GLOBAL EXPERIENCE ADAPTATION OF FRESHWATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE

Abstract

Introduction. In connection with European integration, Ukraine needs to study the global experience of managing freshwater resources and develop and implement legislative and regulatory documents of the Water Framework Directive. Accordingly, the international experience adaptation of working freshwater resources in the conditions of implementing the Water Framework Directive is among the main tasks of the research. At the same time, a number of its provisions are declarative. There are also problems with the norms related to the control mechanism of the Convention. The purpose of the article is to adapt the global experience of managing freshwater resources in the context of the implementation of the Water Framework Directive. The results. The management of freshwater resources of Ukraine under the conditions of implementation of the Water Framework Directive was studied. Relevant directions for the performance of the Water Framework Directive in Ukraine have been developed: integrated management of freshwater resources based on the basic principle has been implemented, territorial zoning has taken place, and the project Strategy for the Development of Water Policy of Ukraine - Water Strategy has been developed, as well as a pilot project for water quality monitoring has been developed. The implementation mechanism of the integrated basin principle of freshwater resource management based on the Water Framework Directive 2000/60/EC, which considers the leading tools, guides, and tasks of implementing European legal and environmental standards, is substantiated. It was determined that the implementation mechanism is based on the legislative-normative, scientific-innovative, software-technical, and resource-infrastructural tasks of the Water Framework Directive 2000/60/EC. Conclusions. It is substantiated that the main tasks of the implementation mechanism of the integrated basin principle of freshwater resources management are: balanced management of freshwater resources on the basis of the basin principle; integration of protection and stable water management; maintenance and improvement of the aquatic environment; stimulation of innovative projects and developments related to modernization; creation of new water infrastructure; development of the community of member states; business and the form based on public-private partnership; implementation of the Water Framework Directive 2000/60/EC. Keywords: freshwater resources, innovation, sustainable development, Water Framework Directive.