September 26, 2024: Fifth Expert working group on Floods meeting held in Shkodra, Albania
In the framework of the project “The Integrated Climate-Resilient Transboundary Flood Risk Management in the Drin River Basin in the Western Balkans (Drin FRM Project)”, the 5th Meeting of the Expert Working Group (EWG) on Floods was held in Skhodra, Albania.
The meeting had as its primary objective to illustrate and discuss the final results of the assignment “Integrated Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) and Flood Risk Management Strategy and Plan for the Drin River Basin”, achieved by the Consultant SWS Consulting Engineering (Italy).
The engaged cosultants (see presentations bellow) presented Drin Flood Risk Management Plan (FRMP) and Drin Flood Risk Management Strategy (FRMS) developed on the basis of the input received during the consultation process. The background report on flood risk transfer mechanisms and the final CC resilient Sectoral Strategies for Agriculture and Energy were also presented as important documents that should improve integrated flood management practices and contribute to the development of the specific FRMP and FRMS measures.
The agenda of the 5th Meeting of the Expert Working Group (EWG) on Floods included the following presentations:
o Drin Coordinated Action Process and EWG on floods – Mr. Novak Cadjenovic – GWP-Med
o 4. Developments in the DRIN FRM Project – (10.30-11.00 h) - Ms Odeta Cato, Project manager
o 5.Component 2 of the FRM project: Development of the flood risk financing mechanisms in the Drin Basin – Faraz U Amjad, international consultant
o 6.Development of the sectoral strategies (energy and agriculture) – Mr. Angel Panov, Point-pro consulting
o 7.1 Presentation of the Draft Transboundary FRM Plan for the Drin River Basin 2025 - 2035 – Mr Luis Gomez - SWS Consulting Eng. (1/3)
o 7.2.Presentation and interactive session on the ACTION PLAN from the Draft Transboundary FRM Plan for the Drin River Basin 2025 - 2035 – Mr. Alban Doko and MS Dragana Milovanovic - SWS Consulting Eng.(2/3)
o INTERACTIVE SESSION: Discussion on the selection of the sites of mutual interest – Mr. Alban Doko,
o 7.3.Strategy for flood risk management in the Drin Basin – Mr. Luis Gomez - SWS Consulting Eng.
The final FRMS and FRMP and related Background documents are available for consultation and reviewing to the representatives of the 4 riparian countries (Albania, Montenegro, Kosovo, North Macedonia).
The EWG on floods will be kindly requested to process with the review the draft reports and add comments/remarks directly in to the txt of the documents. The reviewing process deadline (for the documents in question) will be announced via e-mail to EWG members. Documents are available at the section Documents and colour-coded for easy reference.
The PPT presentations are also available in the Drin Web-Platform floods.drinbasin.org in the links above. The List of participants is available here.
