Waterdrive
Water driven rural development in the Baltic Sea Region.
Reduce nutrient loadings from agricultural landscapes in a context of ecosystem productivity and resource efficient growth considering climate change.
The project
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Success-stories & experiences
Success-stories & experiences in the partner countries.
Success stories Denmark
Estonia
Success stories Finland
- Catchment area based action model, key factor for implementation and stakeholder commitment
- Catchment area renovation instead of separate actions, success story of Hardombäcken in Loviisa, Finland
Germany
Success stories Latvia
Success stories - Lithuania
Poland
Russia
Success stories - Sweden
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Participartory toolbox
The Local Participatory Toolbox will help you to quickly and comprehensively familiarize yourself with some useful methods and tools for facilitating local participation in water management projects. By indicating tips and recommendations, collaboration between different stakeholder groups should be more easily achieved/facilitated. This handbook helps you and gives you some tips and tricks when you are administering/facilitating or leading a water management project but it can also be applied to other thematic projects. It will give some useful recommendations and indicate methods and tools how to achieve cross-sectoral stakeholder participation within a project.
Purpose and aim
The Local Participatory Toolbox serves the purpose to promote local participation processes in water management. As a result, it is important to help the actors on different levels create an understanding of the benefits of cooperation. Target groups are local/regional authorities, farmers/land owners and rural communities found in typical agricultural landscapes around the Baltic Sea Region. The toolbox aims to put more theoretical frameworks for local cross-sector collaboration to a practical and inspirational level by indicating hands-on tools and methods. It focuses on encouraging bottom-up processes. This is anticipated to help with resolving the lack of local cross-sector collaboration in the area of managing water resources. The Local Participatory Toolbox focuses on the sociological context and will help to identify joint objectives, facilitate cooperation and prepare action plans. The output will be used for building capacities and as a source of inspiration for the target groups aiming to improve participatory local water management.
Draft version: Local Participatory Toolbox
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Case areas
Between 2019 and 2021, eight Waterdrive case areas were involved in multi-actor water management engagement. Landowners, local municipalities and stakeholders, government agencies, the advisory service, catchment officers and private companies provided input as to how to solve the various environmental challenges brought about by the leaching of nutrients, the loss of biodiversity, climate change, drought and flooding in the Baltic Sea region.
Waterdrive case areas leaders:
- Kutno County case area by Janusz Dąbrowski, Katarzyna Izydorczyk, Kinga Krauze & Wojciech Frątczak European Regional Centre for Ecohydrology and Agricultural Advisory Service in Brwinow, Poland
- Zuvintas Reserve and agriculture case area by Elvyra Miksyte Baltic Environmental Forum, Lithuania
- Gurjevsk case area by Irina Popova Northwest Research Institute of Agricultural Economics and Organisation (NWRIAEO) Russia Institute for Engineering and Environmental Problems in Agricultural Production – branch of Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution “Federal Scientific Agroengineering Center VIM (IEEP), Kaliningrad Russia
- Jelgava case area by Ingars Rozitis. Jelgava Local Municipality, Latvia
- Ljuga River case area by Mikhail Ponomarev Northwest Research Institute of Agricultural Economics and Organisation (NWRIAEO) Russia Institute for Engineering and Environmental Problems in Agricultural Production – branch of Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution “Federal Scientific Agroengineering
Center VIM (IEEP), Leningrad, Russia - Southern Finland drainage case area by Mikko Ortamala KVVY, Water Protection Association of the River Kokemäenjoki & Finnish Field Drainage Association. Finland
- Västervik case area by Gun Lindberg & Anders Fröberg. Västervik Municipality Sweden
