1. Water Directors’ Meeting Common Implementation Strategy
21/22 November 2002
Common Implementation Strategy
2003/2004
Agenda item 6

2. Process
June 2002: WD agreed in Valencia to review CIS and to prepare the appropriate follow-up for 2003 and 2004
Sept. 2002: presentation of WG proposals for future work and orientation debate on SCG
Oct setting up of drafting group and first draft circulated
7/8 Nov 2002: discussion of first draft on SCG
21/22 Nov 2002: second draft presented and key elements for new work programme presented for discussion

3. Content
Progress report
Lessons learnt
Reinforcing the strategy
Revised structure and organisation
Working areas 2003/2004
Transitional provisions
Links to other policy areas (in particular marine strategy)

4. Steps
1) Discussion and agreement on key elements:
organisation/structure
working areas
2) Setting up of new structure immediately.
3) Elaboration of details by March 2003:
mandates
deliverables
timetable

5. Key elements
Organisation, i.e. which new WGs
working structure and drafting groups
priority working areas
transitional provisions

6. Key working areas
Pilot river testing (2003/2004)
Intercalibration ( )
New issues for guidance (see table)
Maintaining network (ongoing)
Manual for Integrated RBM (2004/2005)

7. Proposed priority issues (1)

8. Proposed priority issues (2)

9. Working Group 2.A
“Ecological Status”
Core activity:
intercalibration
Other activities:
Initiatives on harmonisation of typology
Guidance on classification
Guidance on assessment criteria for eutrophication
Number of drafting groups: 2-3

10. “Integrated River Basin Management”
Working Group 2.B
“Integrated River Basin Management”
Core activity:
pilot river testing and economics
Other activities:
Guidance on wetlands
Guidance on preparation of river basin management plans including programme of measures
Guidance on flood protection (best practices)
Number of drafting groups: 3-4

11. New Working Groups
Working Group on “Ecological Status” (Cluster WG 2A)
Working Group on “Integrated River Basin Management” (Cluster WG 2B)
Working Group on “Groundwater” (WG 2C) (after last meeting of EAF Groundwater)
EAF Reporting (Cluster WG 2D)

12. Attribution of existing WGs Strategic Co-ordination group
Water Directors
Steering of implementation process
Chair: Presidency, Co-chair: Commission
Expert Advisory Forum
1) Priority Substances
2) Groundwater
Chair: Commission
Strategic Co-ordination group
Co-ordination of work programme
Chair: Commission
Cluster WG 2.A
Cluster WG 2.B
Integrated
RBM
Groundwater
WG 2.5 IC
Ecological Status
WG 2.4
Coast
WG 2.3
Refcond
WG 2.7
Monit (sw)
WG 2.8 GW
WG 2.1
Impress
WG 2.6
WATECO
WG 2.2
HMWB
Reporting
WG 2.9
Proclan
WG 3.1
GIS
4.1
PilotRB
Stakeholders, NGO’s, Researchers, Experts, etc.

13. Strategic Co-ordination group “Integrated River Basin Management”
New organisation
Water Directors
Steering of implementation process
Chair: Presidency, Co-chair: Commission
Expert Advisory Forum
1) Priority Substances
2) Groundwater (mid-2003)
Chair: Commission
Art. 21 Committee
Strategic Co-ordination group
Co-ordination of work programme
Chair: Commission
Working Group 2.A
“Ecological Status”
Lead: D Co-lead: C’ion JRC
Working Group 2.B
“Integrated River Basin Management”
Lead: F Co-lead: SP
Working Group 2.C
“Groundwater”
(after end of EAF GW)
Lead: ??? Co-lead: A
Working Group 2.D
“EAF Reporting”
Lead: Commission
Stakeholders, NGO’s, Researchers, Experts, etc.

14. Drafting Groups
Recognise need for new drafting groups
elaborate criteria for setting up and management of drafting groups
mandate the SCG to monitor drafting groups

15. Transitional provisions
Until May 2003, the following mandates are given:
Establish new cluster WGs
drafting groups for wetlands and classification start asap
WG 2.9 to finalise planning process
final meeting of WG 2.5 and 2.6
workshops of WG 2.4 on Euro-types and PRB “kick-off” workshop