Towards Practical Guidance for Sustainable Sediment Management using the Sava River as a showcase

The Sava River Basin, a major sub-basin of the Danube River in South-East Europe, is shared by five countries and hosts a population of 8.5 million. To promote and address the sustainable sediment management (SSM) solutions, a project “Towards Practical Guidance for Sustainable Sediment Management using the Sava River as a showcase” has been launched upon the joint initiative of UNESCO Venice Office, ISI, SedNet and ISRBC. The purpose of the project is to bring together the state-of-the-art in scientific and practical knowledge on SSM and to make that knowledge available through a practical training course. The main objective of the project is to develop and validate a practical guidance on how to achieve a SM Plan on the river-basin scale.