Conditions for effective management of a river basin in the European Union

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The author is Coordinator of Socio-Economic Studies at the Institute of Oceanography, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Ministry of Development - General Secretariat for Research and Technology (Athens, Greece). She holds a Bachelor's Degree in Economics (University of Piraeus, Greece), a Master's Degree (D.E. A) in Political Economy (Paris VIII and Paris VII University, France), a diploma on Information Technology (Greek Productivity Center EL.KE.PA with four-year studies as an Analyst-Programmer), and six months' training in the Directorate General for the Environment (EU, Brussels). She is currently finishing her Ph. D thesis on the economic evaluation method (Cost-Effectiveness Analysis - CEA) based on the European Water Framework Directive (University of the Aegean, Mytilini, Greece). Ms Zanou has participated in several EU projects and national studies on socio-economic and management issues.