1. Working Group 2A ECOSTAT Objectives & Agenda of the meeting 15-16 March 2005

2. Objectives present meeting
Update on intercalibration register
Review intercalibration progress
Update on other WG A activities:
eutrophication activity
harmonisation / methods overview activity

3. GIG Milestone 3: Feb-Mar 2005
GIG milestone 3 – Progress report (through GIG questionnaire):
First report of boundary setting protocol (including principles to set reference conditions)
Overview of data requirements

4. WG2A meeting March 2005 WG2A March 2005: Consistency between GIGs
Agreement on boundary setting protocols
- Agreement on data requirements

5. Agenda items (1 - Intercalibration)
Update on Decision on the IC register
Composition & Metadata of final IC network
Progress of the intercalbration process
Rivers
Coastal/Transitionsal
Lakes
Next steps for intercalibration
IC reporting and data accessibility
Contributions from STAR and REBECCA

6. Agenda items (2 – Other Issues)
Eutrophication Activity
Harmonisation
Any comments or additions to Agenda?

7. Actions since last meeting (1) (As identified in the minutes of last meeting)
Task initiated after last meeting
Who
When
Final monitoring paper sent to SCG
WGLs
Oct.04
New mandate for the WG
Oct.-04
First error checked metadata files sent to ECOSTAT & GIG experts
JRC
25/10/04
Final Intercalibration Guidance endorsed
Water Directors
Dec. -04
Initiation of a task team on data reporting
Dec.-04
IC Resource issue reported to SCG & WD
continuosly

8. Actions since last meeting (2)
Task initiated after last meeting
Who
When
IC site list sent to SCG and WFD Committee
JRC
Jan.-05
Template for IC reporting sent to GIGs
JRC/ IC
Feb.-05
GIGs reported to JRC/ IC steering group
GIGs
Draft Eutrophication guidance v7.1 for WG
DG ENV/ WGLs
08/03/05
Paper on reporting & accessibility of IC data
drafting group
First draft of the harmonisation paper
Drafting group
09/03/05
Report of the composition of the IC network
15/03/05

9. Actions to be completed (3)
Task initiated after last meeting
Who
When
Evaluate need to update the report on classification tools for coastal and transitional waters
COAST experts
???
Proposal for improved consistency in approaches and timetables across the different GIGs
WGLs / IC Steering group
to be done