Support to the Implementation of the Water Framework Directive

This twinning project led by Germany in partnership with France, represented by the International Office for Water, aimed to assist Hungary with revising the national law, regulation procedures in order to implement some aspects of the Water Framework Directive as well as to ensure full institutional capacity building in fulfilling the planning, regulation, reporting and information requirements.
The main outputs of the project were:
1- Introduction to the ‘safety installation’ principle regarding the discharges of dangerous substances,
2- Data structuring in order to meet WFD requirements,
3- Support for better international cooperation to meet WFD requirements,
4- Presentation of the French experience for the formulation of management plans,
5- Transfer of knowledge and operational experience through professional training for fast and efficient responses in case of accidental water pollution.