About the IRF European Riverprize
The IRF has recently formed a partnership to deliver a European Riverprize for the first time in 2013. The IRF European Riverprize will celebrate successful approaches that have overcome the challenges to river restoration, ecosystem health, water quality and climate change within the social and political context of the European continent.
Judged by a panel of European experts and administered from the IRF Europe office in Vienna, the first IRF European Riverprize will be awarded in 2013 - International Year for Water Cooperation. The prize will be awarded at the European Centre for River Restoration annual conference in Vienna. Please click here for a list of eligible countries.
Applications will be assessed based on a documented river management framework, evidence of social and economic gains, an integrated approach to river management, long-term vision and demonstrated, outstanding achievements in river ecology.
The European winner will qualify as an automatic finalist in the Thiess International Riverprize the following year.
2013 IRF European Riverprize
The IRF European Riverprize will be awarded for the first time in 2013.
We are now accepting applications for the 2013 round. For more information on how to apply, please click here.
The first IRF European Riverprize will be awarded during the 5th European River Restoration Conference. For more information, please click here.
Partnership
The IRF is forming a select group of partners to support and develop the European Riverprize in addition to associated activities.
Businesses, Governments, Foundations and other interested parties willing to support the European Riverprize are being sought after to:
- Be a partner in the IRF European Riverprize
- Participate in the European Riverprize Gala Dinner
- Participate in the ECRR and RESTORE European Conference - http://www.errc2013.eu/
We are also seeking partners and participants in:
- Twinning activities associated with the European Riverprize
- Supporting and jointly developing other activities of benefit to the promotion and realisation of river restoration and protection.
- Assisting to build support for the communication of the restoration and protection of river basins.
To learn more, please email admin@riverfoundation.org.au.
Judging Panel
The International RiverFoundation sincerely thanks our past and present judges for contributing their time and expertise!
Mr Bart Fokkens - Judging Panel Chair
Mr Bart Fokkens - Judging Panel Chair
Bart Fokkens is the Chairman of the European Centre for River Restoration, a Pan – European network of national river restoration centres and other members bound by their common mission to promote and enhance ecological river restoration throughout the greater European region.
The ECRR was established in the mid nineties with Bart Fokkens being one of the founders. In 2005 he became the chairman of the ECRR.Bart worked for 40 years with the Ministry for Water Management in The Netherlands in different positions in the field of Land, Water and Wetland Management.
Between 2002 and 2010, Bart was also president of the Dutch National Union of Provincial Nature Conservation Organisations, with about 500 conservation sites covering a total of ca. 100.000 ha, mainly wetlands, managed by 12 member organisations, each of them from one of the Dutch provinces.
In 2007, Bart was awarded with the Russian Medal “From Understanding to Unity” for having excelled in promoting ideals contributing to the environmental safety of the planet and health of its inhabitants, preventing international conflicts, strengthening international connections and drawing together diverse national cultures.
In 1999 he was awarded to Knight of the 5th degree in the Order of Oranje Nassau in the Netherlands. And since 2005 he is a Chamberlain of her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands.
Mr Alastair Driver
Mr Alastair Driver
Alastair Driver has the honour of inclusion in Who’s Who for “distinction and influence” in the field of environmental conservation and is one of the most experienced river and wetland conservationists in the UK, with a growing international reputation in the field of catchment management.
He became the first ever Conservation Officer for the Thames catchment in 1984, a role that he held for 18 years and since 2002 he has been the National Biodiversity Manager for the Environment Agency covering England and Wales.
He is also an Ambassador for the IRF, a Biodiversity Advisor for the Commonwealth Secretariat, a Nature Conservation Panel member for the National Trust, a Council member of the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust and a Fellow of the Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management.
The personal highlight of his career to date was achieved when he successfully spear-headed the winning Thames bid for the $350,000 Theiss International Riverprize in 2010.
