The Drin Coordinated Action

for the implementation of the Drin MoU

Succeeding the Drin Dialogue, a process was put into place called the Drin Coordinated Action (Drin CORDA), for the implementation of the Drin MoU.

An institutional structure comprising joint bodies with officially appointed members, established in 2012 by the Drin MoU, guided and steered the Drin CORDA:

• The Meeting of the Parties was comprised of “the Ministers responsible for the management of water resources and/or environment of the five Parties” that “shall meet annually to review progress in the implementation of the present MoU and its provisions” (Article 6, Drin MoU).
• The Drin Core Group (DCG) was given the mandate to coordinate actions for the implementation of the MoU. The decisions of the DCG were taken by the representatives of the Parties to the MoU (i.e. the Drin Riparians) by consensus. There were two regular DCG meetings per year.
• Four Expert Working Groups (EWG) have been established to assist the DCG in its work.
• The DCG Secretariat provided technical and administrative support to the DCG; GWP-Med served by appointment of the Parties, according to the MoU, as the Secretariat.