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Dniester Commission

The Commission on Sustainable Use and Protection of the Dniester River Basin (the Dniester Commission) was established under the Treaty between the Government of the Republic of Moldova and the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on Cooperation in the Field of Protection and Sustainable Development of the Dniester River Basin, which was signed on 29 November 2012.

Meetings

4-5 April 2019

The second meeting of the bilateral Dniester Commission in Kyiv

17 September 2018

The first meeting of the Commission took place in Chisinau

5 April 2018

A preparatory meeting of the Commission took place in Chisinau

GEF Project

The project was developed at the request of the governments of the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine with financial support from the Global Environment Facility (GEF). The objective of the project is to introduce a framework for integrated water resource management in the Dniester River Basin to ensure its sustainable development.

Meetings

22 April 2021

Final Stakeholders Conference (on-line)

15 April 2020

Third meeting of the Project Steering Committee (on-line)

30 September - 7 October 2019

Exchange of experience with the experts of the Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority

7 August 2019

Commencement of the pilot project on restoration of the Iahorlyk River in Odesa oblast

23-24 July 2019

Meeting of the working group on ecosystems and biodiversity

23 July 2019

Meeting of the working group on emergency situations

23 July 2019

Expert meeting on flood risk management

24 May 2019

Meeting of the basin council of the Dniester river in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine

23 January 2019

Teleconference on recommendations by Mr Pedro Cunha Serra on draft operation rules for the Dniester reservoirs

18 December 2018

Second meeting of the Project Steering Committee in Odessa

19-23 November 2018

Study tour on IWRM and implementation of the Albufeira Convention in Spain – Portugal

15 November 2018

First meeting of the basin council of the Ukrainian part of the Dniester River in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine

18 September 2018

Discussion of key recommendations to the updated draft “Operation Rules of the Water Reservoirs of the HPP and PSPP Dniester Cascade with the buffer reservoir NWL equal to 77.10 m” (Chisinau)

17 September 2018

First meeting of the Commission on Sustainable Use and Protection of the Dniester River Basin in Chisinau

14 September 2018

Second working meeting of the expert group on analysis of the impact of Dniester HPP reservoirs on the status of the Dniester in Chisinau

13 September 2018

River restoration meeting (demo project) in Kyiv

26 July 2018

Meeting of experts on development of TDA / elements of the joint Dniester RBMP in Kyiv

2 July 2018

Kick-off meeting to study the current status of tailing dams of the Dniester River Basin in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine

18-19 June 2018

Working meeting of the expert group on analysis of the impact of Dniester HPP reservoirs on the Dniester basin status in Kyiv

15 March 2018

First meeting of the Working Group on Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis (TDA) in Chisinau

15 March 2018

First meeting of the Working Group on Hydropower in the Dniester Basin in Chisinau

18 December 2017

First meeting of the Project Steering Committee in Kyiv

18 December 2017

First project kick-off workshop in Kyiv

Institution of the Plenipotentiaries

Plenipotentiaries and their two deputies are appointed to facilitate the implementation of the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Moldova and the Government of Ukraine on the Joint Use and Protection of Border Waters (1994).

Meetings

June 2018

The 16th Meeting of Plenipotentiaries of the Governments of the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine

January 2017

The 15th Meeting of Plenipotentiaries of the Governments of the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine