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

2. 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

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

4. 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

5. 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

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

7. Dinner and fun in the Eternal City

8. 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

9. 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

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

11. Invitations? Hotels? Information?
Will be made available in few days