1. Ministry of the Environment of the Slovak Republic
Water Directors meeting November 2016 Bratislava, Slovak Republic

2. Bratislava
The Slovak Republic is located approximately in the middle of Europe and Bratislava is the capital city.
Bratislava is very close to Vienna airport, where is expecting arrival. Transport from Vienna airport to Bratislava is managed by regular bus liner - frequency 1 per 1 hour approximately and duration is 1 hour.

3. Water Directors meeting
DATE:
28 – 29 November 2016
MEETING VENUE:
Hotel Bôrik, Bratislava

4. Water Directors meeting (28 Nov.)
28 November 2016
9: :30 h.
registration and coffee
9:30 – 10:00h.
welcome by Presidency
welcome and key note speech by EC
10:00 – 11:00 h.
1) Continuation of the discussion on the "Thought starter" document, initiated in the extraordinary informal meeting of EU Water Directors in Brussels
[DOC WD/2016-2/1]
11:00 – 11:30
coffee break
11:30 – 13:00 h
13-00 – 14:00 h
lunch
14:00 – 15:15 h.
2) Water Framework Directive Common Implementation Strategy
a) Progress report on CIS (acknowledgement of written report) [DOC WD/2016-2/2]
c) Intercalibration of methods for assessment of ecological status – report from the Commission on the status of the work
[DOC WD/2016-2/3]
3) WFD reporting and link to ex-ante conditionalities in ERDF and EARDF
Update from Commission and Member States
[DOC WD/2016-2/4]
15:15 -15:45 h.

5. Water Directors meeting (29 Nov.)
29 November 2016
9:30 – 11:00 h.
4) Towards a joint agenda for the Water and Agriculture Directors
Feedback from the Presidency on the Bratislava workshop of 24 October and information from the Commission on the work of the Water-Agriculture Task Force
11:00 – 11:30 h.
coffee break
11:30 – 13:00 h
5) Priority substances
report from the Commission on the status of the work and discussion about future orientations
[DOC WD/2016-2/5]
6) Other issues
a) Upcoming Presidencies (information by MT/EE/BG)
7) Approval of the minutes
13-00 – 14:00 h
lunch

6. Water Directors meeting
The deadline for registration and security check:
14 November 2016

7. Water Directors meeting
HOTEL CROWNE PLAZA
Hotel DEVÍN
Hotel FALKENSTEINER
Hotel Bôrik
Accomodation is supposed to be in following hotels: Crowne Plaza, Falkensteiner and Hotel Devín, which have very good recensions.
9:00am till 5:00pm would be the directors meeting, approximately at 6pm is supposed the cultural evening with social dinner.
Next day 9am till 2pm would be the directors meeting.
Detail timing will be agreed with the European Commission together with the meeting program.
The meeting place is supposed to realize in Bôrik, during the cultural evening we prepare, present to you Slovak national ceramics – Majolika and the social dinner we prepare in one of our popular Wine Cellar near to Bratislava in Svätý Jur with traditional live music and fine food and of course fine wine.

8. Water Directors meeting
TIME SCHEDULE
27 November 2016
19:00 h Welcome dinner (hotel Devín)
28 November 2016
9:00 – 15:45 h Water Directors meeting
15:45 h Departure from meeting venue
16:45 – 22:30 h. Excursion (Slovak Folk Majolica)
Dinner
29 November 2016
9:30 -14:00 h. Water Directors meeting

9. WE ARE Looking forward to seeing you in SLOVAKIA !