**3.1** *Framework Agreement on the Sava River Basin (FASRB)*

The *FASRB* is an international agreement that integrates all aspects of water resources management – different kinds of water use, the water and aquatic ecosystem protection, as well as the protection against harmful effects of water due to extreme hydrologic events and accidents involving the water pollution.

The overall objective of the FASRB is to establish and maintain the transboundary cooperation in order to provide conditions for sustainable development of the region within the Sava river basin. The particular objectives of the *FASRB* (*FASRB*, 2002) include the establishment of:


The basic principles stipulated by the *FASRB* include:


The *FASRB* implementation is being undertaken by the national institutions, officially nominated by the Parties, and is coordinated by the ISRBC.

The *FASRB* presents the first development-oriented multilateral agreement in the postconflict period, concluded in the region of the former Yugoslavia after the *Dayton Peace Agreement* and the *Agreement on Succession*. By involving the whole water resources management and addressing both sustainability and development issues, the *FASRB* provides the ISRBC with the broadest scope of work among European basin organizations (i.e. river and lake commissions).
