Round table dialogue with the European Commission (rep. DG Env)

How to Reach Sustainable and Cost-effective Wastewater Management in Rural Areas of Bulgaria and Romania (for agglomerations with less than 2,000 and 10,000 PE) in line with the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive and the EU Water Framework Directive

(on invitation only)

18 March 2010, Sofia, Venue:Grand hotel Sofia

13:00 – 13.30 / Registration and coffee break
13.30 -13.40 / Welcome address, Ileana Vasilescu, Ministry of Environment Romania
13.45 - 14.00 / The challenge of providing adequate sanitation and wastewater treatment in rural regions, Helmut Blöch, European Commission DG Environment
14:00 – 14:10 / Wastewater management in rural Romania & Financing waste water treatment in rural settlements, Ileana Vasilescu, Ministry of Environment Romania
14:10 – 14:20 / Wastewater management and regulation in rural Bulgaria, Ministry of Environment and Water, Ivelina Vassileva
14:20 – 14:30 / Legal framework and permits procedure for implementing alternative solutions for sanitation/wastewater treatment, Luminita Mlenajek, Romanian Water Administration, Romania
14.30 - 14.40 / Survey on rural sanitation in Bulgaria initiated by the Ministry of Agriculture, Olivier Demeure, SHER, Belgium
14:40 – 14:50 / Sustainable and Cost-Effective Wastewater Solutions and Barriers, Prof. Duncan Mara, UK, Dr.-Ing. Claudia Wendland,Germany,
14:50 – 15:00 / Wrap-up and start of the discussion (discussion paper), Sascha Gabizon, WECF
15.00 - 15.30 / Coffee break
15:30 – 16:30 / Discussion with key stakeholders
Ministry of Health
National Institute of Public Health, Romania
Ecological University Bucharest
Bulgarian River Basin Directorate
WHO Collaborating Centre for Health Promoting WaterManagement and Risk Communication
German Training and Demonstration Centre for Decentralized Sewage Treatment
Earth Forever Foundation
Global Water Partnership
NGO Creativa, Slovakia
German Water Partnership
16:30 - 17:30 / Round table discussion
17:30 – 18:00 / Conclusion
18.30 / Dinner
2nd day / Optional visit to a Constructed Wetland in Construction
cancelled

This project is funded by the German Federal Environmental Ministry, the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation and the German Federal Environmental Agency in the frame of the Environmental Advisory Assistance Programme forCentral and Eastern Europe