Informal Meeting of EU Water Directors and Marine Directors May Segovia (Spain)

Location Date: May 2010 Venue: Centro de Congresos y Convenciones Guardia de Corps. San Idelfonso, Segovia (Castilla y León Autonomous Community) San Ildefonso is a small town near Segovia. Both towns are well-known thanks to its history, spectacular monuments and sights, as the aqueduct, the cathedral or palaces.

Transports By train from Barajas Airport to Segovia (AVE rail station) To get Segovia by train, you should take a high speed train (AVANT or AVE LANZADERA) from Chamartín rail station to Segovia-AVE rail station (also called Segovia-Guiomar). ( Time: 30 minutes Cost: 9.90 € How to go from Barajas Airport to Chamartín rail station?  Metro Line 8: Aeropuerto- Nuevos Ministerios Line 10: Nuevos Ministerios-Chamartín Time: 45 minutes  Taxi Time: 15 minutes Cost: around 25 € (a supplement of 5 € is applied for all the journeys from and to the airport)

Hotels and meeting venue There will be shuttles between the meeting venue and the hotels (As the meeting venue is 10 km away from Segovia)

Agenda (1/5) Wednesday 26 th May Segovia discovery tour Welcome dinner  El Fogón Sefardí (Segovia City centre)

Agenda (2/5) Thursday 27 th May 8 30 Registration 9 00 Opening of the Water and Marine Directors’ meeting Welcome speeches PART 1: WATER DIRECTORS MEETING Commission activities a)Legal issues b)Overview of the adoption of the River Basin Management Plans c)Blue Print for Europe’s Water – Common Implementation Strategy Activities a)Progress report b)Endorsement of documents (batch or discussion point, subject to SCG outcome) – Coffee break and family picture Continuation of CIS activities (if needed) 3. Integration issues a)Reform of the Common Agriculture Policy b)Hydropower (stocktaking of existing practices, recall of earlier CIS guidance, preparation of 2011 workshop)

Agenda (3/5) Thursday 27 th May – Lunch – Recent events a)Outcomes of the International Conference on WS&D (ES) b)UfM Water Strategy (ES) c)Outcomes of the International Conference on Groundwater (ES) – Other issues a)Belgian Presidency activities (BE) b)Hungarian Presidency activities (HU) PART 2: JOINT MEETING WATER AND MARINE DIRECTORS Water and Marine Common issues a)Role of landlocked countries b)Draft COM Decision on Criteria for the Determination of Good Environmental Status (paper 3/1). c)Coordination between Good Environmental Status (MSFD) and Good Ecological Status (WFD) – focus on fish migration and nutrient pollution – Visit to the Granja’s gardens Common dinner

Agenda (4/5) Friday 28 th May PART 3: MARINE DIRECTORS MEETING 9 00 – Opening the meeting – Welcome speeches 9 20 – Information by the Presidency a)Results of the EUROMARES Conference in the Framework of the European Maritime Day b)Exchange of views on the MSFD in the Council of June 9 40 – GES a)Future revision of the Decision of GES, including methodological standards (paper 3/2) b)Discussion: implementation of the Decision – Coffee break

Agenda (5/5) Friday 28 th May – Common Implementation Strategy a)Report on ESA (paper 4/1) b)Emerging areas (noise, litter, etc.) (paper 4/2) c)Interregional coordination (paper 4/3) d)Overview of the role of CIS for 2010 – 2012 (paper 4/4) e)Work programme (paper 4/5) – Approval of the minutes of the Water and Marine Directors meeting – Lunch – Discussion on future developments and the role of the CIS a)Research needs (paper 5/1) b)Pilot project under the MSFD (paper 5/2) c)Integrated Coastal Zone Management (paper 5/3) – Any other business (If possible, points 5 and 6 will be taken before lunch)

Registration In the following web page you can register into the Informal Meeting of Water Directors and Marine Directors. ¡! The registration can be made by person or by delegation.

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