Horizontal principles for nature-based water retention management in Hungary- Interview with State Secretary for Municipalities of the Ministry of Interior
What role do municipalities play in managing natural water retention? How do regions plan these projects together and what challenges arise in this multi-stakeholder collaboration? How do we account for natural disaster, drought and flood response in all of these efforts? When it comes down to it, scale and approach play an enormous role in […]
The winners of the amateur photo and story competition “Hungary drying out” were announced in the framework of the LIFE LOGOS 4 WATERS project
How did people experience the unprecedented drought in 2022? In November 2022, WWF Hungary asked its followers on Facebook to tell how the drought in the country affected them during the year of 2022. Stories or photos documenting the long dry period could be submitted for a month on social media or by e-mail, and […]
URBACT for Action Planning Networks – webinar on 17 January 2023
The URBACT Programme, which is the first European territorial cooperation programme since 2002, aims to support the exchange of experience and learning about sustainable urban development. European networks of cities that are invited to participate in the programme will develop an action plan focusing on a problem area of their choice, with the involvement of […]
Water Success Stories 2020-2022 brochure
A brochure summarising successful projects relevant to the water quality of the Danube Region, including the LIFE LOGOS 4 WATERS and LIFE-MICACC projects, has been published on the Danube Region website. The aim of the brochure is to present the good practices of recent years, to disseminate the results achieved by the projects in the […]
The MCFs decided about the sequence of additional project ideas proposed for implementation
In mid-December, the fifth meeting of the Multi-stakeholder Catchment Forums (Forum, MCF) was held, set up in the framework of the LIFE LOGOS 4 WATERS project. The meeting of the Forum in the catchment area of the Sárközi I. took place on Tuesday 13rd December 2022 in Bátya. The next day, on Wednesday 14th December, another […]
Application of natural water retention measures in agricultural areas and wetlands – International study trip to France
Water retention measures applied in intensively cultivated agricultural landscapes were presented to the group made of Hungarian municipalities’ representatives and professional organisations’ colleagues during a study trip in the Lower Rhine region between 13 and 16 November 2022.Within the framework of the LIFE LOGOS 4 WATERS project, the aim of the international study trip is […]
Successful end-of-year webinar on “The role of the IMWMP and the process of its preparation”
Water is fragmented in current urban development instruments, with many overlaps and contradictions with sectoral strategies and programmes. Meanwhile, in 2/3 of municipalities, water scarcity or surplus is a problem. The need for an IMWMP (Integrated Municipal Water Management Plan), with smart coordination between urban development and water, is therefore not under dispute. The Hungarian […]
Workshop on building a common body of knowledge in Ráckeve
In the framework of the LIFE LOGOS 4 WATERS project “Integrated application of innovative water management methods at river basin by coordination of local governments “, a two-day joint knowledge building workshop was organised between 22nd and 23rd November 2022, by the Association of Climate Friendly Communities and the Municipal Coordination Office of the Ministry […]
„Adaptation to climate change through sustainable water management of the urban area in Radom City” project final conference
On November 24, 2022, the final conference of the project Adaptation to climate change through sustainable water management of the urban area in Radom City (LIFE14 CCA/PL/000101) was held, to which we were invited. We had the honour to be invited, dr. Petra Szatzker to present the LIFE LOGOS 4 WATERS project and to share […]
4th MCF meetings were held in Püspökszilágy and Bátya
The 4th MCF meeting was held on 8 November 2022 at the catchment of the Sárközi I. canal and on 9 November 2022 at the catchments of the Szilágyi and Gombás streams. The invitations and programmes for the two events are available under each event description on the main page of the website. During the […]