- Odense case area by Anne Sloth & Frank Bondgaard. Velas & SEGES Denmark
The partner workshop held on 5 May 2021 was based on the work undertaken in the Waterdrive case areas between 2019 and 2021. Prior to the meeting, the case area leaders singled out several
innovations and key findings based on the case area work. The main focus was to identify the most important innovations and key findings to ensure the implementation of environmental measures in the Baltic Sea Region. See the conclusions in the report:New and innovative solutions plus key findings in Waterdrive case areas 2019-2020
Case areas - Denmark
- Waterdrive case area in the catchment area of Odense Fjord
- Environmental measures with N & P effect in 2 ID 15 catchments at Funen
- Meeting in the catchment to Odense Fjord - 16. June 2020
- Midterm case area Odense Fjord in Denmark
- Midterm case area Denmark
- Policy recommendations Denmark
- Environmental measures with N&P Effect in 2 ID 15 catchments at Funen – focus on the economy
- Implementation and investment plans in 2 ID15 subcatchments at Funen, catchment to Odense Fjord in Denmark
- Danish National Pathway – Going local for more efficient water management
Case areas - Estonia
- Report from case area Nitrate Vulnerable Zone in Estonia
- Case Area - Pandivere & Adavere-Poltsamaa NVZ
- Midterm case area NVZ in Estonia
- Midterm case area Estonia
- Estonia Policy recommendations
Case areas - Finland
- Focus group meeting
- Improvements of implementation on national level
- Project description case area Raasepori
- Case area in the catchment area of Gammelbacka Stream/Storängsbäcken in Karjalaiskylä
- Gammelbacka stream & River Porvoonjoki
- Holistic water management planning - Case areas of Drainage Centre of Southern Finland
- Midterm case area Finland
- Midterm case area Finland (presentation)
- River Loviisanjoki Renovation
- Implementation and investment plans - Case area Karjalaiskylä / Gammelbacka brook
Case areas - Latvia
- First focus group meeting Latvia 14.05.19
- R094 Water driven rural development in the Baltic Sea Region
- Jelgava local municipality case area
- Midterm case area Latvia
- The Svete River watershed
Case areas - Lithuania
- Report from case area Dovinės river basin
- Case study progress
- Dovine River Catchment
- Lithuania case area presentation
- Midterm case area Lithuania
- Lithuania Policy recommendations
- Case study & potential actionplan
- Žuvintas Biosphere Reserve Action Plan
- Žuvintas Biosphere Reserve Action Plan II
- Case area action plan Zuvintas Reserve and agriculture case area, Lithuania
Case areas Poland
- Report from case area: Kutno County
- New approach to water management at farm level
- New advisory services case area Poland
- Polish CASE AREA – Janusz Dabrowski of CDR as process responsible
- Kutno County CA Poland midterm
- Midterm case area Poland
- Poland Policy recommendations
- Poland catchment area activities
- Kutno County, Poland. Selected implementation area Bedlno commune
- Implementation and investment plans in Betdlna Commune Kutno
Case areas - Russia
- Guryevka river basin - measures to reduce the eutrophication process
- Case area in Guryevs K - Progress Report
- Midterm case area Guryevsk Russia
- Midterm case area Guryevsk Russia Investment draft - 30.05.20
- Wetland plan Guryevsk Zoom meeting - 08.06.20
- The implementation plan for environmental measures in the Guryevsk case area
- Implementation and investment plans in Gryevsk case area, Kaliningrad Region, Russia
- Leningrad case area Sudia river
Case areas - Sweden
- Lofta river basin - measures to reduce nutrient leakage in Vastervik Municipality
- Case study - are resultbased payment shcemes a way to reduce nutrient run-off from agricultural land (Swedish Board of Agriculture - presentation)
- Case study about Result- and valuebased payment schemes for reduction of nutrients from agricultural land (Swedish Board of Agriculture - presentation)
- Midterm report Västervik - 29.05.20
- Annex 1 Midterm report Västervik - 29.05.20
- Midterm case area Sweden Västervik
- Midterm case area result based payments scheme
- Result based payments scheme case area Sweden
- Sweden Policy recommendations
- Investment plans and results in Municipality of Västervik
- Investment and implementation plan Västervik
- Conclusion Västervik
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Focus groups
Focus groups in the partner countries.
