General National Id Slovakia_04 Site name Senne depression by the Cierna Voda Channel, tributary of the Laborec river, whose catchment is largely within the pilot project area. Summary Reconstruction of the existing floodgate in confluence of a dying bypass channel with Ziarovnicky stream in Slovakia, and ensuring supplying of wetlands by water during the dry period and in case of flood events to facilitate the elimination of flood impact on this territory. It was financed by the Global Environmental Fund and carried out by the Global Water Partnership Slovensko (GWPS) and local authorities. Light or indepth? Light NUTS Code Východné Slovensko RBD code SK40000 Transboundary 1 Data provider Jovanka Ignjatovic Source(s) Bodrog demonstration Project - Component 2 - UNDP/GEF Tisza MSP - Making space for water in the Bodrog River Basin Making space for Water in the Bodrog River Basin (SK-UA-HU) NWRM(s) implemented in the case study Wetland restoration and management Longitude 22.0794 Latitude 48.668 Site information Climate zone cool temperate moist Mean rainfall 603 Mean rainfall unit mm/year Average temperature 9 Average runoff coefficient 0,349999994039536 Type Case Study Info Average slope range 2-5% Vegetation class Flood-plain forest Monitoring maintenance Monitoring impacts effects 1 Administrative annual costs 4667 Administrative annual cost information Slovakian project site: Dissemination of project results Performance Performance impact estimation method Catchment outlet Performance impact estimation information Quarterly reports, partly achieved at the end of the project, fully by year 1 after the end, applied to: strategy for mitigation of floods, change of land use and measures elaborated to reduce the effects of floods, to reflect the basin and habitat improved conditions (related to water regime and quality, agiculture, forestry, etc.) Design & implementations Application scale Field Scale Installation date 2009-12 Lifespan 50 Age 1 Performance timescale < 1 year Area (ha) 25100 Area subject to Land use change or Management/Practice change (ha) 25100 Design capacity description Reconstruction of existing floodgate Constraints Missing harmonization of national strategies and unsatisfactory involvement of stakeholders and NGOs Favourable preconditions There is a pumping station with 16m3/s capacity from a previous project Design contractual arrangement Arrangement type Responsibility Role Comments Name Contractual agreement Establish the bases of the transboundary cooperation. Bilateral agreement between Slovakia and Hungary. Main force to arrange the flood prevention in Bodrog River Basin. Committes for transboundary water Other Memorandum of Understanding between the riparian ministries Tpwards a River Basin Management Plan for the Tisza River supporting sustainable development of the region Contractual agreement Signed by GWP and each partner on undertaking specific tasks Contracts Design consultation activity Activity stage Key issues Name Comments Common Meetings Organised by the project Design phase Activities at national level Coordination meetings Organised by the project partners or participation of the project expert on the events at national level Other To achieve replication on national levels and to other basins Dissemintaion activities This activities included: meetings with international stakeholders, inforamation materials and interview for informing the media, articles for local newspapers and presentations about the results of the project at local and international meetings Design land use change Land use change type Design authority Authority type Role Responsibility Name Comments NGO Implementation Global Water Partnership Slovensko (GWPS) Local water authority Implementation Slovak Water Management enterprise (SVP) Involvement in the preparation of the strategy, cooperation in implementation of restoration activities Monitoring Slovak hdrometeorological Institute (SHMU) Provision of data for drafting the strategy Local water authority Other Municipalities in the Bodrog river Basin Beneficiaries of the project activities and particpants/active involvement when the strategy will be prepared. Public meetings with local people and frequent contacts with stakeholders Other Daphne Proposals for measures of integrated landscape management, discussions with local stakeholders, especially farmers National water authority Other Ministry of Environment National water authority Implementation Hydromelioration Authority NGO Other Slovak Bird Protection Society - SOVS Organisisng summer camps, brigades and other similar activities Farmers Other Farmers and farmer associations Negotiations, definition of mutual profits. Monitoring UNDP Lessons, risks, implications... Key lessons The main lesson learned is that success of such project relies on long-term and complex work with local stakeholders focused on showing practical examples and advantages of alternative solutions to local stakeholders identified based on the Stakeholder Analysis. Even though the same methodology was applied in the Bodrog River Basin countries the experiences are different depending on specific conditions and circumstances in those countries. The project element on "improvement of conditions of original floodplains and wetlands" demonstrated that even using relatively small