Meeting of Water Directors Progress on Reporting and WISE 30 Nov/1 Dec 2006 Item 4.1 Progress on Reporting and WISE

Contents Progress and next steps on compliance – 2010 reporting on WISE (incl 2008 tools) on GIS new mandate

WG D Organisation Working Group D Reporting WISE Steering Group* WISE Technical Group *Internal EU coordination only Preparation/Coordination level Working Group D Reporting Supporting expert networks or drafting teams Compliance State-of-the- environment (SoE) GIS/IT

WG D – progress - compliance Preparation of 2010 RBMP reporting guidance well underway Article 3 and 5 assessments (nearly) completed Feedback on Art 3 started – validation process by consultant nearly completed Article 8 electronic submission tools developed and tested (see WISE)

2010 reporting guidance – overall time planning Part D 2010 reporting sheets (RBMP+PoM) July – Dec 2006: Oct 06 – March 2007: April – June 2007: Presentation of complete draft guidance to Water Directors in June 2007 Part E 2010 reporting sheets (objectives and results) 2004 guidance Part A 2005 reporting sheets Part B.1 Part B.2 2005 reporting sheets (2010 data definitions) Part C 2007 reporting sheets

2010 RBMP reporting – key issues Informal status of WISE reporting process Conceptual discussions on “compliance approach” and “programme of measures” illustration Aggregated or disaggregated “status maps” (similar to Article 5 reporting) Link between compliance and SoE data needs

Article 3 Re-submission 9 Member States – data re-submitted, all OK, ready to be uploaded to database 4 Member States – data re-submitted, some work required to “tweak” data 3 Member States – correct contact obtained to be progressed by end of today 9 Member States – have been contacted by e-mail, no response, contact details being validated Aim to have all contacts made by end of November

Article 5 Submissions 11 Member States have submitted all components required 10 Member States have submitted some components 4 Member States (and Norway) have submitted nothing Upload of submitted data to database is almost complete

WISE – progress WISE guidelines under preparation Electronic submission foreseen for Art 8 reporting IT tools for Art 8 currently being tested – available in Jan 2007 WISE workshop in 9/10 Jan 2007 WISE technical group operational Preparation of new WISE GIS guidance complementing 2002 document

Production Databases (WISE nodes) Viewing, GIS visualisation Data definition/ requirements Step 1: Compliance or SoE, voluntary (or through comitology) IT tools development Step 2: End-user tool, schema/DEM, XML/shape/GML, other tools (DD, glossary), Submission Step 3: Submission process by data holders, help desk Development Database Step 4: central holding area (CDR), management of access rights Acceptance Step 5: Standardised manual or automatic tests, feedback to data submitters Production Databases (WISE nodes) Step 6: Final data storage Viewing, GIS visualisation Analysis Step 7a: Public or restricted viewing, map service, aggregation, statistics, GIS reference dataset Step 7b: Tools for compliance or SoE assessment, CCM2

WISE – next steps Submission well completed and reviewed Establishment of WISE Technical Group led by EEA Work on WISE Implementation Plan has started Art. 8 data submission only through WISE – development of rules and procedures document needed WISE public portal under development – several components

Concept for WISE web portal (Status: 22/11/2006) water.europa.eu Welcome [Eurokeys] P1.0 Input services EEA P1.2 Are you looking for information on WATER - …? Services Overview [Eurokeys] P1.1 Policy [ENV] P2.1 Data How to use…[EEA] P2.2 Themes [EEA] P2.4 Projects How to use…[RTD/JRC] P2.3 What to find… P1.1.1 FAQ P1.1.2 Thematic web pages Thematic web pages Contact P1.1.3 Sitemap P1.1.4 WISE GIS Portal WISE RTD Portal Disclaimer P1.1.5 Extra- Services [EEA] News P1.1.6 Maps P1.1.7 Message Board P1.1.8 EEA web page LIFE web page Links P1.1.9 ESTAT web page RTD/JRC web page Index/search P1.1.10 Water Data Centre

Next steps Validation of Art 3 and Art 5 data in WISE until Jan 2007 New electronic submission system for Art 8 reporting ready for submission in Jan 2007 – presentation on workshop 2010 Reporting Guidance – final draft presented to SCG in May 2007 WISE TG stating to work on GIS guidance – interaction with GIS experts SoE group to finalise work on task 3 ...

Discussion Water Directors are invited: Take note and discuss the progress on all activities Discuss and agree the interim mandate (see later agenda item)