As a part of the Kura River project we organised a study tour to Denmark for high ranking officials and decision makers from the beneficiary institutions in Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan, 4 - 5 persons from each country.
The wanted to hear some about Danish experience in
1) Measures implemented to minimise the human impact on rivers, lakes and ground waters;
2) Biological monitoring, and the practical role of monitoring in decision-making process;
3) Provision of water use permits and compliance assurance with permit conditions;
4) How to manage the data collected about water and transform them into information;
5) Financial mechanisms for water resources management.
It was quit a time consuming puzzle to organise a program that addressed all these wishes, find institutions and persons ready to tell something and fit it into a one week program, but in the end we succeeded to meet most of their wishes.
The study tour included a visit to Roskilde and the Vikinge ships museum plus a vist at DanSteel in Frederiksvaerk.
Although the way Denmark handle the challenges in the water sector is very different from what they have been able to achieve in the same sector during the present transition period from the communist times, it was my impression that they were satisfied with the Study Tour, and got some inspiration for their work with the same issues in their home countries.
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