The main output of this study is a situation analysis for internationally shared surface water bodies of Southeastern Europe (SEE). It provides hydrographic, geographic, environmental and socio-economic data, as well as information on policies, international agreements, national institution settings, projects and critical problems to be addressed by donors etc., for each one of the shared basins.

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This study is the result of two recent initiatives in the SEE region, one by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety together with Global Water Partnership Mediterranean (GWP-Med), and the other by UNESCO and the UNESCO Chair/International Network of Water-Environment Centres for the Balkans (INWEB).

The roots of this study go back to

• the study “Major Transboundary Rivers and Lakes in the Balkan Region“ that was prepared in the summer of 2003 by Zinke Environment Consulting for the Secretariat of the International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River (ICPDR) in Vienna.

• a programme on transboundary waters in the SEE region, initiated in early 2003 by UNESCO, and more specifically UNESCO's International Hydrological Programme (IHP) (Paris), UNESCO's Regional Office for Science in Europe (ROSTE) (Venice) and the Internationally Shared Aquifer Resources Management - Mediterranean (ISARM-MED).

The development of the Inventory is coordinated by:

Zinke Environment Consulting for CEE (Dipl.Geogr. Alexander Zinke), Vienna, Austria.

and

UNESCO Chair/INWEB, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Prof. Jacques Ganoulis), Greece.
 

Read more information about the partners, the history, scope, methodology and structure of the Inventory as well as the team of experts that contributed to its development.