On December 8, the third National Seminar on organizational structures for river basin management of the Bug, Latorytsia, and Uzh rivers began in Lutsk. As part of the event, an official signing of a cooperation agreement took place between the Volyn Regional State Administration and the Regional Council with the relevant authorities of Lviv Oblast in the field of use and protection of water resources of the Western Bug river basin. This was reported to the Western Information Corporation by the press service of the Volyn Regional State Administration.
The document defined the establishment of information interaction between the regions, ways to achieve a safe ecological state of the Western Bug river basin and good water quality. The agreement was signed by the First Deputy Head of the Volyn Regional State Administration Bohdan Shyba, Deputy Head of the Regional Council Volodymyr Banada, Deputy Heads of the Lviv Regional State Administration Valerii Piatak and Head of the Lviv Regional Council Taras Fedak.
Participants of the event also included representatives of Polish and Belarusian environmental organizations.
First Deputy Head of the Regional State Administration Bohdan Shyba noted that the signing of the agreement is the beginning of systematic, coordinated work that will make it possible to implement many useful ideas. He emphasized: "Competent use and protection of water resources of the Western Bug river basin has not only ecological but also economic expediency. In addition, it is our health, the health of our children."
After the ceremonial signing of the agreement, the parties discussed ways of future joint work and made proposals to the Bug River Basin Management Plan. This was followed by a working meeting of the participants of the National Seminar, where the composition and regulations of the Basin Council, and the organizational and financial mechanisms for implementing the Plan were determined.