The International Commission for the Protection of the Danube
River (ICPDR) is a transnational body, which has been
established to implement the Danube River Protection Convention.
The ICPDR is formally comprised by the Delegations of all
Contracting Parties to the Danube River Protection Convention,
but has also established a framework for other organisations to
join. In 2000, the ICPDR contracting parties nominated the ICPDR
as the platform for the implementation of all transboundary
aspects of the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD). The work for
the successful implementation of the EU WFD is therefor high on
the political agenda of the countries of the Danube river basin
district. In 2007, the ICPDR also took responsibility for
coordinating the implementation of the EU Floods Directive in
the Danube River Basin. Today national delegates,
representatives from highest ministerial levels, technical
experts, and members of the civil society and of the scientific
community cooperate in the ICPDR to ensure the s