Focus group meetings - Denmark
- First focus group meeting Denmark - 01.05.19
- Main results of second focus group meeting at Fangel - 10.12.19
- Third Waterdrive focus group meeting - 03.11.20
Estonia
Focus group meetings - Finland
- Focus group meeting
- Improvements of implementation on national level
- Project description case area Raasepori
- Results in focus groups in case area Kymenlaakso, Länsi-Uusimaa
Germany
Focus groups - Latvia
- Results in focus groups in case area - Jelgava Local Municipality - 19.12.19
- Results in focus groups in case area - Jelgava Local Municipality - 27.01.20
- Results in focus groups in case area - Jelgava Local Municipality - 30.01.20
- Results in focus groups in case area - Jelgava Local Municipality - 30.01.20
- Results in focus groups in case area - Jelgava Local Municipality - 03.03.20
Lithuania
Focus groups - Poland
Focus groups - Russia
Focus groups - Sweden
- Report from focus groups in case area - 2020.03.05
- Progress in the case area - 2020.03.05
- Report from focus groups in case area Västervik - 2021-05-19
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New services
New services for water management in agricultural landscapes - a catalog of ideas and experiences
This catalog of new services is developed by partners in the Waterdrive project funded by the EU Interreg Baltic Sea Regional Program.
The intention is to introduce and discuss new services for strengthening water management inagricultural landscapes of the Baltic Sea Region.
Hopefully, it will inspire the reader to take further action in this direction. The catalogue is mainly focused on improving management on catchment level through the services of local facilitators, catchment officers, water advisors or catchment teams. The catalogue starts out with introducing some prerequisites and basics for successfull implementation, then continuing with examples of water advisors in Poland, catchment officers in Finland, Sweden and Denmark.Then finally presenting a vision for a governance structure and a framework for local water management plans implementation in Denmark.
New services for water management in agricultural landscapes - a catalog of ideas and experiencesDenmark
Estonia
Finland
Germany
Latvia
Lithuania
Poland
RussiaNew services Sweden
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Leadership
The complexity of many water and land management situations is related to the multiple issues, stakes, goals and parties at hand, as well as the difficulties of predicting the consequences of measures taken in socio-ecological systems. Such complexity suggests that progress is only possible if we continuously learn from our experiences. Three factors can be used to represent the different domains in which progress can occur: relationships, procedures, and substance, labelled “the progress triangle”. Decisions and multi-stakeholder partnerships must consider all these domains: Collaborative water and land management; tools and procedures; strengthening of relationship among involved parties. This progress triangle also reminds us that substantive progress depends on how good we are at implementing innovative methods. Substance represents the issues, often both practical and scientific, that are to be managed or reached. Procedure and methods represent how we choose to work together, from overall process design to specific tools to reinforce learning. Relationships.
Draft versions:
Meeting between all stakeholders. Farmers, universities, agencies, catchment officers and the advisory service . Photo: Frank Bondgaard, SEGES:
Material and inspiration on leadership:
- The progress triangle
- Multi-stakeholder Partnership guideline
- Verktyg för bättre vatten
- Waterdrive - regarding leadership
- Social and institutional innovations
- Process design and facilitation
- Literature in facilitation
- Local Participatory Toolbox
- Method Toolbox
- Local Participatory Toolbox
- Leadership, Institutional structures and new services in the BSR
- Leadership "Institutional structure" scale
- End line study of the Valle case study area, Sweden
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Measures
Measures in case areas
Environmental measures used in case areas in the partner countries.Denmark - Measures in pilot areas
The work in Waterdrive will focus on implementation of new drainage measures in Denmark at sub-catchment level.
Constructed wetlands with woodchips (Woodchip bioreactors) will be implemented in a pilot scheme in 2019. Intelligent bufferzones in 2020.
Saturated bufferzones are now being scientifically investigated in Denmark – the measure is in progress in the United States. Wetlands have been implemented as environmental measures in Denmark for more than 25 years.
Have a look at all of the environmental initiatives in Denmark in this visual catalog.- Constructed wetlands
- Constructed wetlands with woodchips (Woodchip bioreactors)
- Intelligent Bufferzones
- Saturated Bufferzones
- Wetlands
EstoniaFinland - Measures
- Holistic Water management in Agricultural Areas, Improvements of implementation on national level
Germany
Latvia
Lithuania
Poland
RussiaSweden - Measures
Videos
- Havsmiljö Gamlebyviken(Marine environment Gamlebyviken)
- Strukturkalkning(Structure liming)
- Tvåstegsdiken ( 2 stage ditches)
- Fosfordammar (Phosphorus Dams)
- Markkartering (Soil mapping)
- Kommunens arbete mot övergödning – 2 filmer (The municipality's work against eutrophication - 2 films)
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