CIS Work Programme 2010-2012 WFD Team, DG ENV.D.2, European Commission

Preparations CIS work programme Discussions took place at WD meeting in Paris and at SCG meetings in March and May 2009 Key objective is simplification This meeting: agreement on main activities and organisational issues of future CIS work programme 2010-2012 Follow-up: development of detailed mandates per activity, for discussion at WD meeting under SE Presidency

Proposal type of activities

Draft CIS Organisation 2010-2012 Water Directors Steering of implementation process Chair: Presidency, Co-chair: Commission Ad hoc activities -Economic issues -Env objectives & exemptions -Hydromorphology -RBM Plans -Science Policy interface Strategic Co-ordination Group Co-ordination of work programme Chair: Commission Art. 21 Committee Permanent Working Groups Working Group Ecological Status Working Group Groundwater Working Group Reporting Working Group Priority Substances Working Group Floods Chemical Monitoring Activity Temporary Expert Groups (report to SCG) Agriculture & Water Biodiversity & Water Water scarcity & droughts Climate Change & Water

Better dissemination Grant access to the whole restricted part of CIRCA to everyone who is involved in WFD implementation in local, regional or national administrations and who requests access; Restructure CIRCA in order to make it more transparent and user-friendly Make the list of CIS meetings public on CIRCA (including meetings of subgroups) and update it regularly; Provide short summaries per activity which include the objective of the activity and links to finalised deliverables, to be updated once or twice per year by the leads of the activities.

Request to Water Directors Take note and discuss the issues presented in the discusssion document; Agree on the priority activities for the future work programme; Indicate whether their country would be willing to lead or co-lead any activity; Mandate the group leaders to prepare detailed mandates (terms of reference), which will be part of the final draft programme presented to the Water Directors at their meeting in Sweden; Discuss and agree the proposal for better dissemination of CIS products at EU level.

Proposal to structure the discussion General issues Simplification Three types of activities Dissemination Leadership and co-leadership of activities Activities proposed for Working groups Activities proposed for Expert groups Ad-hoc activities