General Directorate of Water Management, Hungary

Project Partner 7

The Hungarian General Directorate of Water Management (GDWM) is an independently operating institute and a central government body under the direction and supervision of the Minister of Interior. The General Directorate of Water Management, – as a central governing body – supervises, coordinates and controls the professional activities of the water directorates, with the following main tasks:

  • coordinates the flood damages related tasks in the plains, mountainous and hilly areas, the agricultural water supply; urban water management; as well as the flood control and drainage and the local water damage tasks,
  • provides the operation of the National Technical Management Staff, as well as the Central Duty
  • directs, coordinates and controls the professional activities of the water directorates.
  • directs and coordinates the Vasarhelyi Plan’s Further Development (VTT) and other EU funded major projects of water related investment.
  • directs and coordinates the operational tasks in connection with the central water records and the information systems,
  • assumes the control over the professional activities of the water directorates,
  • determines the flood control and water management concept and also the strategy,
  • supervises the availability of provided human resources for flood protection and the training of the defending personnel against any flood events,
  • participates in transboundary and trans-border related tasks and in any arising international cooperation.

In the PROLINE-CE project, besides and active participation in the work packages the GDWM will be the leader in the topic of plain agriculture / grassland / wetland sites. Furthermore, the organization will carry out two pilot areas in Hungary:

  • Tisza catchment area /middle Tisza - plain agriculture site
  • Danube /Danube bend – Special sites (dry areas, riparian strips).


Contact Person: Márton Pesel

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