{"id":1586,"date":"2025-11-17T10:22:44","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T10:22:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cor.borbolycsaba.ro\/en\/?p=1586"},"modified":"2025-11-17T10:24:40","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T10:24:40","slug":"water-resilience-does-not-start-in-brussels-it-starts-here-tutto-kata-in-harghita-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cor.borbolycsaba.ro\/en\/water-resilience-does-not-start-in-brussels-it-starts-here-tutto-kata-in-harghita-county\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cWater resilience does not start in Brussels \u2013 it starts here\u201d \u2013 T\u00fctt\u0151 Kata in Harghita County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Protecting nature, safeguarding water resources and shaping the future of agriculture are not built top-down, but bottom-up. This was the message we sent to Europe today.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On\u00a0<strong>17 November 2025<\/strong>, Harghita County hosted the event\u00a0<strong>\u201cWater Resilience in Mountain Areas under the Impact of Climate Change\u201d<\/strong>, which not only explored the challenges of hydrological resilience in mountain regions, but also launched an essential and urgent social and policy dialogue on how to live sustainably in close connection with nature.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The guest of honour was\u00a0<strong>Kata T\u00fctt\u0151<\/strong>, President of one of the European Union\u2019s most important institutions \u2013 the\u00a0<strong>European Committee of the Regions (CoR)<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 who expressed her clear support for the local challenges presented and committed to bringing these issues forward at the European level.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Harghita County: a land of springs \u2013 but the future can only be written together<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Deputy President of Harghita County Council,\u00a0<strong>Csaba Borboly<\/strong>, emphasised that the county\u2019s natural assets are exceptional, but their preservation does not happen automatically.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>\u201cClean water, traditional farming, biodiversity \u2013 all these values can be endangered if we lack a shared vision and shared determination. And unfortunately, right now, we do.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The event featured numerous presentations and debates about the challenges of water management in mountain regions, the impact of climate change, the state of wetlands, the reintroduction of beavers, and community-based solutions.<br \/>\nA key role was played by the\u00a0<strong>World Caf\u00e9 workshop<\/strong>, where participants worked together to outline future action directions for strengthening water resilience.<\/p>\n<div class=\"better-gallery-container\"><div id=\"gallery-1552707608\" class=\"better-gallery  better-gallery-img-publisher-lg\" data-gallery-id=\"1552707608\"> <div class=\"fotorama\" data-nav=\"thumbs\" data-auto=\"false\" data-ratio=\"16\/7\"><div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cor.borbolycsaba.ro\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/WaterResilienceinMountainAreas2025-11-17_18-150x150.jpeg\">\n                        <a 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var prt_gal_cap_1552707608 = [\"\",\"\",\"\",\"\",\"\",\"\",\"\",\"\"]; <\/script><\/div>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>\u201cToday we know what we don\u2019t know\u201d \u2013 a warning and an opportunity<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In his speech, Borboly highlighted that the European Union\u2019s new Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for\u00a0<strong>2028\u20132034<\/strong>\u00a0is currently being prepared, and this is the moment when:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li><strong>regions must clearly articulate their needs<\/strong>, rather than complain afterwards,<\/li>\n<li><strong>Romania made a strategic mistake<\/strong>\u00a0in 2007 by not involving local actors in the preparation process, resulting in EU programmes that often do not match real needs,<\/li>\n<li>there is\u00a0<strong>no shared national vision<\/strong>, because everyone sees solutions only from their own perspective \u2013 and this cannot lead to real progress.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>\u201cOur relationship with water, with life, with nature should be a national minimum consensus. But as long as there is no coordinated planning at local and national level, we will continue to lose out on European opportunities.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>What Kata T\u00fctt\u0151 confirmed<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The CoR President stated that water protection and nature conservation are common European causes, but they will only succeed if regions clearly express what they want, what support they need and what EU funding instruments are essential for the green transition.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The professional proposals presented in Miercurea Ciuc will be transmitted in written form to the Committee of the Regions. Over the coming weeks, these inputs will feed into EU policy preparation \u2013 particularly regarding water resilience, nature-based solutions and support for mountain areas.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Next steps \u2013 Harghita County\u2019s message<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li>A\u00a0<strong>county- and region-level vision<\/strong>\u00a0is needed on water, agriculture and environmental protection.<\/li>\n<li>A\u00a0<strong>common position<\/strong>\u00a0must be formulated for the EU negotiations on the 2028\u20132034 MFF.<\/li>\n<li>A\u00a0<strong>dedicated strategy<\/strong>\u00a0for mountain hydrological systems must be proposed, integrating ecological, social and economic considerations.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Small farmers, shepherds and foresters<\/strong>\u00a0are essential \u2013 they are the stewards of the landscape.<\/li>\n<li>We should not simply \u201cask\u201d Europe for support \u2013 we must come prepared, with our own plans.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Closing thought<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nature does not wait.<br \/>\nThe time to act is\u00a0<strong>now<\/strong>.<br \/>\nThe time to decide is\u00a0<strong>now<\/strong>.<br \/>\nThe time to work together is\u00a0<strong>now<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The event in Miercurea Ciuc was an important milestone \u2013 but it will only matter if it continues. Harghita County is ready: for cooperation, professional dialogue and building a shared future \u2013 both locally and in Europe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Protecting nature, safeguarding water resources and shaping the future of agriculture are not built top-down, but bottom-up. This was the message we sent to Europe today. On\u00a017 November 2025, Harghita County hosted the event\u00a0\u201cWater Resilience in Mountain Areas under the Impact of Climate Change\u201d, which not only explored the challenges of hydrological resilience in mountain [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1597,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[84],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cor.borbolycsaba.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cor.borbolycsaba.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cor.borbolycsaba.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cor.borbolycsaba.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cor.borbolycsaba.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1586"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cor.borbolycsaba.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1596,"href":"https:\/\/cor.borbolycsaba.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1586\/revisions\/1596"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cor.borbolycsaba.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cor.borbolycsaba.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cor.borbolycsaba.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cor.borbolycsaba.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}