1. CIS Work Programme
WFD Team, DG ENV.D.2, European Commission

2. State of play
Water Directors will have orientation debate on future CIS work programme
They are asked to mandate groups to elaborate detailed mandate second half 2009
Strategic Coordination Group agreed on some principles
Key objective is simplification

3. Proposal to Water Directors - 1
3 type of activities:
Working Groups
Expert Groups
Ad hoc activities
WG Floods is proposed to remain Working Group

4. Proposal to Water Directors - 2

5. 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

6. Other issues
Mandate development: clear, targeted, limited, including specifications of subgroups
Mandate should include paragraph on coordination with other activities
Dissemination of CIS results should be improved