At the invitation of the Po Basin Authority and the Municipality of Parma, and in partnership with the french biodiversity Office, various stakeholders involved in basin management met to discuss the implementation of the Water Framework Directive (WFD), its ‘Daughter Directives’ and other related policies, directives and regulations.

Agriculture, floods and droughts, emerging pollutants, innovations, hydromorphology, etc.: over five days, a wide range of topics were addressed, with simultaneous interpretation in English-Italian-French, leading to dialogue, debate and shared commitments to resilient water management at basin level.