European Topic Centre on Inland, Coastal and Marine Waters
An international consortium supporting the European Environment Agency The European Topic Centre on Inland, Coastal and Marine Waters (ETC/ICM) is an international consortium whose purpose is to support the European Environment Agency (EEA) in providing timely, targeted, relevant and reliable information to experts and the wider public for the development and implementation of sound environmental […]
Living Water – From Biodiversity to the Tap
As part of the LIFE project, we used innovative approaches to draw public attention to the loss of biodiversity in inland water ecosystems. IzVRS played a key role in designing and producing models for an interactive display of the importance and functions of the river ecosystem and the life within it, so that everyone could […]
SPARE: Strategic planning and coordination in the field of the conservation and restoration of Alpine river ecosystems
General information about the project Full project title: Strategic Planning for Alpine Riverine Ecosystems – Integrating protection and development Slovenian project title: Strategic planning and coordination in the field of conservation and restoration of Alpine riverine ecosystems Project acronym: SPARE Project code: ASP170 Programme: Interreg Alpine Space Transnational Programme With a view to improving […]
SedAlp
Sediment management in Alpine basins: integrating the sediment continuum, risk mitigation and hydropower Detailed project description The SedAlp project is funded by the European Territorial Cooperation Programme ‘Alpine Space’ under Priority 3: Environment and Risk Prevention. The SedAlp project consortium comprises partners from five Alpine countries, who have been working within the project to promote […]
The SEE River Project: Integrated Management of International River Corridors in South-Eastern Europe
The Water Research Institute was the lead partner in the international SEE River project – Integrated Management of International River Corridors in South-Eastern Europe. The aim of the project was to reach an agreement on the management of river corridors that takes into account both development and conservation aspects on six selected international rivers: the […]
The AIM Project: The Alpine Region on the Move – Strengthening the Integration of the Water and Energy Sectors
The Water Institute of the Republic of Slovenia took part in the international project ‘Alpine Space in Movement – Strengthening Integration in the Water and Energy Sectors’ (Alpine Space in Movement, targeted at water and energy capitalisation; AIM). The main aim of the project was to draw up guidelines for the 2014–2020 programming period, designed […]
Monitoring and assessment in accordance with the EU Bathing Water Quality Directive (2006/7/EC) – guidelines for Member States
The project is funded by the European Commission. Detailed presentation of the project The Slovenian Water Institute (IzVRS) is participating in a four-year Framework Service Contract to support the implementation of the Water Framework Directive ENV.D.2/FRA/2012/0013/Framework Service Contract for the Support to the Implementation of the Water Industry Directives ENV.D.2/FRA/2012/0013, which has been in force […]
HyMoCARES: hydromorphological assessment and management of catchment areas to conserve Alpine watercourses and their associated ecosystem services
General information about the project Full project title: Hydromorphological assessment and management at basin scale for the conservation of Alpine rivers and related ecosystem services Slovenian project title: Hydromorphological assessment and management of river basins for the conservation of Alpine watercourses and associated ecosystem services Project acronym: HYMOCARES Project code: ASP445 Programme: Interreg Alpine Space […]
Water status elements in determining ecologically acceptable flow
Example of a catchment, pipes and discharge resulting from the operation of a small hydropower plant Achieving good ecological status and water abstraction are often seen as activities with conflicting objectives. The aim of the study was to determine whether, despite water abstraction from Alpine watercourses, we can achieve good ecological status and which pressure […]