Gheorghe Duca, Minster of Ecology, Construction and Territorial Development, received ICPDR President Fritz Holzwarth and Executive Secretary Joachim Bendow to talk about Moldova’s efforts to comply with the Danube River Protection Convention and implement the EU WFD

In the course of the missions to central and downstream Danube Countries, ICPDR President Fritz Holzwarth and Executive Secretary Joachim Bendow visited Moldova on 28 and 29 July. The ICPDR delegates were very well received and had interesting and open discussions with high-level officials from the Ministry of Ecology, Construction and Territorial Development, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Economy, the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry, and with officials from the Prime Minister’s Office.

Moldova is preparing to establish a Ministerial Department for European Integration and is committed to implementing EU policies and standards for environmental protection and water management. The photo below shows working group discussions with members of the newly established National Commission for the Implementation of the Danube River Protection Convention in Moldova. A detailed report on the positive and encouraging results of the mission will be published in the next issue of Danube Watch.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Correction
By error, Danube Watch 1/2003 brought an incomplete statement by Mr. Frits Schlingemann, Director of the UNEP Regional Office for Europe. In the article "Gold, cyanides and excavations in the heart of Transylvania” Mr. Schlingemann was quoted as saying that the Romanian Government did not take seriously the recommendations made by UNEP/OCHA Assessment Mission in its report on the cyanide spill at Baia Mare, Romania. We apologize and bring to the readers Mr. Schlingemann’s full statement: „I am sorry to say that none of the two proposals made in the wake of the Baia Mare accident was taken seriously by the Romanian Government and other stakeholders who share the responsibility for implementing them“.