Project team meeting within the “Eco-friendly water management against extreme weather conditions in the cross-border area” project

The first project team meeting within the “Ecological Water Management against Extreme Weather Conditions in the Borders Region – ECOWAM” project was held in Szeged on 13 June 2018. It was organized by the Lower Tisza District Water Directorate – ATIVIZIG.
During the meeting, the members of the project team discussed the implemented activities in the previous reporting period, as well as the upcoming activities in the following reporting period.
Following the meeting, there was a field visit to the Kurca main channel near Mindszent and Szentes where the dredging was to start.

The “Eco-friendly water management against extreme weather conditions in the cross-border area – ECOWAM” project, is implemented under the Interreg IPA Cross-border Cooperation programme Hungary-Serbia. The partnership in the project, which total budget amounts to EUR 1,758,447.43, of which the European Union’s co-financing (IPA) amounts to EUR 1,494,680.31, consists the Lower Tisza District Water Directorate – ATIVIZIG (Hungary), PWMC “Vode Vojvodine” Novi Sad (Serbia) and the European Affairs Fund of AP Vojvodina (Serbia). The project aims at preventing the negative effects on the quality of water bodies by establishing a joint system of improvement of water management in AP Vojvodina and Csongrád County.