1. Improving the SCG added value : Food for thoughts
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Improving the SCG added value : Food for thoughts
French Water, Marine & Biodiversity Directorate
French Ministry of ecology, sustainable development and energy (MEDDE)
Ministère de l’écologie, du développement durable et de l’énergie

2. Up to now: The CIS Has been existing for more than 10 years
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Up to now:
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The CIS
Has been existing for more than 10 years
3 levels : Water Directors, SCG, working groups
Each level with its own tasks : endorsement, reviewing before endorsement, producing guidances
The SCG has been a place:
to exchange with NGO’s
to review documents produced by WGs
to prepare Water Directors’ meetings

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Needs for improvement
As highlighted when preparing the new CIS mandate & discussed with WD, the SCG:
has often a «never ending» agenda
is spending too much time on technical issues
has not enough time to have strategic discussions

4. Strengthen the strategic role of SCG
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Strengthen the strategic role of SCG
Keep what has proven usefulness
Preparing decisions for Water Directors
Place of exchanges with a wide range of water partners
First improvements agreed by the Water Directors
Co-chairing the SCG : COM/MS (possibly 1 MS of the troïka)
Setting up a pre-SCG which :
makes easier defining the strategic matters (for the SCG) from the technical works drawn by the WGs
establishes a targeted agenda for SCG meetings

5. Proposed additional way forward (1)
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Proposed additional way forward (1)
Better specify pre SCG’s role
SCG agenda, intergroups coordination, cross cutting work, identification of « bottlenecks » for SCG discussions,…
Reduce to a mimimun state of the art presentations by WG (written reports to be uploaded in CIRCA)
Identify a limited number of key issues,
where SCG will have to chose policy and technical options (raised by WG)
Present political/technical options to WD for endorsment

6. Proposed way forward (2)
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Proposed way forward (2)
Identify
key topics for the future
workshops to have a first exchange of experiences on new topics
Contribute to the transfer of scientific knowledge
useful for the implementation of the WFD
in close contact with SPI activity
Facilitate the dissemination of CIS outputs (CIRCA, briefs, conferences,…)
Help to create links with relevant river basins actors in charge of WFD field implementation 6

7. Thanks for your attention !
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Thanks for your attention ! 7