1. CIS-Workshop on River Basin Management Plans
8-9 May 2006, Bonn
Introduction

2. River Basin Management Plans
Heart of the river basin planning process

3. Remind of WFD planning steps
By District characterisation and register of protected areas
By 2006 – Intercalibration of the ecological status classification systems . Definition of monitoring programmes
By 2009 – Programme of measures for achieving WFD environmental objectives . River Basin Management Plan including designation of heavily modified water bodies

4. Remind of WFD planning steps
By 2010 – Implement water pricing policies that enhance water resource sustainability
By 2012 – Make measures be operational
By 2015 – Achieve environmental objectives

5. Remind WFD planning steps
A decision making process based on public involvement
Information and consultation
By 2006 – on the timetable and work programme for the production of RBMPs
By 2007 – on the overview of significant water management issues
By 2008 – on the draft river basin management plan

6. District characterisation Register of protected areas Risk assessment
Status assessment
Objective monitoring
programmes
Identification
of the significant water
management issues
Definition
of the environmental
objectives
River Basin
Management Plan
Programme
of measures
Definition
of the measures

7. District characterisation Register of protected areas Risk assessment
Status assessment
Objective monitoring
programmes
Identification
of the significant water
management issues
Definition
of the environmental
objectives
River Basin
Management Plan
Programme
of measures
Definition
of the measures

8. Significant water management issues
Identification required by WFD Article 14.1
Essential step between article 5 reports and RBMP preparation
Outstanding issues :
What purpose ?
What content, structure, level of detail ?

9. District characterisation Register of protected areas Risk assessment
Status assessment
Objective monitoring
programmes
Identification
of the significant water
management issues
Definition
of the environmental
objectives
River Basin
Management Plan
Programme
of measures
Definition
of the measures

10. Programmes of measures
Construction required by WFD Articles 4, 11 and Annex VI
Highly linked to environmental objectives set-up by RBMP
Outstanding issues :
How measures can be selected ?
What tools can be developed ?
How measures’ effectiveness can be assessed ?
How can uncertainties be addressed ?
What level of detail ? What scale ?
What is a PoM summary ? How can PoM summary be linked to the parts of RBMP dealing with objectives, extensions, exemptions ? What obligation related to reporting ?

11. District characterisation Register of protected areas Risk assessment
Status assessment
Objective monitoring
programmes
Identification
of the significant water
management issues
Definition
of the environmental
objectives
River Basin
Management Plan
Programme
of measures
Definition
of the measures

12. River Basin Management Plans - 1
Production required by WFD Article 13 and Annex VII
Outstanding issues :
What definition and functions of RBMP, what level of detail ?
How to deal with different purposes ?
What possible organisations and methodologies to build-up RBMP in national and international river basins ?
What are the most appropriate levels of work ?
How can common approaches on basin wide issues be developed ?
How can objectives and priorities be set-up ?
For IRB, what possible comparisons, coordination, funding…?

13. River Basin Management Plans - 2
Outstanding issues :
What criteria can be developed for assessing costs (disproprotionate costs or not) ?
How can exemptions be used and justified ?
What is the defined purpose of reporting ?
Relation with SOER (dual) : how to be compliant ?
What relation between RBMP as a product and electronic
reporting?
What level of detail ? What aggregation ? What feasible scale
for reporting ? What indicators ?

14. Workshop Programme
8 May
1 to 3 pm Plenary session
Introduction
RBMP and Environmental Objectives under WFD – Commission
What is a RBMP ? Can we develop a common understanding ? – Sweden, United Kingdom, France
3 to 3.30 pm Coffee break

15. Workshop Programme
8 May
3.30 to 5.30 pm Parallel Working sessions
Working session 1 – Identifying measures, assessing their effectiveness
Working session 2 – Preparing RBMP
5.30 to 6 pm Break
6 to 7 pm Plenary

16. Workshop Programme
9 May
8.30 to 11 am Parallel working sessions
Working session 3 – Drawing-up an international RBMP
Working session 4 – RBMP and reporting
11 to am Break
11.30 to 1 pm Final plenary

17. Expected overall outcomes of the workshop
Identification of similarities and differences in interpretation of WFD concerning significant water management issues, PoM and RBMP
Identification of similarities and differences in the development of PoM and RBMP (national and international RBs)
Ideas on how reporting on RBMPs could be structured
Identification of worthwhile issues to be further dealt with in the CIS framework