Workshop – 12.10.2022

Towards sustainable water and sediment management in Albania, the integration of Hydro-Morpho-Eco disciplines from Science to Management

12th October 2022 – Tirana

The University of Trento (IT) is glad to invite you to the workshop “Towards sustainable water and sediment management in Albania, the integration of Hydro-Morpho-Eco disciplines from Science to Management” on 12th October 2022, within the NaturAlbania project, funded by the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation – AICS Tirana.

The relevance of an interdisciplinary hydro-morpho-ecological approach for integrated water and sediment management would be explored, as a baseline element in any River Basin Management Plan in Albania.

International researchers and practitioners will present the importance of hydromorphology and ecology for river management, as well as selected case studies and applications to several Albanian river corridors (Vjosa, Erzen, Shkumbin, among others). Moreover, the workshop would propose theoretical concepts and practical activities on water and sediment monitoring methods and instruments and their actual and potential implementation in the Albanian water management sector.

The workshop would be free and open to practitioners and professionals in water and sediment management and monitoring sectors, researchers and students, as well as practitioners of international cooperation, professionals and operators, belonging to profit and non-profit organizations, national and international institutions, networks, and professional associations interested in the topic. The event would be in English.

Workshop Agenda

12th October 2022

Venue: Destil Creative Hub Tirana, Zogu I Blvd, Tirana 1001, Albania

9.00	Welcome coffee
09.30	Workshop Opening Institutional introduction – AICS Tirana
10.00	Plenary session Towards sustainable water integration of Hydro-Morpho-Eco disciplines: FROM SCIENCE 1/2 – Prof. Guido Zolezzi – University of Trento, Hydro-Morpho-Ecological interactions in river corridors: processes and implications for management and the environment. – Prof. Klodian Skrame – University Polytechnic of Tirana, The impact of the Geological Hazards and their possible “domino effect” phenomena on the Vjosa River Basin. – Prof. Christoph Hauer – BOKU, Hydromorphology and sediment transport of the Vjosa River.
11.00	Coffe break
11.30	Plenary session Towards sustainable water integration of Hydro-Morpho-Eco disciplines: FROM SCIENCE 2/2 – Prof. Gabriel Singer, University of Innsbruck, Natural biodiversity patterns at large scale on hydromorphologically intact river networks: the diversity of periphytic algae in the entire Vjosa river network and functional implications. – Prof. Giovanni Besio – University of Genoa, Monitoring as the first step to planning and design: the case of Vlore area. – Prof. Sajmir Beqiraj, University of Tirana, Environmental assessment of the Vjosa riverscape as the basis for integrated water management and sustainable catchment development.
12.30	Lunch
14.00	Plenary session Towards sustainable water integration of Hydro-Morpho-Eco disciplines INTO MANAGEMENT – Invited Local Institutions and Experts and final Roundtable
16.00	Final remarks and closing of the works