COnvention for WAste Management for Inland Navigation on the DAnube

Within the framework of the EU co-financed project CO-WANDA, the development of waste prevention measures on ships, the conception of an infrastructure network of reception points, the implementation of a polluter-pays financing model and possibilities for the use of River Information Services (RIS) were at the centre of the cooperation in the years 2012 - 2014. The concepts developed served as the technical content of an international agreement on the cross-border regulation of ship waste management in the Danube region.

Project partners

  • VUVH - Water Research Institute Bratislava
  • KTI – Institute for Transportation Sciences Non Profit Ltd.
  • RSOE - National Association of Radio Distress-Signaling & Info communication
  • PAV – Public Institution Port Authority Vukovar
  • PLOVPUT – Directorate for Inland Waterways
  • APDM – National Company Maritime Danube Ports Administration Galati
  • APDF - National Company Administration of Danube River Ports J.S.Co Giurgiu
  • EAEMDR - Executive Agency for Exploration and Maintenance of the Danube River – Russe
  • RDA-South - South Regional Development Agency
  • DFEAEI - Department of Foreign Economic Activity and European Integration of Odessa Regional State Administration
  • EPPO - Environmental Pollution Prevention Office - Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Moldova

International Observers

  • ICPDR
  • Danube Commission
  • Central Commission for Navigation on the Rhine (CCNR)
  • International Sava River Basin Commission
  • Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology (BMK)
  • Bilge Dewatering Association (Bilgenentwässerungsverband)

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