INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF PERIODIC MULTI-COUNTRY EXPERT CONSULTATIONS AND INFORMATION EXCHANGES, AND CREATION AND STRENGTHENING OF BILATERAL/MULTILATERAL CONFLICT RESOLUTION MECHANISMS PROVIDE THE TRANSBOUNDARY COOPERATION FRAMEWORK CRUCIAL FOR THE SUSTAINABLE UTILIZATION OF SHARED KARST WATERS, AND FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE DINARIC KARST ECOSYSTEMS.

ADOPTION OF SOUND GROUNDWATER GOVERNANCE PRINCIPLES AND FRAMEWORKS, INCLUDING EMPHASIS ON SANITARY PROTECTION ZONES, HARMONIZED ACROSS THE DINARIC KARST AQUIFER SYSTEM, FACILITATED THROUGH THE APPLICATION OF THE METHODOLOGY DEVELOPED BY THE GROUNDWATER GOVERNANCE GEF PROJECT.

MODERN MULTI-PURPOSE MONITORING OF KARST GROUNDWATER ENABLES RESPONSIBLE ENTITIES AT THE LOCAL AND AT THE REGIONAL LEVEL TO EFFECTIVELY MANAGE THE SHARED KARSTIC WATERS AND DEPENDENT ECOSYSTEMS.

AGREEMENT ON REAL-TIME HARMONIZED DATA SHARING ENABLES EFFECTIVE TRANSBOUNDARY COOPERATION.

DEFINITION OF NATIONAL AND/OR BINATIONAL ACTION PROGRAMMES, AND OF DIKTAS WIDE GUIDELINES FOR REVERSING DEGRADATION TRENDS IN HIGHLY VULNERABLE AREAS ACCELERATES REMEDIAL ACTIONS.

INCREASED AWARENESS AMONG STAKEHOLDERS, DISSEMINATION OF PROJECT’S ACHIEVEMENTS AND LESSONS LEARNED, AND STRENGTHENED GENDER EQUALITY AND WOMEN EMPOWERMENT FACILITATE ADOPTION OF GOOD PRACTICES AND POLICIES.