Italian Water Directors Meeting Ministero dell’Ambiente e della Tutela del Territorio Italian Water Directors Meeting Rome, Monday 24th and Tuesday 25th November, 2003

The Location The Meeting will be held in Villa Mattei, seat of the Italian Geographical Society, inside the public garden of Villa Celimontana… …very close to the Colosseum

Provisional Agenda Monday 24th November 08:30 registration Morning 08:30 registration 09:00 welcome and introduction 09:15 approval of the agenda

Part 1: Implementation of the WFD Agenda Item 1: State of the WFD implementation process Agenda Item 2: Progress on the Common Implementation Strategy Progress in new Working Groups Reporting Intercalibration Agenda Item 3: Finalisation of Guidance Documents Wetlands Classification 12:30 Lunch

Part 1 continued… Afternoon Agenda Item 4: Integrated testing of Guidance Documents in Pilot River Basins Agenda Item 5: State of play on preparation of Daughter Directives groundwater priority substances Agenda Item 6:Integration aspects – WFD & agriculture Agenda Item 7: Co-operation in transboundary river basins: the impact of enlargement

Part 2: Implementation of the Marine Strategy Agenda Item 8: Marine Strategy – point 1 Agenda Item 9: Marine Strategy – point 2

Dinner and fun in the Eternal City

Tuesday 25th November Part 3: Other water policy and emerging issues Agenda Item 10: Flood protection Agenda Item 11: Bathing Water Directive Agenda Item 12: Climate change and water policy Agenda Item 13: Quantitative aspects on water management

Agenda Item 14: Other international water issues t.b.c Agenda Item 15: Other issues Environment and Health (information point by COM) LIFE Project in support of water policy

Review and approval of the final report of the meeting Preparation of next meetings   Closure of the meeting

Invitations? Hotels? Information? Will be made available in few days water.dm.2003@minambiente.it