1. Working Group 2A ECOSTAT progress report Presented by Wouter van de Bund Joint Research Centre Institute for Environment and Sustainability Inland and Marine Waters Unit

2. Issues Status and finalisation of the intercalibration register
Intercalibration process
GIG organisation
Guidance development and process planning
Eutrophication (see agenda item 10.2)

3. Intercalibration register

4. Previous SCG meeting: recommendations for finalisation of draft register
More sites needed
from some countries that have not submitted at all or not for all categories for the draft register
for some lake types and all Mediterranean and Baltic Sea types.
Allow submission of sites with wider quality range (Moderate-High)
However, still need to have sites identified to be provisionally at the boundaries

5. Timetable for finalisation of the register
April 28, 2004: Revised web-based metadata entry opened (4-week delay)
25 May 2004: deadline for adding/ revising intercalibration site entries to the register

7. “List of sites proposed for the final intercalibration register“
Overview of sites submitted by the agreed deadline (25 May):
Submission through web interface
Supplemented by tables where technical problems prevented MS from using the web interface
Tables need to be checked – may contain errors

8. Numbers of sites submitted for final register

9. Rivers (status 26 May 2004) no sites from: CZ, IE, LU, MT 879 sites
24 countries
no sites from: CZ, IE, LU, MT

10. Rivers: numbers of sites by country (submitted though web interface in green)

11. Rivers: numbers of sites by GIG

12. Lakes (status 26 May 2004) 389 sites 21 countries
no sites from BG, CZ, EE, GR, LU, MT, SK

13. Lakes: numbers of sites by country (submitted though web interface in green)

14. Lakes: numbers of sites by GIG

15. Coastal/ Transitional (status 26 May 2004)
204 sites
18 countries
no sites from BE, FR, LT, MT, PL

16. Coast/Trans: numbers of sites by country (submitted though web interface in green)

17. Coastal: numbers of sites by GIG

18. Intercalibration register – main issues (1)
Most countries have submitted sites; still missing:
Rivers: CZ, IE, LU, MT
Lakes: BG, CZ, EE, GR, LU, MT, SK
Coastal/Transitional: BE, FR, LT, MT, PL

19. Intercalibration register – main issues (2)
Electronic submission of all sites
Completion of metadata questionnaire before the agreed 15 September deadline

20. Timetable (1) June - Aug. 2004:
Member States submit remaining sites through web interface (JRC-EEWAI)
Member States’ revision and finalisation of the draft register on the basis of the comments of SCG and WFD Committee – deadline 15 September

21. Finalisation continued..
Timetable (2)
30 September: Submission of final register for SCG and WFD Committee (meeting on Oct. 27/28)
November-December 2004: translations
January 2005: Meeting of WFD Committee, voting of decision on intercalibration register (all languages)

22. Intercalibration process: organisation and planning of the process

23. Proposed organisation for the preparation of the intercalibration process
ECOSTAT Working Group
Intercalibration Steering Group
JRC
Lake Expert Group rep.
River Expert Group rep.
Coast Expert Group rep.
Lake experts/GIGs
River experts/GIGs
Coast experts/GIGs C BA N AT N C AT
NEA BS AL EC AL EC M M

24. Proposed process options for intercalibration
WFD compliant Shared assessment method used by all countries within GIG
WFD compliant Common metric(s) specifically identified for intercalibration
Direct comparison of WFD compliant national methods at IC sites

27. Next WG 2A meeting
Next WG2A meeting first week of July, JRC Ispra; GIG coordinators present
Preferred Option proposals for GIGs
Presentation of first pilot results
New draft guidance on Intercalibration process:
Organisation of the work (WGL & DG ENV make proposal)
Proposals on practical implementation of intercalibration options