bodies'.
read moreReports of the ECRR Seminar Bucharest, Romania - 7/8 July 2010
National River Restoration Centers / NetworksBucharest, Romania - 7/8 July 2010
River Restoration Center Spain
Set up in Barcelona the new Centro Ibérico de Restauración Fluvial - CIREF. To know more about visit: www.cirefluvial.com
Thematical resources
Thematical Resources on River Restoration. A selection is available on this page.
Secretariat ECRR in the Netherlands
As per 1st January 2010 the secretariat of the European Centre for River Restoration (ECRR) is hosted by DLG Government Service for Land and Water Management in The Netherlands. The executive secretary is Mr. Hil Kuypers. The European Centre for River Restoration (ECRR) is a non profit organization established in 1999 in Silkeborg (Denmark), originally within a LIFE Environment programme, that ensured funding during the 1999-2002 period. For the first three years the secretariat was held by the National Environmental Research Institute (NERI, Denmark); then, for the following four years, by the Institute for Inland Water Management and Waste Water Treatment (RWS-RIZA, The Netherlands); from mid 2006 until the end of 2009 the Italian Centre for River Restoration (CIRF, Italy) hosted the secretariat.
Lelystad declaration
Download the Lelystad declaration draft during the seminar "Synergies between River Restoration and River Management focussing on Natura2000 and Ramsar sites" - Lelystad, The Netherlands, 28/29 May 2009.