The symposium is an unique opportunity to celebrate rivers, to meet with river stakeholders from many countries and sectors, and to learn about challenges and opportunities on rivers across Europe. The River SYmposium will include the European RiverPrize gala at the Vienna City Hall, at which the European RiverPrize winner will be announced.

Ulrich Eichelmann of the NGO Riverwatch presented the trailer of his upcoming movie "Save the Blue Heart of Europe – The Balkan Rivers at risk" .

Just weeks after the conference he received one of the most significant environmental prize of Europe – the “Great Binding...

ECRR hosted a workshop on River Restoration and Natural Water Retention Measures alongside the Europe-INBO meeting of 2014 in Bucarest, on 12 Novembre 2014.

The presentations of the workshop and the

RESTORE's Rivers by Design guide to river restoration for land-use professionals has had a few minor changes, including an update to the table showing the benefits of river restoration in the planning and development process.

The guide shows the crucial role planners, architects and developers the crucial role they can play in river restoratation. The document explains the contexty and need for river restoration and provides guidance on planing projects to make sure sustainable development is achieved.

The EU announced that the latest Report on the implementation of the Nitrates Directive reveals that nitrates concentrations are slightly decreasing in both surface and groundwater and sustainable agricultural practices are more widespread. Although the overall trend is positive, nitrates pollution and eutrophication – the excess growth of weeds and algae that suffocates life in rivers and seas – are still causing problems in many Member States and further action is needed to bring the waters in the European Union to a good status within a reasonable timescale.