- 7. Public information and consultation in the Danube River Basin District

This approach of involving the public has even been enhanced by the requirements of the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD). Despite the fact that these requirements lay within the responsibility of the EU Members States, the ICPDR – being the co-ordination platform for the implementation of the WFD on issues of basin-wide or multilateral concern - has taken this new challenge as a basis to reviewing its ongoing practice. The ICPDR started an active process towards defining a “Danube River Basin Strategy for Public Participation in River Basin Management Planning 2003-2009” and consequently developing an “ICPDR Operational Plan”. (8. Public information and consultation in the Danube River Basin District - p. 166)