Article 14 of the Water Framework Directive (Directive 2000/60 / EC) states that Member states will encourage the active participation of all stakeholders in the implementation of the Directive and in the development of hydrological plans.
Stakeholders are considered to be:
- Administrations related to water management and use (central, autonomous and local).
- Water users (water supply and sanitation companies, irrigation communities, individual users, etc.) Professionals (consultants, builders, academics and academics, etc. and their collegial bodies).
- Non-governmental organizations.
- Local non-professional groups.
- Interested citizens.
And several levels of participation are established which are:
- Provision of information.
- Query.
- Active participation.
Public participation is not simply another stage of the implementation process but is considered a crucial component in the implementation of the WFD Water Framework Directive .
This conference aims to encourage and encourage maximum possible participation in the consultation process started with the Resolution 50.073 / 07 of the General Directorate of Water , published in the Official State Gazette dated July 25, 2007, announcing the opening of the public consultation process of the hydrological planning process and the publication of the initial documents of the planning process:
The Conference
The Conference took place on October 30 at the headquarters of the Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Navigation of Murcia, Plaza San Bartolomé nº3, 30004 Murcia.
Mr. José S. Fuentes Zorita and Mr. Mario Urrea in the presentation
The Conference took place with the following participations:
- Opening . José Salvador Fuentes Zorita. CHS President.
- Presentation of the planning and public participation process .
D. Mario Urrea Mallebrera, Head of the CHS OPH.
Download presentation (17.9 MB) - Round table I . Competent Authorities and the planning process in the Segura Demarcation.
- D. Ignacio del Río (Subdirectorate General for Planning and Sustainable Use of Water, Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment.)
Download presentation by D. Ignacio del Río (1.8 MB) - D. Mariano Martínez (Community Board of Castilla-La Manca)
- Mrs. Francisca Baraza (General Directorate of Coasts)
- D. Miguel Ángel Ródenas (Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia)
- D. Francisco López (Regional Government of Andalusia)
- D. Ignacio del Río (Subdirectorate General for Planning and Sustainable Use of Water, Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment.)
- Round table II . Users in the planning process in the Segura Demarcation
- D. Joaquín Salinas (Commonwealth of the Canals of Taibilla)
- Ms Julia Martínez (Ecologists in Action)
- D. Prudencio López (Alto Segura Central User Board)
- D. Isidoro Ruiz (Central User Board of Vega Norte del Río Segura)
- D. Nicolás Ortega (Board of Landowners of the Murcia orchard)
- D. Aníbal Bueno (Private Court of Aguas de Orihuela)
- D. Francisco del Amor (Central Union of Irrigators of the Tajo-Segura Aqueduct)
- D. José Miguel Mulero (Iberdrola Generación SA)
Download presentation by Mr. José Miguel Mulero (1.2 MB)
Presentation of the Conference
Round table I. The Competent Authorities and the planning process in the Segura Demarcation
Round table II. Users in the planning process in the Segura Demarcation
In both tables a lively debate was established between the members of the same and the attendees.