amount of resources, still significant improvement could be achieved by finding effective measures. Success factor(s) Success factor type Success factor role Comments Other secondary factor Financing Financing type Comments Other GWPS, GEF, SHMU Local funds Municipalities in Slovakia, City council of Uzhgorod Private funds VITUKI, SVP, EKOVIZIG Barrier Barrier type Barrier role Comments Legal obligations / restrictions secondary barrier In the bilateral agreements, the municipalities has limited involvement. Other secondary barrier Difficult ownership situation due to the high number of small owners. Driver Driver type Driver role Comments Past flooding events main driver Yearly in the Bodrog catchment area which have negative consequences on inhabitants. Most serious one was in 2004 when floods affected 75% of the area in Eastern lowlands, managed by Water Management enterprise and also inhabitants had to be evacuated. Availability of subsidies secondary driver Without the UNDP/GEF support, the coordination among the Bodrog River Basin countries and the national plans and their implementation on the local level would be very limited and thus the idea of flood prevention through the integrated land and water management would not be implemented. Financing share Financing share type Share Comments Private funds 35,5999984741211 View Policy, general governance and design targets Policy description Reduced area of natural floodplain, declining biodiversity; water quality-affected by point and diffuse sources of pollution (agriculture, chemical production, urban effluents); insufficient water management regarding flood prevention and protection; missing harmonization of national strategies on flood management and flood prevention within Bodrog river Basin. Quantified objectives Increase 20% of area temporarily flooded Part of wider plan 1 Policy target Target purpose Increase Water Storage Pollutants Removal Policy pressure Pressure directive Relevant pressure Policy area Policy area type Policy area focus Name Comments Policy impact Impact directive Relevant impact Policy wider plan Wider plan type Wider plan focus Name Comments National Water UNDP/GEF MSP project Component 1, activity 1(ii) Component 1 of the Project: Making space for water in the Bodrog river Basin National Water Program of Flood Protection Measures of the Slovak Republic until 2010 The program has declared the restoration of original function of water courses and the improvement of aquatic and terrestrial environment, especially in lowland areas by a long-term flood protection plan oriented predominantly at water retention measures with the aim to decrease surface runoff and maximum discharges. National Water National mitigation strategy and plan focused on flood management and flood prevention. Each country (SK-HU-UA) within the Tisza catchment has developed it National Water Related Iniciatives Project "MOSES - Improvement of flood management in Slovakia and Ukraine"; Project UNDP/GEF"Integration of Ecosystem Management Principles and Practices into Land and Water Management of Laborec-Uh region"; Project LIFE "Conservation of Senne and Medzibodrozie SPAs in Slovakia". Policy requirement directive Requirement directive Specification Socio-economic Direct benefits information Formulation of the "Strategy for mitigation of floods for Bodrog River Basin countries"; Creation of "rooms for water" improving the conditions of original floodplains and wetlands affected by current land uses and environmentally inappropriate flood protection measures. Ancillary benefits information By the Strategy, a framework for effective creation of new temporary space for water during flood event swill be set up for each country. Replication on national levels and to other basins thanks to the dissemination of the project results. Costs investment 28720 Costs investment information Slovakian project site: Preparation of the strategy + Restoration of the original floodplain Costs capital 19745 Costs capital information Slovakian project site: Restoration of the original floodplains Costs operation maintenance N/A info Costs total 45234 Costs total information Slovakian project site: Preparation of the strategy + Restoration of the original floodplains + Dissemination of project results + Project managements Economic costs other annual 46670 Information on Ecosystem improved biodiversity N/A info Information on Ecosystem provisioning services N/A info Information on Economic costs other annual Rest of the project:Hungarian(39490) and Ukranian(7180) sites; (TOTAL = 91904) Ecosystem impact climate regulation Not relevant for the specific application Information on Ecosystem impact climate regulation N/A info Biophysical impacts Information on retained water N/A info Information on increased water storage Intervention reduces flood risks by decreasing of water discharge into Stretavka pumping station and simultaneously allows retention of water into NNR. Information on runoff reduction N/A info Water quality overall improvements N/A info Information on Water quality overall improvements N/A info Soil quality overall soil improvements N/A info Information on Soil quality overall soil improvements N/A info Full Context Collection(aka Doorway or Gallery) Case Studies Pathway(aka Context) Default view Area(aka Level or Site) ALL