Description: I. Introduction and Key Issues.- Workshop Goals: A Balkan Monitoring Network.- Sharing Transboundary Water Resources: The Role of Regional Partnerships in the Balkans.- Electronic Networking: Essential to Improved Transboundary Water Management in the Balkans.- II. Case Studies.- The Sava River.- The Nestos/Mesta River: A Transboundary Water Quality Assessment.- The Monitoring Programme of the Lake Ohrid Conservation Project.- The Neretva River: Integrated Coastal Area and River Basin Management.- Coastal Zone Management Applications in Turkey.- III. The Status of Water Resources Monitoring in the Balkans.- Albania.- Bosnia and Herzegovina.- Bulgaria.- Croatia.- FYR of Macedonia.- Greece.- Romania.- Slovenia.- Turkey.- FR of Yugoslavia.- IV. Support for a Balkan Water Network.- Eurowaternet: A Freshwater Monitoring and Reporting Network for All European Countries.- Monitoring Water Systems: The USA Experience.- Managing Human Resources for Water Monitoring: A Role for the International Water Environment Centre for the Balkans.- The Status of Transboundary Water Resources in the Balkans: Establishing a Context for Hydrodiplomacy.- A Plan for a Balkan Water-environment Centre.- V. Consensus on a Strategy.- Conclusions and Recommendations: An International Network of Water-environment Centres for the Balkans (INWEB).- List of Workshop Participants.- Website Contacts.

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