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EUROPEAN REGIONAL WORKING GROUP (ERWG)

Europe is the world's second-smallest continent by surface area, covering about 10,180,000 square kilometers or 2% of the Earth's surface and about 6.8% of its land area. Of Europe's approximately 50 countries/states, Russia is by far the largest by both area and population, while the Vatican City is the smallest. Of these, 22 countries/States came together in 1995 to establish the ICID's European Regional Working Group (ERWG) with the motto "Comprehensive land and water management in European River basins for the sustainable development of the rural landscape". With 23.2  million hectares of irrigated land and  9 % of the world’s population, the ERWG today provides knowledge transfer and exchange of experiences in matters of trans-boundary waters and land management in European countries; co-operation of experts and organizations engaged in nationaland international objectives and development and promotion of border crossing projects and conferences.

The WG has many Sub-committees working on topics of regional/ local significance. The WG has brought out several valuable publications like:

The WG has organized 25 Regional Conferences so far on topics of current importance.
Mandate:

The mission of ERWG is to promote awareness about critical ICID relevant water issues at all levels in Europe and to pay special attention to the environmentally sustainable water management in Europe.


Established : 1995

Chairman Message

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Dr. Marco Arcieri, Italy

AGENDA/ MINUTES/ REPORTS/ PUBLICATIONS

| AGENDA (Previous) | MINUTES (Previous) |

Report of the COSTEA Seminar in Montpellier, November 2022 - Key Messages and Recommendations from COSTEA Network Members to Stakeholders in the Sector of Irrigated Agriculture 

Water Saving in Irrigation, Outcome of the Conference, 13-14 November 2019, Montpellier, France

Droughts, Low Flows & Water Scarcity - Outcome of the international Conference, 1-13 December 2019, UNESCO Headquarters (Paris), France

 

Membership
Sl. No. Name Email Country Position
1 Dr. Marco Arcieri - President m.************* Italy Chair
2 Dr. (Mrs.) Irena G. Bondarik - Vice President Hon. ru************* Russia Vice Chair
3 Mr. Olli Matti Verta Ol************* Finland Secretary
4 Ing. Ahmed Abuzeid - Direct Member ah************* Germany Member
5 Dr. Anton Urfels - Direct Member a.************* Philippines Member
6 Dr. (Ing.) Klaus Röttcher - Direct Member k.************* Germany Member
7 Dr. (Mrs.) Sabina Seidel sa************* Germany Observer
8 Dr. Irina G. Pankova ru************* Russia Observer
9 Dr. Klaus Dieter Vorloop kl************* Germany Observer
10 Ms. Anu Nemvalts an************* Estonia Representative
11 Prof. Dr. Charlotte de Fraiture - Vice President Hon. c.************* Netherlands Representative
12 Prof.dr.sc. Davor Romic dr************* Croatia Representative
13 Mr. Evgenii Ratkovich er************* Russia Representative
14 Prof. Ing. Ion Nicolaescu ce************* Romania Representative
15 Mr. Joaquín Pascual Sánchez jp************* Spain Representative
16 Dr. László G. Hayde - Vice President Hon. L.************* Hungary Representative
17 Mrs. Nato Khutsurauli na************* Georgia Representative
18 Dr. Oliver Nichoslon ol************* Ireland Representative
19 Mr. Pedro Eduardo da Cunha Serra ad************* Portugal Representative
20 Mr. Peter Pribozic st************* Slovenia Representative
21 Prof. Peter Kovalenko - Vice President Hon. pi************* Ukraine Representative
22 Mr. Petra Hellemann pe************* Switzerland Representative
23 Dr. Sami Bouarfa sa************* France Representative

In addition to the above membership, National Committees of Slovenia nominated their representative, representative of United Kingdom  and Mr. Peter Alexey Yurievich Chair EWTDRA are Ex-Officio Member.

ARCHIVES

The European Regional Working Group (ERWG) of ICID was founded at the 46th IEC Meeting in Rome in September, 1995, and is acting under the motto "Comprehensive land and water management in European river basins for the sustainable development of the rural landscape". The tasks of ERWG can be summarized :

  • Knowledge transfer and exchange of experience in matters of border crossing water and land management in European countries
  • Co-operation of experts and organisations engaged in national, supranational and international objectives of water management and irrigated agriculture
  • Development and promotion of border crossing projects and conferences

PRESENTATIONS

Gwangju, September 2014

  1. Irene Bondarik (Russia) - 12th International Drainage Workshop (IDW), 23-26 June 2014 at St. Saint – Petersburg, Russia
  2. Klaus Röttcher (Germany) - Water Management in Germany
  3. Sabine Seidel (Germany) - German Irrigation Project SAPHIR

INTERESTING LINKS

Sl. No. Resources
1 Review of the Implementation of the Eu Water Framewok Directive by PH Prof. Em. dr. ir. Bart Schultz
2 Discussion Paper on Use of Peat Lands: Water Management of Farmlands in Peat Areas in the Temperate Humid Zone by PH Prof. Em. dr. ir. Bart Schultz
3 Task Force on Drought Risk Management (TF-DRM)

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