Legislation

The project started by collecting all possible information gained in European Pilot River Basin projects at the Baltic Sea Region including major findings in common implementation strategy of European Water Framework Directive. Experiences of Integrated River Basin Management attempts and other large EU projects were gathered in a common metadatabase. Information of other contradictory measures was collected. Major regional planning methods and problems were also investigated.

General goals

• Evaluating common EU directives and national legislation concerning river basin management
  
• Composing main spatial planning processes in different countries

General means

• Literature survey
• Questionnaire and seminars for new and old member states of the EU
• Practical test at case studies

Outcomes

• The Watersketch report "Analysing and synthesising European Legislation in relation to water" can be downloaded here
  
  
• The chapter "The Water Framework Directive (WFD) and its relation to other EU legislation" of the Watersketch Handbook can be downloaded here
  
  
• The chapter "Public Participation in River Basin Management" of the Watersketch Handbook can be downloaded here