Dr. Vladimir Mamaev
Dr. Vladimir Mamaev
Dr Vladimir Mamaev has more then 20 years experience with the Global Environment Facility (GEF) through the development, implementation and oversight, of GEF International Water (IW) projects in different parts of the world including the Black, Caspian and Mediterranean Seas, the Danube, Dnipro, Tisza and Tumen Rivers, Yellow Sea LME and Guinea Current LME, West Indian Ocean and Caribbean SIDS, Bering sea and Lake Baikal, Lake Prespa and Drin river and many other project for the transboundary water systems.
He started his GEF carrier with UNDP/GEF Black Sea Environment Programme in Istanbul as a Scientific and Information officer, worked in the United States for the private sector assisting UNDP and UNEP to develop several GEF IW projects and for four years was a Senior Programme Officer responsible for UNEP’s global GEF International Waters portfolio with the UNEP division for GEF implementation in Nairobi? Kenya.
Since September 2005, Vladimir is with the UNDP/GEF in Bratislava, Slovakia as the Regional Technical Advisor for International Waters for Europe, CIS and Arab States. In seven years Vladimir was able to bring to the region a great wealth of GEF international water project; he is also responsible for development and implementation of several global projects, including IW:Learn and LME Global Governance project.
Vladimir holds a Master of Science degree in Physical Geography from Moscow State University and a Ph.D. in Marine Biology from the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Dr. Klement Tockner
Dr. Klement Tockner
Klement Tockner (Professor, PhD, m) is Director of IGB, full Professor for Aquatic Ecology at the Freie University Berlin, Titular Professor at ETH Zürich, and Adjunct Senior Scientist at EAWAG (CH).
He has special expertise on freshwater biodiversity and ecology. He has published more than 130 scientific papers including 60+ ISI papers.
Klement Tockner has successfully managed large inter- and transdisciplinary projects (e.g. Tagliamento project, European Catchment Data Base).
He was WP leader of the EU-project tempQsim, he is involved in the current project MIRAGE, and he is the coordinator of FloodPlainEvolution, a MarieCurie International Incoming Fellowship.
Ms Ulrike Sapiro
Ms Ulrike Sapiro
Ulrike is Environmental Sustainability Director at The Coca-Cola Company leading the Europe Group’s environmental strategies, programs and policies.
This covers a wide variety of sustainability issues across the value chain including water stewardship, energy and climate protection, packaging materials, recovery and recycling, as well as sustainable sourcing. Ulrike also leads external engagement, notably environment-focused partnerships with leading non-governmental organizations in Europe and beyond, as well as engagement with public policy makers, industry and other stakeholders.
On Water Stewardship, Coca-Cola’s global strategic priority, Ulrike played a leading role in developing the European Water Stewardship Standard, with two Coca-Cola operations in Europe receiving the first ever EWS certification in 2013. Ulrike is also leading the Company’s engagement in strategic water resource projects with key partners, such as WWF in the Danube Riverbasin and GWP-Med on the Mediterranean islands. Lately, Coca-Cola’s increasing engagement in sustainable agriculture allowed a stronger focus of actions on agricultural water use and the wider supply chain.
Previously, Ulrike held various Corporate Affairs and Stakeholder Engagement positions in Thames Water, an international water supply company dealing with water resources, public infrastructure and development policy.
Ulrike holds a Master’s degree in political sciences.
Ms Beate Werner
Ms Beate Werner
Beate Werner has led the Water Group at the European Environment Agency (EEA) since 2006. As a biologist with over 20 years international experience in ecosystem research and monitoring, her work focuses on assessing ecosystem services provided by water.
In the 1980s she researched nutrient balances in forest ecosystems on behalf of the UNECE Critical Loads Mapping Programme before leading the German federal government’s Soil Monitoring Initiative.
Since joining EEA in 2003, her work has encompassed developing the Water Information System for Europe (WISE), establishing links between science and policy, and assessing ecological and economic aspects of water quality and quantity.
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