Since April 2005 the ENMaR project has been engaged in the local implementation process of the EC Water Framework Directive (WFD). Within nearly three years of interregional co-operation there were more than 40 seminars organised in the partner regions and the core areas spatial planning, water management, tourism as well as forestry and agriculture and their linkages to the WFD and regional development have been discussed.

On 18^th and 19^th October 2007 the ENMaR project held its final event in Riga, Latvia. The conference aimed to present results of the ENMaR project based on the activities and experiences made in the river basins. About 90 local stakeholders from England, Germany, Latvia, Spain and Sweden attended the conference.

Thursday, 18th October The first day of the final event was organised as a conference day. It was aimed at presenting key conclusion, good examples and some recommendations for municipalities. In the morning presentations were given. After lunch the delegation parted into different workshops. Wiebke Abeling closed the conference by giving an outlook on future activities.

Presentations
Tina Pöllich Kommunale Umwelt-AktioN U.A.N. Germany		Introduction to the ENMaR project		english pdf (1,45 MB)
Bo Troedsson Emåförbundet Sweden		Introduction to the Emån river basin		english pdf (994 KB)
Liga Brunina Vides Prjekti Latvia		Introduction to the Gauja river basin		english pdf (336 KB)
Caroline Riley Mersey Basin Campaign England		Introduction to the Mersey river basin		english pdf (769 KB)
Enrique Arbones-Maciñeira Universidad Santiago de Compostela Spain		Introduction to the Miño river basin		english pdf (1,78 MB)
Silke Bücker Oldenburgisch-Ostfriesischer Wasserverband (OOWV) Germany		Introduction to the Weser river basin		english pdf (4,36 MB)
Jörg Janning Environmental Ministry of Lower Saxony Germany		Current European Water Policy		english pdf (3,10 MB)
Simon Henneberg Weser River Basin Co-ordination Group Germany		Weser as a European pilot river		english pdf (1,38 MB)
Dr. Jeremy Carter University of Manchester England		Spatial planning - key conclusions and recommendations		english pdf (1,98 MB)
Dr. Christina Aue Oldenburgisch-Ostfriesischer Wasserverband (OOWV) Germany		Water management - key conclusions and recommendations		english pdf (2,25 MB)
Verónica Blanco-Maceira Universidad Santiago de Compostela Spain		Agriculture - key conclusions and recommendations		english pdf (2,27 MB)
Thomas Nydén Emåförbundet Sweden		Forestry - key conclusions and recommendations		english pdf (3,18 MB)
Anda Ruskule Vides Projekti Latvia		Tourism - key conclusions and recommendations		english pdf (2,41 MB)

Friday, 19th October For the second day of the final event an excursion was organised. The delegation visited Saulcrasti, a place at the baltic sea. Presentations were given on the tourism measures concerning infrastructure and coast erosion protection as well as the drinking and wastewater management in the small municipality of Saulkrasti.
Guntars Ozolins Saulkrasti Communal Service Latvia		english pdf (920 KB)
In addition the delegation visited the Gauja National Park and a presentation was given about the devlopment of the Park.
Valdis Pilats Gauja National Park Latvia		english pdf (2,31 MB)
Back in Riga the delegation met at the Environmental Ministry of Latvia. There a panel discussion took place with one delegate from each country, Jörg Janning from the Environmental Ministry of Lower Saxony, Germany, chaired this discussion.

List of participants

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