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Danish-Chinese Co-operation on Water Management CEWP – China EU Water Platform

Henrik Dissing , Nature Agency, Ministry for Environment Head of CEWP European Secretariat

China Europe Water Platform CEWP, point of departure • Joint Statement signed in Marseilles, March 2012; mutual partnership • Builds on the results of the China-EU River Basin Management Program, 20072012; an aid-based initiative • Three Red Lines, No 1 Water Document • Blueprint and Water Framework Directive

The three red lines State Council decision (2012) 1. Water quantity – e.g. water scarcity, drought, groundwater, urban water systems; water and security nexus 2. Water use efficiency – e.g. water recycling, industrial water use, water and food nexus, water and energy nexus 3. Water quality – pollution reduction, river basin management

Annual high-level meeting & overall policy dialogue, facilitated by CEWP Secretariat

Theme-focused dialogue, technical sessions & study tours facilitated by co-leaders

Concrete partnerships on specific issues, Involving research, business, public, organisations, organised by active CEWP participants

CEWP – Chinese benefits • Easy access to practitioners in the EU at all levels; • Easy access to best practices regarding legal framework, institutional set-up and financing mechanisms in the water sector in the EU, including tools for water resources management; • Easy access to EU know-how and technology and improved cooperation on piloting or testing of new technologies, thereby facilitating technology transfers; • Easy access for China to EU Member States and vice versa where no bilateral cooperation exists and thus improved overall cooperation in the water sector; • Improved framework for Chinese and European researchers for joint research to scale up research and raise academic standards, including improved access to EU research programmes, such as FP7; • Gain political and market related information on the water sector in the EU.

Perspectives for European participants? • Easy access to key stakeholders in China; • Increased understanding of the needs and priorities of China; • Discussion partners regarding the further development and implementation of EU water policy; • Improved research, including access to scaling up of research from small river basins in Europe to large river basins in China; • Easier registration of EU technological solutions on relevant lists of approved water technologies in China.

Work Areas Work Areas and Programs

Chinese Partner

European Country

Groundwater Management

Shandong Province

Denmark

Irrigation efficiency and management

TBD

Spain

Small scale hydropower

International Institute of Small Scale Hydropower

Austria

Water – Energy – Food Security Nexus

Nanjing Hydrology Research Institute

Sweden, UK

Integrated Urban Water Management

Architect & Design Institute

Denmark

Rural Water Challenges

Urban Water Challenges

River Basin and Flood Risk Management Flood risk management

Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research

Netherlands

River Basin management

Hai He River Commission

France

CEWP Activities # 1 Lead Party Level: - 3rd Annual Meeting, Budapest, October 9th, 2013, back-to-back with Budapest Water Summit - 4th Annual Meeting, December 4th 2014, Beijing, back-to-back with Beijing Water Expo - Main theme, 2014: Water & Urbanization - Governance Analysis: permitting and securing water supply 24/7 in areas with rapid urbanization

CEWP Activities # 2 Colead Level • Inception Workshops held in Beijing March 2014, within 3 Work Areas - Rural Water Challenges – Food Security - Urban Water Challenges – Urbanization - River Basin Management and Flood Risk Management • Kick-off event, IUWM, 13th-14th October 2014 • Sideevents, back-to-back with Annual Meeting

CEWP Achievements • Structure in place and operational • Colead programs allow for substantial volume of activities • Annual themes – input to overall China Europe dialogues on Urbanization, Food Security, Energy Security, Ecological Functions

Contacts

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EU Secretariat:

Chinese Secretariat

Henrik Dissing Danish Nature Agency Haraldsgade 53 DK 2100 København Ø

Hao Zhao Ministry of Water Resources 2 Lane 2, Baiguang Road Beijing CN-100053

Phone: +45 41 78 20 30 Mail: [email protected] Web: www.cewp.org

Phone: +86 (10) 6320 2387 Mail: [email protected] Web: www.euchinarivers.org

•Thank you for your attention •感谢您的关注 Henrik Dissing Ministry for the Environment Danish Nature Agency +45 41782030 [email protected]